The Centre and Education

No community can rely on the school system to provide our children with adequate education in the arts. The basic foundation for a successful arts education program is collaboration and cooperation between the formal educational establishment and the artists and cultural organizations possessing high artistic standards. Successful programs generally have a strong focus, whether it is an outstanding symphony orchestra reaching out through youth concerts or in-school programs; a museum teaching painting, drawing, and sculpture in classes and docent programs; a school-based curriculum of music and art in the classroom; a community center providing space and programs for teaching students of all ages. It is in this role as a hub for strengthened arts education for all age levels that the Centre for the Arts will serve the community. But the Centre can do more.

The Centre for the Arts will do more through the development of a partnership with Florida Atlantic University which will allow the Centre to provide a diverse program of arts education for the enrichment of the entire community. It will allow the University a unique opportunity to develop facilities management and not-for-profit management degrees, formal arts education at all levels and an exciting institute which would be a part of the School of Business which would establish a business and economics center for the study and development of the management of cultural institutions. Such a program would let us join forces to assure the survival and health of wonderful arts organizations such as those that will call the Centre home.

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