School and Youth Programs
Explore history, discover the world, experience a book coming to life, engage in social justice, or master your skills through one of our School or Youth Programs.
Education & Community Programs
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As the region's premier promoter of the arts and entertainment, the Cincinnati Arts Association (CAA) promotes life-long engagement in the arts while contributing to individual, organizational, and community wellness. CAA's Education & Community Engagement Department cultivates diverse, inclusive, and accessible arts engagements, seeking to remove barriers preventing arts participation. Committed to a practice of antiracism, the Education and Community Engagement Department encourages the use of CAA venues, develops diverse arts supporters, and fosters an appreciation and understanding of diverse arts disciplines, while encouraging and supporting practicing arts educators and administrators, audiences, and aspiring artists.
Community and Adult Learning Programs
Professional, personal, and family engagement in and through the arts. Explore, discover, and experience the joy, support, and wellness that lifelong learning and engagement in the arts provides.
What is our history?
Since its inception in 1995, the Cincinnati Arts Association's (CAA) Education and Community Programs have reached more than 1.9 million people. A leader in the Cincinnati arts education community, our education and community engagement programs have been recognized by both the Ohio Arts Council and the Dana Foundation for exemplary service.
What is our vision, mission, and desired outcome?
The CAA Education and Community Engagement Department's Vision is to Inspire awareness that creativity is intrinsic and the arts are integral to human development. Our mission is to educate, inspire and serve the Cincinnati Region through engaging arts programs by infusing the arts into traditional and non-traditional settings. We strive to empower our community to engage in the arts as an active part of social, educational, community, and individual healing and ongoing wellness.
What is our approach to arts education and community engagement?
CAA develops opportunities with our community to explore, discover, experience, and discuss the arts and related fields. Program design promotes inclusion, welcome, and belonging in the arts. They are supported by services that tear down participation barriers. Staff and teaching artists alike are trained in cultural humility and trauma-informed strategies to develop and implement programs with a benchmark of excellence, equity, and accessibility. CAA’s Education and Community Engagement department partners with education, social service, government, arts, and healthcare organizations to improve community well-being.
The Cincinnati Arts Association and its Education and Community Programs
are supported [in part] by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS EDUCATION SPONSORS
Ameritas; ArtsWave; Charles H. Dater Foundation; The Cincinnati Herald; Eleanora C.U. Alms Trust—Fifth Third Bank, Trustee; Fifth Third Bank; Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc.; The Hearst Foundation; Greater Cincinnati Foundation; The John A. Schroth Family Charitable Trust (Edward V Arbaugh III); Local 12 WKRC-TV; Louise Taft Semple Foundation; The Luther Charitable Trust—Narley L. Haley & Fifth Third Bank, co-trustees; Ohio Arts Council; The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation; Paolo A Modern Jeweler; P&G Fund; Pepsi; The Stillson Foundation; Summerfair Cincinnati; TriHealth; Tri-State Chevy Dealers; The Western and Southern Financial Fund; The William O. Purdy, Jr. Foundation; WOW Windowboxes
