INSPIRE, Jefferson Center’s Artists-in-Schools program, is a resource for teachers and educators who want to ensure their students have the opportunity to experience visual arts, multimedia, theatre music and dance performance from diverse cultural traditions.

Our roster represents a wide range of genres (music, dance, theatre, visual art, multimedia) and geographic areas (U.S., Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East, and more) Each artist is available to visit your school for classroom programs, assemblies, or small-group workshops. Artists are also available for multi-day residencies – please see each artist’s INSPIRE page for residency information. Some residencies may be eligible for funding support.

All programs support Virginia Standards of Learning in multiple subject areas (see individual artist pages for specific SOL links) and many are accompanied by a study guide to help teachers extend learning in the classroom.

Schools are encouraged to make plans now to bring INSPIRE artists to their schools in 2010.
Contact Dylan Locke at (540) 343-2624 ext. 215 or by email at dlocke@jeffcenter.org to schedule a program with any of the following artists.