SPECial Teachers Resources in the Arts

A major component of the Cultural Council's Arts Learning Program, since 1968, SPECTRA collaborates with professional artists and schools to provide thousands of students in Santa Cruz County with direct access to artists' standards-aligned programs in dance, theater, music, language, and visual arts.

Learn more about SPECTRA - take a look at the SPECTRA video hosted by the Frieda C. Fox Family Foundation.

Click the links below for more information:

SPECTRA Resource Directory

Hiring A SPECTRA Artist

FORM: Artist Request & Funding Agreement Form

Policies

FAQs

For further information regarding SPECTRA, please contact the Arts Education Coordinator at the Cultural Council: 831-475-9600 ext. 20 or email ArtsLearning.

About SPECTRA

About SPECTRA Artists

About SPECTRA Programs

SPECTRA Artists align their work with the California Standards for Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) while accommodating for the unique needs of each class.  Longer residencies are encouraged to offer more in depth inclusion of the standards.

CA VAPA Standards

Cultural Council's Synopsis of VAPA Standards 

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