Arts Education
Chautauqua Arts Education programs serve Pre-K through 12th grade students in Chautauqua County and beyond, encouraging 21st century skills of critical thinking, creativity, collaboration and communication through the performing and visual arts.
Chautauqua Arts Education programs are designed to be inclusive and accessible to students of all ability levels. Adaptations and accommodations are integrated into each program to encourage all students to have meaningful experiences through the arts.
Chautauqua Arts Education programs qualify to be funded through the Erie 2 BOCES Arts in Education Co-Ser program.
Would your school like to participate? Please contact Director of Arts Education Suzanne Fassett-Wright at sfassettwright@chq.org to start the conversation.
See how Chautauqua Arts Education inspires young minds through the Young Playwrights Project — a glimpse of the program through the lens of those who live it: our students and educators.
Young Playwrights Project
Third and fourth grade students unleash their imaginations through the art of playwriting!
School Residencies
Explore how drumming connects your heart to your head through “Feelin’ the Beat!”
Opera in the Schools
Get up-close-and-personal with members of the Chautauqua Opera Company when your students see, hear and join in the fun of live opera in their school.
Summer Field Trips
Come visit, enjoy and relax!
Professional Development for Teachers
Expand teachers’ toolboxes through active learning workshops that share arts integration strategies to use in the classroom.
Partner Programs
Chautauqua is proud to collaborate with nationally regarded organizations and teaching artists to offer quality enrichment resources to schools.
Education Wednesdays
Every Wednesday of the season, Chautauqua County students, faculty, administration and staff get free admission!
Arts Education Blog
Stay up to date on all things Arts Ed on our new blog!
Accessibility and CHQ Arts Education
Chautauqua Arts Education programs are designed to be inclusive and accessible to students of all ability levels.
Generous support for these programs has been provided by:
The Children’s Guild Foundation
Court Family Foundation
Cummins, Inc.
Elise M. Besthoff Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Goldin Foundation for Educational Excellence
The Greater Washington Community Foundation
Mardi Gras Foundation
New York State Council on the Arts
Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation
Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation
Winifred Crawford Dibert Foundation
Chautauqua Common Grounds
J. Marcus and Ellen B. Fultz Family Fund
Joseph Goldfarb
Eric and Ellie Nickeson
Iris November
Irene and David Tabish
Terrie Tucker and Stephen Still
Generous Chautauquans who have contributed to Arts Education via the Chautauqua Fund