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Lorain City Schools announce partnerships with Kent State, Cleveland State and Cleveland Institute of Art
Summary
District leaders described three new arts partnerships that will bring campus visits, master classes, performance support and scholarship opportunities for visual- and performing-arts students.
During the Jan. 27 meeting, Dr. Graham told the board that Kent State University, Cleveland State University and the Cleveland Institute of Art have contacted the district about deeper arts partnerships after seeing student performances and displays.
Dr. Graham described multiple elements: Kent State will provide set and costumes and host a student performance visit tied to the district musical (the presentation named The Wiz, with district students attending on Feb. 26 and additional activities planned on March 28). Kent State faculty and students will run master classes and question-and-answer sessions and the universities and institutes would coordinate visits at logical points in class unit design to bring students to campus and to host faculty visits to district schools.
Cleveland State plans a recruiting trip and open-house experience for juniors and seniors on Feb. 7, including backstage and Playhouse Square matinee opportunities; the university also indicated it may offer instant-admission decisions for eligible seniors during the visit. The Cleveland Institute of Art offered to waive fees for its enrichment classes and summer intensive programs for district students and to participate in district portfolio days.
Dr. Graham framed the outreach as momentum tied to recent arts investments: “They reached out to us in the last month that they had seen our students do something or had an experience with our students in some capacity that just really caught their attention,” he said, and he thanked teachers and building administrators for the work that prompted the interest.
These are partnership proposals and require further scheduling and program planning before they become operational; no formal district vote was recorded on the partnerships at the Jan. 27 meeting.
