Funding Today — Funding Tomorrow

In 2024, Americans for the Arts reported that 83% of Americans favor arts education funding as they did in 2018 – and 92% of Americans believe every student deserves quality arts education, but only 52% believe students have sufficient chances to take arts classes.

How do the arts fit in K-12 schools? How can funding for arts education organizations help? Which arts education funding choices have helped to make the most lasting impact on students and families? What other ways can arts education funding make a difference? What is missing? This program is part of Cleveland Arts Education Consortium’s 2025 series highlighting partnerships between CAEC members’ community arts organizations that partners with NE Ohio school districts, notably with the Cleveland Metropolitan School District. As a supporter of this critical work, CAEC has long championed the immense capability of Chicago Ingenuity’s artlook® mapping protocol tool to track, grow and benefit student, school and community arts learning. Is it a possibility for Cleveland in 4-5 years?