Collectively striving to provide greater, more equitable access to quality arts education in Northeast Florida
Under the leadership of CAP, Any Given Child Jacksonville advocates for arts education.
Working with Duval County Public Schools, local arts organizations, artists and community leaders, AGC Jacksonville ensures all K-8 students in Duval County have equitable access to learning in the arts. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts launched Ensuring the Arts for Any Given Child in 2009, and selected Jacksonville to be an AGC community in 2013. Jacksonville is one of 27 communities participating in this national collective impact initiative.
OBJECTIVES
Program Services
Capacity Building
Advancement
Cross Sector Collaboration
Advocacy and Communications
Community Outcomes
Since 2014, AGC Jacksonville has initiated, facilitated or tracked the following achievements for our community:
4 times the number of annual professional development offerings for arts educators
30% increase in the number of full-time DCPS arts educators
Creation of Landscape of Education in the Arts in Duval (LEAD) and Jacksonville’s first-ever artlook® map to track arts opportunities in the city
District leaders including the Supervisor of Arts ensured arts education remained a priority for every DCPS student when shifting to virtual learning during the pandemic
100% of school board candidates in both 2018 and 2020 agreed that expansion of the arts should be a top priority for the district
Creation of a new arts magnet school
More than 3 times the number of students participating in the arts
3 times the number of local media mentions in support of arts education
More than $17 million in arts-related scholarships to DCPS students
Partners
Any Given Child Jacksonville is funded in part by:
AGC Jacksonville Steering Committee
Vicky Basra | Delores Barr Weaver Policy Center
Calvin Bryant | C7 Creative
Ellen Cottrill | Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville
Karen Feagins | PNC Bank
Laurie Hoppock | Duval County Public Schools
Kim Kuta Dring | Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens
Jane Lester | Community Arts Education Advocate
Dr. Maira Martelo | Jacksonville Public Education Fund
Dr. Shanker Menon | Community Arts Education Advocate
Alex Osborne | World Affairs Council of Jacksonville
Stephen Pollan | Assessment Technologies Group
Marianne Rice | Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra
Dr. Timothy Snyder | Jacksonville University
David Wingard | Wingard
At Large
Dr. Diana Greene | Duval County Public Schools
Paul Sznewajs | Ingenuity, Inc.
Partners in Arts Education
Adecco Staffing, USA
AIGA
ArtLife
Arthur Vining Davis Foundations
Assessment Technologies Group
Atlantic Beach Experimental Theatre
City Kids Art Factory
The Community Foundation of Northeast Florida
Creatively Independent
Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach
Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville
Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens
Delores Barr Weaver Policy Center
Duval County Public Schools
Don’t Miss A Beat, Inc.
Essential Culture Podcast Network
First Coast School of Music
The Florida Ballet
Florida Blue
Friday Musicale, Inc.
FSCJ Artist Series
Ingenuity, Inc.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Jacksonville Children’s Chorus
Jacksonville Dance Theatre
Jacksonville Public Education Fund
Jacksonville Symphony
Jacksonville University
Jaguars Foundation
JASMYN
Kids Hope Alliance
Lombardo Family
Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville
National Endowment for the Arts
Opera Jacksonville
Performers Academy
Phase 8 Theater Company
Players by the Sea
PNC Bank
Ritz Theatre and Museum
Theatre Jacksonville
United Way of Northeast Florida
VSA Florida
Wingard
WJCT
World Affairs Council of Jacksonville
Learn More and Get Involved
Contact Dr. Lucy Chen at lucy@capkids.org