The Paramount Theatre

Our vision is that all young people will have the creative confidence they need to be successful in their communities. With a focus on the youth of Central Texas and their families, we serve approximately 22,000 kids annually.

Grades PK-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Professional LearningMINDPOP MatchmakerMay 28, 2020Theater, English Language Arts, Cultural Heritage, SEL, Approved - Holds Current Contract with AISD, Off Campus Experience / Field Trip, Online Workshop, Music, Dance, cultural heritage, Group / Private Lessons

Texas Music Partners

Texas Music Partners (TMP) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to show kids how to combine creativity, technology, and music through education and performance.

Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12MINDPOP MatchmakerMay 28, 2020Music, Digital Media, Needs Single-Service Contract, Grant Funded (No CLI Funds Required), Campus Assembly, On Campus Arts Experience, Single Visit, Multi-Visit, Online Arts Experience, Virtual Performance, Online Workshop

Texas Folklife

Texas Folklife provides radio, podcast, and cultural heritage education with our Stories from Deep in the HeartProgram. Work with professional radio producers, folklorists, and journalists to produce your own radio stories with your students. Integrate culturally rich podcasting into your curriculum today!

Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Professional LearningMINDPOP MatchmakerMay 28, 2020

Small Wonders Puppet Theater

Small Wonders Puppet Theater is a traveling contemporary puppetry theater dedicated to the promotion of the entertainment, education and happiness of audiences young and old.

Grades PK-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8MINDPOP MatchmakerMay 28, 2020Theater, English Language Arts, Social Studies, Cultural Heritage, Campus Assembly, Residency, Group / Private Lessons, On Campus Arts Experience, Online Arts Experience, Online Workshop, Approved - Holds Current Contract with AISD

Resonate

A huge wealth of talent just landed in Austin! Resonate is a high energy, interactive, motivational percussion troupe. We are drummers, dreamers, and speakers inspiring minds of all ages through the power of percussion.

Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Professional LearningMINDPOP MatchmakerMay 28, 2020Dance, Music, SEL, Group / Private Lessons, Needs Single-Service Contract, Visual Art, Cultural Heritage, On Campus Arts Experience, Single Visit, Multi-Visit, Online Arts Experience, Virtual Performance, Online Workshop

Move Your Tale

Improv facilitates learning through an atmosphere of positive purpose, exploring subjects of study in novel & memorable ways. Intentional group activities, turn taking & critical reflection build creative, collaborative experiences & allow learners of all kinds to learn, laugh & explore together.

Mother Falcon Music Lab

The Mother Falcon Music Lab (MFML) is a multimedia education program which highlights creativity as a means of self discovery, community connection, and innovation. Our music, visual arts, and digital media programming has been developed over 10 years of outreach, residencies, and summer workshops.

MINDPOP

MINDPOP is a nonprofit consultancy and incubator that connects individuals, organizations, and communities with the insights, tools, and resources they need to increase student access to the arts and to the benefits of creative learning.

Professional LearningMINDPOP MatchmakerMay 28, 2020

Mexic-Arte Museum

Mexic-Arte Museum serves children, educators and families through a number of programs including screen printing classes, museum tours, free family days and teacher workshops.

Grades PK-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Professional LearningMINDPOP MatchmakerMay 28, 2020Visual Art, Bilingual, Cultural Heritage, Digital Media, Off Campus Experience / Field Trip, Approved - Holds Current Contract with AISD

Latinas Unidas Por El Arte - LUPE Arte

LUPE Arte is a multimedia, multidisciplinary art education organization serving youth and supporting artists by providing culturally relevant programming.

Grades PK-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8MINDPOP MatchmakerMay 28, 2020Dance, Music, Visual Art, English Language Arts, Cultural Heritage, Bilingual, Group / Private Lessons, Approved - Holds Current Contract with AISD, spanish

Hey Lolly Music

We teach students songs. We perform original puppet shows with different themes such as going to the library, colors and the color wheel and taking care of the environment. We can bring in a band to perform for the students. We have a three piece band or a seven piece brass band.

Grades PK-2MINDPOP MatchmakerMay 28, 2020Music, Theater, Digital Media, English Language Arts, Campus Assembly, On Campus Arts Experience, Single Visit, Multi-Visit, Online Arts Experience, Virtual Performance, Approved - Holds Current Contract with AISD

Glass Half Full Theatre

Glass Half Full Theatre creates original, professional, bilingual (Spanish/ English) performances featuring actors and sophisticated puppets and performs at the theater in the Dougherty Arts Center for Elementary and Middle School audiences. Performances are supported by supplemental educational materials connecting the performance work to TEKs in Science, Social Studies, and Language Arts.

Flatbed Center for Contemporary Printmaking

Flatbed offers hands-on printmaking classes and group tours with a printmaking activity for all ages.

Grades PK-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Professional LearningMINDPOP MatchmakerMay 28, 2020Visual Art, Special Education, Off Campus Experience / Field Trip, Out of School Time, Needs Single-Service Contract

Fidencio Duran

Austin based muralist Fidencio Duran provides Hispanic communities across the state visual access to their rich history.

Grades 9-12MINDPOP MatchmakerMay 28, 2020Dance, Music, Theater, Visual Art, English Language Arts, Science / Math, Social Studies, Cultural Heritage, Bilingual, Special Education, Off Campus Experience / Field Trip, Residency, Group / Private Lessons, Needs Single-Service Contract, On Campus Arts Experience

Elisabet Ney Museum

The Elisabet Ney Museum is housed in “Formosa,” the Victorian‐era home and studio of Elisabet Ney, a German sculptor who emigrated to America with her husband shortly after the Civil War. The evocative castle‐like limestone structure, designed largely by Ney herself, houses the world’s most extensive collection of her work and has been an Austin landmark for well over a century.

Grades PK-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Professional LearningMINDPOP MatchmakerMay 28, 2020Theater, Visual Art, English Language Arts, Science / Math, Social Studies, Cultural Heritage, Special Education, Campus Assembly, Off Campus Experience / Field Trip, Group / Private Lessons, Out of School Time, On Campus Arts Experience, Approved - Holds Current Contract with AISD

Creative Action

The Creative Action School-Based Department creates shared arts experiences that build community, connection and capacity for change in schools. Our highly trained teaching artists deliver joyful, multi-disciplinary and multi-session arts experiences.

Creative Action’s School-Based Programs Department has paused in-person classroom visits for the 2020-2021 school year. However, we have virtual/online and socially distant arts programming, as well as virtual professional development to offer your school community!

Bullock Texas State History Museum

Experience interdisciplinary Texas–Explore history, science, language arts, ESL, the arts, and many other stories of Texas through the Bullock Museum’s school field trip program, distance learning programs, and educator professional development.

Grades PK-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Professional LearningMINDPOP MatchmakerMay 27, 2020Theater, Visual Art, English Language Arts, Science / Math, Social Studies, Cultural Heritage, SEL, Off Campus Experience / Field Trip, Group / Private Lessons, Grant Funded (No CLI Funds Required), Needs Single-Service Contract

Blanton Museum of Art

Guided visits invite students to be curious, drawing connections between art, their lives, and the world around them so they can become more critically engaged citizens. Students are encouraged to use evidential reasoning to construct interpretations about objects of art and develop social and emotional skills. Lessons are designed to support TEKS and English language learners. They reinforce classroom objectives and promote arts integration across the curriculum. We can customize gallery experiences for PK-12 audiences to meet the goals of your group.

Grades PK-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Professional LearningMINDPOP MatchmakerMay 27, 2020Visual Art, English Language Arts, Science / Math, Social Studies, Cultural Heritage, Bilingual, SEL, Off Campus Experience / Field Trip, Approved - Holds Current Contract with AISD

Beyond the Grade

Beyond the Grade provides unique music programs for all ages delivered to you!

Beyond the Grade develops confidence and community in underserved youth in Central Texas through after school music education. Taught by local musicians, our curriculum is inspired by students’ interests, providing opportunities for expression and empowerment.

Ballet Austin

Ballet Austin is committed to offering educators resources and opportunities to provide young people with arts experiences, specifically in dance.