who to contact
There are many stakeholders in providing quality arts education within your community. All of these are potential allies in ensuring that your child – and every child – has an opportunity to experience and receive the benefits of a quality arts education.
Great starting points for speakup4arts include:
- Parent-teacher associations, parent organizations and school educational foundations
- School administrators and district personnel as well as school arts teachers
- Civic and business leaders
- Arts-related businesses
- Community arts schools, organizations and councils
- Arts agencies, professional associations and educators
- Youth and community groups
- Local news media
- City, County, State and National elected officials
Arts agencies:
- National Guild for Community Arts Education
(formerly the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts) - National Endowment for the Arts
- California Arts Council
- Arts Council Silicon Valley
- 1stACT Silicon Valley
- Suzuki Association
- Americans for the Arts
- Artspiration, Santa Clara County Office of Education
- SMARTS - California State PTA's Arts Advocacy Program
- Keep Arts in Schools
- ArtLex Art Dictionary's Advocacy Page
Some local contacts:
- Mountain View Whisman School District
- Mountain View Educational Foundation
- Los Altos-Mountain View PTA Council
Special needs education:
…and many other arts-related organizations and influencers in your community.
It only takes a few minutes to email or make a phone call that makes the case for the arts and quality arts education in your community. Let your voice be heard!
For additional information and ideas, see our info & resources page.