Artists in the Schools (AIS)

 
Program Overview

 

• AIS is a partnership program of United Arts, the Wake County Public School System and PTAs of Wake County public, private and charter schools.
• AIS is a grant program that supports the placement of professional artists in the classroom, grades K-12, for curriculum-based performances, workshops and residencies.
• AIS is a national model that has been expanded into neighboring Johnston County through a mentoring relationship with the Johnston County Arts Council.

To support this program, United Arts publishes an Artists Resource Directory detailing the programs offered by more than 150 artist educators. Our annual Cultural Arts Festival provides opportunities for artists to showcase their talents and for school and community representatives to meet and begin booking artists for their schools and communities.
 
This program annually achieves more than 100,000 contact hours between artists and students in more than 100 public, private and charter schools in Wake County.
 

 

Participating Schools

View our list of participating schools:

 

Artist Resource Directory

View more information related to the ARD which includes the application packet:
 

To showcase and/or have a booth at the Cultural Arts Festival, you or your group must first apply to and be accepted for inclusion in the Artists Resource Directory. To learn about the Directory and to download this year’s application, follow the Artists Resource Directory link:
 

• Artist Resource Directory

 
 

AIS Evaluation Forms

AIS Downloadable Forms (MS Word Documents & PDFs):

 

AIS Artist Contracts

These contracts are only for use with Artists in the Schools programs receiving funding from United Arts:

 
Our Annual Cultural Arts Festival . . .

United Arts would like to thank all the artists, teachers, community members and volunteers who helped make our 28th Annual Cultural Arts Festival a success!