Bring professional artists into classrooms
Grants for Performing Arts Teachers
Wolf Trap’s Grants for Performing Arts Teachers is an annual program that acknowledges public school educators in the greater Washington, DC area with monetary awards to bring new and innovative performing arts experiences to their students:
- High School grantees can receive up to $5,000 per project
- Middle School grantees can receive up to $2,500 per project
Applications are due October 1.
Questions? Contact Wolf Trap at edugrants@wolftrap.org.
Project Examples
- Dance for a Change – Student dancers collaborate with guest artists to choreograph pieces that explore how art can become social commentary.
- Creating Theater for Young Audiences – Student actors work with teaching artists to adapt a popular picture book into a show to tour to local preschools.
- Music Composition Residency – Student musicians work with teaching artists to incorporate their own musical culture and heritage into an orchestral composition.
