Adopt the Arts Foundation

Adopt the Arts is committed to providing underserved schools with high-quality music education through proprietary curriculum, professional mentorship and community support, empowering students to thrive through the power of music.We are building a movement, one school at a time, by bringing together artists, musicians, donors, public officials, businesses, entrepreneurs and creatives to ensure music educators have tools, resources, and unique opportunities to develop the next generation of creators, innovators, thinkers and problem-solvers.

Adopt the Arts launched in the spring of 2012, just as the school board was about to eliminate the entire budget for arts education in all of its 335 elementary schools. Although partial funding was maintained and art continues to be funded in various ways, the vast majority of LAUSD elementary school students are not receiving music or art at school. It is the mission of Adopt the Arts to provide music and art classes to all students, regardless of where they live or go to school. We are building a movement, one school at a time, by bringing together artists, musicians, donors, public officials, businesses, entrepreneurs and creatives from around the country.