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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSince Arts Access Miami launched in 2020, student participation in arts programs in Miami Gardens jumped from 27 to 81 percent. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSince Arts Access Miami launched in 2020, student participation in arts programs in Miami Gardens jumped from 27 to 81 percent. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Picture by Osmany Torres.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s always darkest before the dawn \u2014 and the future of much-beleaguered arts education in Miami is a considerably brighter after a landmark $5.6 million investment in Arts Access Miami<\/a> by The Frederick A. DeLuca Foundation<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n It\u2019s a major coup for Arts Access Miami, which, utilizing an innovative first-of-its-kind model, unites 25 of the top local arts nonprofits, schools, and funders in service of a single synergistic strategy. The organization believes the influx will empower them to \u201cbring quality arts education to 90,000-plus students across 100-plus Miami-Dade public schools by 2029, with full-county coverage by 2032.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis collective impact approach is unique in the country,\u201d Arts Access Miami Director Alan Valladares tells New Times, citing partners ranging from Young Musicians Unite<\/a> to The Miami Foundation<\/a>. \u201cMiami is setting a national standard, proving that investors like collaboration and showing what can happen when organizations stop competing and start collaborating.\u201d<\/p>\n This is no idle boast: Since Arts Access Miami launched in 2020, student participation in arts programs in Miami Gardens jumped from 27 to 81 percent. In South Dade, that number went from 15 to 40 percent \u2014 with subsequent higher attendance rates, improved reading scores, and positive social-emotional outcomes. \u201cThrough music and the arts,\u201d Valladares says, \u201cstudents are building important skills, including concentration, collaboration, and perseverance, which support their overall learning.\u201d<\/p>\n Picture by Osmany Torres.<\/p>\n As Arts Access Miami eyes further growth in its current beachheads and expansion into the Central Dade region, the goal is to ensure no school or student is left behind. \u201cBy aligning programs by neighborhood, we make sure every student has access to the arts, and no school is oversaturated while another has nothing,\u201d Valladares says. \u201cThe Frederick A. DeLuca Foundation\u2019s support will allow us to expand a proven model and reach even more students and communities with high-quality music and arts education.\u201d<\/p>\n Success begets success, of course, and arts education could use a shot in the arm \u2014 especially in Florida, but across the nation as well. If the Arts Access Miami \u201cproven model\u201d does indeed become the \u201cnational standard,\u201d that would be among the best, most fruitful of South Florida\u2019s many cultural exports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Since Arts Access Miami launched in 2020, student participation in arts programs in Miami Gardens jumped from 27…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15885,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2311,123,125,124,13605],"class_list":["post-15884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-local-music","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-philanthropy-nonprofits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Arts-Access-Miami-2.jpg\")
As Arts Access Miami eyes further growth in its current beachheads and expansion into the Central Dade region.<\/p>\n