caldera

school arts network
every week, a caldera mentor connects with a core group of our students. our work with middle school students begins in their schools – our arts partners. in order to provide the sustained contact necessary for healthy youth development, caldera’s arts partner school program provides a series of interconnected arts education services. school-wide artist residencies and workshops provide performances, exhibitions and workshops at arts partner middle schools attended by caldera youth, effectively extending arts learning to nearly 10,000 students annually. caldera sends professional artists to lead week-long, school-wide residencies and arts workshops related to classroom themes throughout the year. we rely on our arts partner schools to spread the word to young people who may be interested in our unique program. our program is available to arts partners and youth at no cost.

rural arts partner schools (central oregon)
elton gregory (redmond)
jefferson county (madras)
obsidian (redmond)
pilot butte (bend)
terrebonne community (terrebonne)

urban arts partner middle schools (portland)
peninsula
h.b. lee
ockley green
open meadow
sei academy

in addition to our arts partner schools, numerous community agencies help us identify kids who need caldera support. our referring partners include: self enhancement, inc., friends of the children, native american youth association, and family advocate network (bend, sisters, madras, redmond). any middle school student man apply to participate in our program, but priority placement is given to students attending caldera arts partner schools.