History
In the year 2000, an individual benefactor approached Santa Clara Unified School District (SCUSD) with a vision: to revive arts education in local public schools. Starting Arts was created to make this vision a reality. Over the past twelve years Starting Arts has far exceeded expectations. Our organization has gone from piloting classes at a single elementary school, to running visual and performing arts programs, before, during, and after school, at 85 schools in 12 Bay Area school districts, including: Campbell, Evergreen, Moreland, San Jose Unified, Santa Clara Unified, Saratoga, Sunnyvale, Los Altos, Cambrian, Union, Fremont, and Ravenswood. In August of 2013, Starting Arts moved from Santa Clara to San Jose to a larger location including three on-site studios to accommodate studio classes, school break camps, preschool classes, birthday parties, and studio rentals.
Specialties
We make the ARTS happen! Starting Arts offers fun and creative classes for kids and adults! During-school arts education programs, after-school arts programs, music, dance, theatre, visual arts, school break camps, Spring Break Camps, Summer Camps, Arts Escape Camps, Home school classes* -Studio Classes for Preschool-Adult: dance, theatre, art, and music. -School Break and Summer Camps -Before/During/After School Programs: theatre, dance, visual art, music. -*Accredited by Ocean Grove Charter School for Home school classes. Established in 2000, Starting Arts is a California 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is the promotion & preservation of quality arts education in public schools.