Arts Partnerships Program

ETC Arts Partnerships Program creates long-term partnerships with local schools and other community based organizations. The partnerships allow for development of widely available, community-based, arts education. By partnering with local schools and their PTAs or other community-based organizations, ETC is able to create arts and arts education opportunities at the local level by using its partners' facilities.

The Arts Partnership Program provides arts and arts education opportunities to students who would not otherwise have access to them. ETC has expanded its Partnerships to include other community-based organizations in order to continue to create arts access to underserved communities.

Currently, ETC has 23 partenerships and has the goal of adding at least two new Arts Partnerships every year.

Arts Partnerships

McKinley Elementary School - McKinley Elementary School is ETCs model residency and is our longest running partnership. ETC partners with McKinley and McKinley Children's Theater to produce original musicals in the Fall and Spring Semesters. ETC also offers summer drama camps at McKinley Elementary. Principal Pat Anderson and Music Teacher Kris Keller were named ETC's Outstanding Arts Partner in 2007.
AHC Inc. - AHC Inc. is a private, nonprofit developer of quality affordable housing in the Washington-Baltimore region. ETC has partnered with AHC Inc. (formerly Arlington Housing Corporation) to offer drama programs at several of AHC's on-site community centers, such as Harvey Hall, Virginia Gardens, Woodbury Park, Berkley, and Gates of Ballston.
Arlington Traditional School - Arlington Traditional School (ATS) is an unique school in Arlington County. The primary emphasis is on a traditional education with a strong academic program based upon high expectations for every student. There is a safe, caring climate of respect and cooperation. Every child, family, and staff member has made an active choice to be at this school and embraces the idea of a traditional education. ETC partners with ATS to provide Creative Play classes for K-2 and Improvisation classes for 3-5.
ArtStream - ArtStream is a regional organization based in the Washington, DC Metropolitan area, formed by a group of caring artists who are passionate about their mission to create artistic opportunities for individuals in communities traditionally underserved by the arts. We believe that the transformative power of the arts should be available to everyone, especially those who are challenged by disabilities or life circumstances, to express their full humanity for their own growth and the benefit of those around them. More importantly, we are all experienced professionals who have seen the power of the arts at work in these settings, and are excited to spread the "magic". It is the fervent mission of the members of ArtStream to fill the gap in arts programming between what is currently being provided in these communities and what is needed. ETC partners with ArtStream to offer their unique services to the Arlington and Northern Virginia area.
Arlington Arts Commission - Within the Arlington Arts Commission, Cultural Affairs creates an environment that encourages innovation and excellence within the Arlington arts community. They provide ETC space for meetings, retreats and assists us in finding space for summer camps through the Department of Parks and Rec. ETC houses our Page to Stage Camp at the Fairlington Community Center which was secured for ETC through these organizations.
Barrett Elementary School - Kate Waller Barrett Elementary School offers a quality education to all children in a caring environment that recognizes and respects multicultural diversity. Centrally located, Barrett serves as a school of choice for a cluster of schools including Ashlawn, Glebe, Long Branch, McKinley, Nottingham and Tuckahoe neighborhoods, as well as our own Arlington Forest and Buckingham neighborhoods.
Carlin Springs Elementary School - Carlin Springs is Arlington's model "community school." The school facility is used as a base to support students and their families by addressing not only academic needs, but also social, emotional, and health needs through linkages to community partners. By addressing the needs of the "whole child," we enhance student success in school and in the larger community. ETC partners with Carlin Springs to to provide Creative Play classes for K-2 and 3-5 that focus on literacy and language.
City of Falls Church - ETC partners with the City of Falls Church Recreation and Parks Division to offer three one week summer drama camps in August. Past offerings have included Radio Drama, Improvisation, Shakespeare and Stage Combat.
Claremont Elementary School - Claremont has joined our other partner Key Elementary as being a dual language, Spanish/English immersion elementary school. Students learn a second language in a natural way through everyday conversation and content instruction. Students spend half of their academic day in a Spanish-language classroom learning math, science and Spanish reading/writing, and the other portion of the day learning reading, writing, social studies, music, physical education and art in English. dt> Etz Hayim Synagogue - Etz Hayim is the model partnership for our ETC Beginnings program.
Greenbrier Learning Center and Virginia Gardens Learning Center - Greenbrier Learning Center and Virginia Gardens Learning Center were founded to promote education, youth leadership and strong families through structured enrichment programs. ETC has partnered with GBLC to provide drama classes where students share skits and theatre games for family and friends.
Higher Achievement Program - Higher Achievement Program (HAP) closes the achievement gap by offering motivated middle school students from under-served areas an opportunity-rich, nationally recognized year-round educational and high school preparatory program. The program, held after school and during the summer, culminates in top high school placement. Each year, Higher Achievement helps 400 students achieve academic excellence. Grades improve, test scores improve, and academic behaviors are fostered through a program that works.
Jamestown Elementary School - Jamestown Elementary School is located in North Arlington, and Executive Director, Stan Kang, is an alumnus of Jamestown. ETC partners with Jamestown to offer after school drama classes and provides production support for Jamestown's spring musicals.
The Jefferson - A Sunrise Senior Living Community - Our model partnership for our Senior Classes, Sunrise provides a housing community for independent and Assisted Living services.
Key Elementary School - Key Elementary School is Key School or Escuela Key was one of the pioneers in the United States in two-way immersion programs. Key focuses on integrating instruction, based on biliteracy and bilingualism in Spanish and English, with core academic areas mandated by state and federal entities.
Sleepy Hollow Elementary School - Sleepy Hollow Elementary is our first school partnership in Fairfax County. Sleepy Hollow Elementary is a "global community" of students from numerous countries, they focus on having small groups for classes such as language arts and mathmatics for better learning. This is ETC's first time partnering with Sleepy Hollow.
Trinity Presbyterian Church - Trinity Presbyterian Church in Arlington houses some of ETC's newest camps and programs including our Shakespeare's Shorts Camp, Camp Comedy, and the ETC on-film after school film club.
Tuckahoe Elementary School - Tuckahoe Elementary has been teaming with ETC to produce a Spring Musical for the past two years. Last year ETC put on a production of "Where the Wild Things Are."
Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington - The UUCA houses our ETC Beginnings Camp and is a long time supporter of the arts.
Waxter Children's Center - The Department of Juvenile Services in Maryland ensures the safety of the community and the well-being and safety of the youths under DJS care, holds juvenile offenders accountable to victims and communities, and assists youths in developing competency and character to aid them in becoming successful members of society. ETC teaches these women workshops in Shakespeare, and acting technique.

Past Partners

Past partners include the following: