About Us
Welcome to the Milwaukee Arts Education Directory!
Your interest in arts educational programming for Milwaukee�s youth is shared by all of us at the Helen Bader Foundation. We are proud to enable the Arts Education Collaborative to create an online community that connects local artists and educators citywide, toward a shared goal of inspiring children in Milwaukee Public Schools and youth-serving organizations.
The Directory is your online resource for arts educational programming, and we welcome you to explore the site and share its benefits with your fellow artists and educators.
Thank you for your participation in this collaborative effort�it could not be possible without you.
Daniel J. Bader
President, Helen Bader Foundation
Helen Bader Foundation
The Helen Bader Foundation, Inc. strives to be a philanthropic leader in improving the quality of life of the diverse communities in which it works. The Foundation makes grants, convenes partners, and shares knowledge to affect emerging issues in key areas.
In April 2008, the Helen Bader Foundation allocated $1.3 million over three years to develop and implement the Arts Education Collaborative, and initiative with the primary goal of bringing the arts (especially the performing arts) into the lives of Milwaukee�s low-income, disadvantaged children, in both Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) and community settings.
For more information about the Helen Bader Foundation, visit the Helen Bader Foundation website.
Arts Education Collaborative (AEC) Partner Associations:
Arts@Large
In partnership with MPS�s pARTnership for the Arts Program and the MPS Recreation Department, Arts@Large is implementing increased integration of the arts into the curriculum of schools that currently have little or no ongoing arts education. They are increasing the number of schools and children served and replicating the program in MPS Community Learning Centers in a model sensitive to the needs of all students� learning abilities. Their role includes providing support and professional development opportunities to both artists and teachers.
For more about Arts@Large, visit the Arts@Large website.
COA/UNCOM
Youth and Family Centers, in partnership with the United Neighborhood Centers of Milwaukee (UNCOM), is leading an initiative designed to increase the number, diversity, and quality of cultural arts experiences for at least 5,000 central city Milwaukee children, teens, and their families.
Cultural Alliance of Greater Milwaukee
Cultural Alliance of Greater Milwaukee has developed a new, interactive artist educator website that links artists, educators, and community/neighborhood centers interested in providing arts programs to Milwaukee youth. Each program description addresses its connection to MPS learning targets. The website also includes valuable resources such as the MPS learning targets, a template delineating criteria for successful community arts education collaboration, and professional development opportunities.
The Cultural Alliance is also sponsoring quarterly orientation and planning sessions to build the capacity of UNCOM program directors in order to provide quality arts programming.
For more, visit the Cultural Alliance of Greater Milwaukee website.
NonProfit Management Fund
The NonProfit Management Fund is strengthening the organizational capacity of 15 small to mid-sized organizations, five groups per year, through their diagnostic clinic program.
For more information, visit the NonProfit Management Fund website.