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About Arts Empower

Arts Empower is a collective impact initiative working to improve and support arts education in San Diego County by:

  • Building leadership
  • Promoting advocacy
  • Encouraging and assisting districts in strategic planning and implementation
  • Fostering meaningful partnerships
  • Connecting professional learning providers with districts, teachers, and teaching artists
  • Measuring access to equitable arts education

A well-rounded education includes the arts, which empower students to become the best versions of themselves. A high-quality arts education prepares students to be global citizens who are ready for the future, including college and career.

A quality arts education promotes:
  • Artistic literacy
  • Growth mindset
  • Civic engagement
  • Social-emotional well-being
  • Creative and critical thinking
Therefore, arts education must be:
  • Equitable and inclusive
  • Culturally responsive and expansive
  • Innovative and forward thinking

Our Vision

Every student in San Diego County is engaged in personally relevant, equitable, standards-based arts education.

Our Mission

The mission of Arts Empower San Diego is to ensure high-quality arts education for every student, supported through the collective impact of a motivated community of arts advocates.

We do this by:

  • Building leadership in and through arts education
  • Promoting advocacy to strengthen arts education
  • Encouraging and assisting districts in all phases of the arts education strategic planning process
  • Fostering meaningful partnerships between educational entities and interested parties
  • Connecting professional learning providers with districts, teachers, and teaching artists
  • Measuring access to equitable arts education

Connect with Arts Empower on Twitter by using the tag @ArtsEmpowerSD with your success stories and use the hashtags #ArtsEmpowerSD and #theartsmatter

Please share how the arts have positively impacted your life or empowered you. Send your responses using this form or mention @ArtsEmpowerSD and #ArtsEmpowerSD on Twitter.


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Pauline Crooks

Coordinator, Instr & Curr Cont
Linda Vista Campus

Shelby Arnett

Administrative Assistant I
Linda Vista Campus