Who We Are

 
After-School Residency at Overture Center with Sherman and Cherokee Middle Schools

After-School Residency at Overture Center with Sherman and Cherokee Middle Schools

 

PARTNERS

Any Given Child Madison is graciously supported by

  • Estate of Carl M. Hudig

  • ARTS For ALL Wisconsin

  • Foundation for Madison's Public Schools

  • Madison Metropolitan School District

  • Madison Arts Commission

  • Overture Center for the Arts

  • UW Community Arts Collaboratory

  • Steve Stricker American Family Insurance Foundation

This program would not be possible without the support of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. 


EXECUTIVE TEAM

  • Melinda Heinritz, Executive Director, Foundation for Madison's Public Schools

  • Lisa Kvistad, Interim Superintendent, Madison Metropolitan School District

  • Christina Martin-Wright, Executive Director, ARTS for ALL Wisconsin

  • Yorel Lashley, Director, UW Community Arts Collaboratory

  • Satya Rhodes-Conway, Mayor, City of Madison

  • Tim Sauers, Chief Artistic Experiences Officer, Overture Center for the Arts


LEADERSHIP TEAM

  • Dan Davidson, Arts Education Director, Madison Metropolitan School District

  • Melinda Heinritz, Executive Director, Foundation for Madison's Public Schools

  • Kia Karlen, Friends of the Madison Arts Commission

  • Christina Martin-Wright, Executive Director, ARTS for ALL Wisconsin

    Alanna Medearis, Director of Education and Community Engagement, Overture Center for the Arts

  • Nick Pjevach, Chair, Madison Arts Commission

  • Jenny Quisler, Fine Arts Teacher Leader, Madison Metropolitan School District

  • Stephanie Richards, Operations Manager, UW Community Arts Collaboratory

  • Randy Swiggum, Fine Arts Teacher Leader, Madison Metropolitan School District

  • Karin Wolf, Arts Program Administrator, City of Madison


Community Arts Team (Phase I)

On September 25, 2013, the Community Arts Team met for the first time under the guidance of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to create a strategic plan for ensuring equitable access to arts education for Madison K-8 students. One year later, the Madison Community Arts Team presented a collective, comprehensive arts education plan for Madison, WI.

Allen Arnsten, Foley and Lardner LLP
Shahanna Baldon, Madison Metropolitan School District
Joseph Banks, Boys and Girls Club of Dane County
Erica Berman, Children’s Theater of Madison
Shiva Bidar-Sielaff, Madison Common Council
Sheri Castelnuovo, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
Ted DeDee, Overture Center for the Arts
Elizabeth Doyle, Madison Metropolitan School District
Kay Enright, Madison Metropolitan School District
Laurie Fellenz, Madison Metropolitan School District
Ray Gargano, Overture Center for the Arts
Stephanie Hayden, Foundation for Madison’s Public Schools
Peng Her, Urban League
Michael Hertting, Madison Metropolitan School District
Melanie Herzog, Edgewood College
Astra Miriaku Iheukumere, City of Madison-Office of the Mayor
Maureen Johannigman, Bolz Center for Arts Administration
Michelle Kaebisch, Madison Symphony Orchestra
Kia Karlen, Madison Children’s Museum
Anne Katz, Arts Wisconsin
Peg Keeler, Madison Metropolitan School District
Anne Lambert, Chazen Museum of Art
Howard Landsman, Great Madison Jazz Consortium
Tom Linfield, Madison Community Foundation
Susan Lipp, Full Compass
José Madera, UW Madison - College of Letters & Science
Lauren Martin, United Way of Dane County
Sharon Neylon, Madison School & Community Recreation
Beth Racette, Overture Center for the Arts
Michael Ross, Madison Youth Choirs
Mark Saltzman, Madison Metropolitan School District
Tim Sauers, Overture Center for the Arts
Barb Schrank, Madison Arts Commission
Sofia Snow, First Wave - UW Madison
Stuart Stotts, Kennedy Center Artist
Beth Vaade, Madison Metropolitan School District
Kathie Wagner, VSA Wisconsin
Sherry Wagner-Henry, Bolz Center for Arts Administration
Brian Wild, Boys and Girls Club of Dane County
Karin Wolf, City of Madison-PCED