How to
Participate

Are you looking for information on how your school can participate in our school program?

There are many ways to participate in the Art Start NW School Program.

Partnership Schools + Shared Art Cabinet

Each year, we donate sketchbooks and quality art supplies to our Partnership Schools. These supplies ‘live’ in an art cabinet; ensuring all teachers in the building will have access to ‘check out’ these supplies to their classroom. 

Would you like to create a Shared Art Cabinet at your school? Please reach out to School Programs Director, Missy Hancock to learn how.

Attend a Teacher Workshop

Every school year, we equip educators—who may not be art specialists—with the tools they need to integrate art into subjects like math, science, history, and reading. This approach brings art back into the classroom and creates more creative opportunities for students to learn.

Join Our Partnerships

We strive to build equity in our community by expanding our School Partnerships to include more schools who need resources, while also including the schools who have active PTA programs. 

Are you interested in partnering with us? If your school has an active PTA, PTA or board, you can become a PTA Sponsored School. What does that look like? Your PTA pays for the art materials you want – and we order and deliver it to you. All of the teachers in your building are eligible to join all of our Teacher Workshops at no cost to them. Partnership schools are eligible to join our Student Art Show each Spring.

The deadline to join our Partnerships for the 2026-2027 school year is June 10, 2026.