School Partnerships

Tilles Center’s School Partnership Program is a unique collaboration between artists and educators which uses the arts to foster critical thinking, literacy skills, creativity and problem solving.

The program involves teachers and students in participatory experiences which spark the creative process. Through active engagement in activities that are carefully co-planned with educators, students learn how to collaborate, analyze and interpret existing curriculum through arts-learning.

The program includes in-school workshops in music, dance and drama for students in pre-K through grade 12. Workshops are created to support and integrate within the existing curriculum. All projects culminate in a visit to Tilles Center for a professional performance.

For more information, contact Stephanie Turner, Director of Education and Outreach, at 516.299.2388 or stephanie.turner@liu.edu.

_{Photo above: Wyandanch School Partnership. Photo by Jason Vasquez.}

_{Arts Education Programs are made possible, in part, by the Gilbert and Rose Tilles Endowment for Arts Education. Additional leadership support provided by the annual Swing for Kids Tournament.}

_{School Partnership Program: Salvatore and Mary Ranieri and Jovia Financial Credit Union
Sensory Friendly Initiatives: The Fay J. Lindner Foundation, New York Community Trust – Long Island
Arts & Aging Programs: Cona Elder Law, Long Island Speech & Myofunctional Therapy, and Northeastern Aviation
Additional support for arts education provided by Barbara Bell Cumming Charitable Trust, The Kroll Family, Jim Krantz, and Jason and Teddy Richmond.}

 _{Curtains Up! Series Sponsor}