AIC (Grants for Schools)
Primary funding partner, BC Arts Council
ArtStarts has a long history of bringing professional artists into classrooms across BC through the Aritst in the Classroom* (AIC) grant program. This program supports projects that put students in direct contact with a professional artist in their classroom and aim to enhance the teaching of curricula through a wide variety of artist media, from painting and poetry to dance and drama.
*This program was previously known as AIE 2
Program goals and objectives:
- Expose young people to workshops, performances, and residencies that have artistic quality and educational merit.
- Balance exposure of the arts to young people in remote, rural and urban environments.
- Establish professional standards for arts practices and presentations in schools and expose BC’s children and youth to professional quality arts programming.
- Develop, maintain and expand the market for professional artists working with children and youth.
- Facilitate communication between the arts and education communities by developing mutual awareness, respect and appreciation.
- Promote the arts as an area of study and professional employment.
Resources
- Tips on Creating a Project
- Our Exhibition Archive features exemplary work produced through successful projects
- Download project lists from 2009-10 and 2010-11
ArtStarts gratefully acknowledges the support of the following funders of the Artists in the Classroom program.
