STATEMENT
OF NEED

There is currently an opportunity gap in arts education that exists among K-8 students in the Madison Metropolitan School District. Some students have the opportunity for multiple arts experiences nearly every day while others have very little. In order to create equitable access to a comprehensive arts education for our K-8 students, the community needs to increase its resource coordination and capacity, particularly with resources for certified arts specialists, arts integration in non-arts classrooms, and partnerships with community artists and organizations.

VISION

It is the vision of Madison’s Any Given Child Community Arts Team that all students have access to a comprehensive arts education with inclusive, diverse, and integrated learning in all art forms every year.

MISSION

The mission of the Any Given Child Madison is to strategically assist our community and partners in the design, implementation, and sustainability of arts education to ensure access and equity for all Madison public school students.

GOALS

The Any Given Child Madison Community Arts Team set the following long- term goals to advocate for and bring access, balance, and equity to each child’s Arts Education:

• Facilitate and foster connections between MMSD, local arts organizations, and teaching artists.

• Intentionally cultivate diverse teaching artist talent in support of standards-based arts experiences for students and educators.

• Develop and sustain systems for an arts-rich education focused on access and equity.

• Track, assess, and report Any Given Child Madison progress towards mission, vision and goals.

OUTCOMES

• Professional Development: Ongoing arts integration professional development workshops and demonstration teaching sessions led by national and local teaching artists for educators and artists annually.

• Instruction: Arts integration identified as a supported instruction strategy at the District.

• Residency access: Equitable arts access funding supports arts education residencies at every elementary and middle school District-wide. This work is supported by designated arts liaisons at each MMSD school.

• Funding and artist development: Madison Arts Commission grant aligned to support Any Given Child Madisonx

• Resource fostering: Arts Liaison identified and offered quarterly data collection and pd at each MMSD school.

• Programming: Supports Summer Arts Academy.

• Arts Rich Schools: Development and school board approval of the MMSD Arts Rich Blueprint – incorporation into school improvement plans.

• Arts Org Networking: Madison Arts Education Roundtable established to host community artists and arts education administrators for problem-solving and networking.

• Information sharing and teaching artist support: Teaching Artist Roster created for both in person and virtual residencies with local teaching artists and educators. Best practices and instructional document created specifically to align with MMSD policies and procedures.

• Leadership team capacity building and expansion: The leadership team has expanded to now include a team of representatives from MMSD, Arts for All Wisconsin, UW Arts Collaboratory, Foundation for Madison Public Schools, the City of Madison and Madison Arts Commission and Overture Center for the Arts

HISTORY

As we prepare the young people in our community to be career and community ready, it is essential that we invest in providing a well-rounded education that includes the arts for every child.

In July 2013, Madison, Wisconsin was named the 12th city in the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ Ensuring the Arts for Any Given Child program to make that investment happen. The primary goal of the Kennedy Center’s Any Given Child program is to assist communities in developing a plan to ensure there is equity and access to arts education for all K-8 students in their schools. As a national leader in arts education, The Kennedy Center brings to this program more than three decades of work with thousands of students, teachers, principals, administrators, business leaders and art administrators across the country.

In 2012, leaders of the arts, education and city government began the application process for Madison to become an Any Given Child city. As conversations began, it was clear that all sectors of Madison—education, arts, business, government, and the community in general—were committed to ensuring our students have access to the rich tradition of arts in Madison, which is imperative as we prepare our students to be productive citizens for the 21st century. This commitment allowed for the quick formation of the Madison Community Arts Team, a cross-sector working committee of 40 invested community members.

For more information about the Any Given Child program on a national scale, please visit the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.