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A Generational Investment

University Arts and Collections works directly with approximately 120 Michigan school districts each year.

 

University Arts and Collections in Michigan Schools

 

As anchor institutions in Michigan, University Arts and Collections spaces are often places of firsts for youth in across the state—first broadway performance, first museum visit, first creative professional development opportunity and more. In service of MSU's outreach mission, these units create transformative opportunities for K–12 students and their teachers.

 

Over 100

Michigan school districts engage with University Arts and Collections annually

33,000+

K–12 students have University Arts and Collections experiences each year

 

 

Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum

Art museum field trips can spark curiosity and engagement with big ideas about the world around us. Looking at art with peers encourages students to accept and seek diverse perspectives, skills that transfer to all areas of life. Bring your students to the MSU Broad Art Museum for an engaging and interactive experience with art. Learn more about field trips to the MSU Broad Art Museum. 

The museum also hosts a teacher fellowship program for K–12 educators of all subjects to builds skills and strategies to broaden students’ understanding of the world around them through the arts. Learn more about the MSU Broad Art Museum's teacher fellowship program.

 

 
 
 

Sparking Curiosity

 

"In the Making: Young Minds at the MSU Broad Art Museum" does more than provide cost-free art museum experiences for Michigan K-12 students—it provides real world mentorship to MSU student future teachers.

This program is generously sponsored by the Park West Foundation.

 

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MSU Museum

The MSU Museum is excited to support education through our Teaching Resources, including content for faculty and teachers in our community. Learn more about the museum's current curriculum guide "Honor in Action," as well as classroom kits and other resources for K–12 schools.

 

Wharton Center for Performing Arts

Wharton Center offers several programs that support schools across Michigan through the Wharton Center Institute for Arts and Creativity, supported by MSU Federal Credit Union. These programs include:

  • The Act One School Series, which provides curriculum-linked, performing arts enrichment activities for students in grades K-12. 
  • The Sutton Foster Awards, a yearlong program for high schools that helps them hone their skills in musical theatre, culminating in an awards showcase that sends two Michigan students to New York City to compete in the national "Jimmy Awards." 
  • The Disney Musicals in Schools program, designed to build sustainable theater programs in under-resourced schools. Wharton Center is the only Disney Musicals in Schools partner in the state of Michigan. 
  • Arts in the Classroom programs, which connect professional arts educators to classrooms and teachers in Mid-Michigan. through arts integration training for educators and arts enhancement workshops for students. 
  • The Teaching Artist Institute, which empowers artists to share their passion, creativity, and expertise with students of all ages.

 

 
 
 

The Opportunity of a Lifetime

 

In 2022, Wharton Center made meaningful changes to the Sutton Foster Awards program that more than doubled the number of schools served in previous years. One of the winners that year was Mark Bonney from the Detroit School of Arts. Hear more about Mark's journey, the Detroit School of Arts' experience as a first-time participant of this program, and how Wharton Center is increasing access to life-changing performing arts opportunities for high schoolers across the state of Michigan.

 

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