Formally established in 1997, the Community Partnerships in the Arts (CPA)
program is dedicated to enriching children's lives and learning through arts
education experiences in local schools and community settings. The arts
provide a fertile environment for learning because they promote inquiry,
experimentation, and application — the basic building blocks of education —
and provide an active and positive means for children to process and
re-express, in their own terms, their experiences of the world around them.
The Community Partnerships in the Arts program carries on Fleisher Art
Memorial's commitment to reaching families who lack access to high quality
arts education programs. Over 100 years ago, Fleisher began as an arts
program within a South Philadelphia settlement house. Today we collaborate
with local human services agencies (some of which evolved from local
settlement houses), local public schools, community organizations, and
professional artists in collaborations that draw on the unparalleled capacity
of the arts to engage the hearts and minds of South Philadelphia's children
and youth, while integrating their academic learning and social development.
CPA's arts education programs are concentrated in three main areas:
- Public School Residencies
Innovative, arts integrated, theme-based projects designed primarily
for students K-8.
- Community Residencies
Long-term residencies by teaching artists who work with neighborhood-based
organizations to meet out-of-school developmental needs of children and youth.
- Traditional Arts Program
Programs that sustain important traditions and ancient art forms by
making them available to new generations of young people.
Our Partners
Community Partnerships in the Arts works with many organizations throughout
the city committed to expanding arts opportunities for young people. Among
our many partners are:
Our Funders
Support for Community Partnerships in the Arts comes from the
Lindback Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, the Philadelphia Foundation, the Samuel S. Fels Fund, Stockton Rush
Bartol Foundation, the United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania, the School
District of Philadelphia, and the Wachovia, Lincoln Financial, Barra, Fleet Bank and PNC Foundations.
National Endowment for the Arts is the sponsor of Fleisher’s ARTspiration! Community Arts Festival, June 2007.
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