Peninsula Performs Arts Education – Field Arts & Events Hall

PENINSULA PERFORMS! ARTS EDUCATION

Peninsula performs! Port Angeles ARTS EDUCATION

Every student deserves meaningful access to the arts. Peninsula Performs! brings professional artists into K–12 classrooms across Port Angeles and Sequim to provide hands-on learning in music, dance, theater, and visual art as part of public education on the Olympic Peninsula.

Peninsula Performs! brings working artists directly into schools through a curriculum-integrated residency model that aligns with both Common Core and National Core Arts Standards. Designed in close collaboration with educators, the program offers multi-week residencies in music, dance, theater, and visual arts—reaching students in ways that support academic learning while expanding creative expression.

Offered at no cost to schools or students, the program also supports the local arts ecosystem by employing Olympic Peninsula-based artists who bring care, rigor, and real-world practice into the classroom.

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR 2025-26 TEACHING ARTISTS

Peninsula Performs! is building its 2025–26 teaching artist roster. We’re looking for artists who bring care, focus, and a strong creative practice into the classroom—people who know how to lead with presence, meet students where they are, and hold space for imagination and structure at the same time.

Whether you work in music, dance, theater, storytelling, or visual art, we want to hear from you. Artists living and working on the Olympic Peninsula are especially encouraged to apply.

MINIMUM TEACHING ARTIST QUALIFICATIONS

Be at least 21 years of age or older
Represent a unique and clearly articulated art form
Have previously taught, led, or performed your program before a group of people or students
Identify a natural connection between your program and an academic area
Be flexible in adapting your program to a school learning environment
Available to deliver programming/performances during the school day
Complete background check (district requirements for working with students)
Attend mandatory orientation and training sessions

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

Programs are between 1–3 day visits and serve an entire grade level for 30–90 minutes per visit. All programs should connect to both a Core Learning Standard in English, Math, Social Studies, Science and a Core Arts Standard in Theater, Dance, Music, or Visual Art.

"It is imperative all students have access to an equitable delivery of arts education, which includes dance, media arts, music, theater, and visual arts that supports their educational, social, and emotional well-being, taught by certified professional arts educators in partnership with community arts providers." - Kayla Oakes, Peninsula Performs! Program Co-Founder

Who do we serve?

Peninsula Performs! offers programs for K-12 students and educators in the Port Angeles School District. Peninsula Performs! arts education programs served approximately 1,000 students during the 2022 – 2023 school year.

Reach out today to arrange a Peninsula Performs! program in your classroom. Peninsula Performs! is offered at no cost to schools or students.

PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS

Roosevelt Elementary

Franklin Elementary

Jefferson Elementary

Hamilton Elementary

Dry Creek Elementary

Seaview Academy

CONNECT WITH PENINSULA PERFORMS

If you are an educator in the Port Angeles School District who is interested in bringing Peninsula Performs! to your classroom, please call or email Field Arts & Events Hall to connect.

Jessie Young
Director of Education & Artistic Engagement
(360) 477-4679
jessie@fieldhallevents.org

COMMUNITY PARTNERS & SPONSORS

Program Details

Peninsula Performs! is committed to employing teaching artists who reside on the North Olympic Peninsula.
Implemented during the school day, these programs help students learn curriculum through the arts. Student programs have clear learning objectives and are aligned with both Common Core State Standards and National Core Arts Standards and take place in the school building.
Programs may be delivered by cultural and/or heritage organizations, educational institutions, independent teaching/performing artists, museums/art institutions, performing arts organizations, and/or performance groups/companies.
Programs can be as short as one 45-minute session or as long as three one-hour sessions.
All programs go through the Peninsula Performs program application and selection process by a committee of PASD educators, Field Hall’s Education Committee, and Field Hall staff.
PASD educators use the Peninsula Performs roster to search and select programs at the start of the school year based on grade level, content area, or art form.