Newark, New Jersey 07103 United States
Indigo Arts
The Indigo Arts Project is an arts initiative that aims to create access to the arts for all students. Indigo specializes in the performing arts and arts integrated learning, for students K-12, and have consulted and offered arts and arts integrated programming around the country, including consulting The President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities for the White House in the Obama Administration. The arts have long since been connected to student achievement, academically, and socially. Researchers have even linked higher SAT scores with students who have participated in the arts for a longer period of time, throughout their academic careers (Vaughn & Winner, 2000). While some schools in our country are doing away with the arts, altogether, others are intentionally integrating the arts and assessing its benefits.
What does Indigo Arts offer?
- School Choir
- Theatre/Acting Classes
- Dance and Movement
- Arts Integration Classes
- Script Writing
- Short Film
- Arts Integration Consulting
- Professional Development
- Arts and Arts Integration Resource Specialist
Feedback from principals, teachers, parents, students, and district employees indicates that students participating in Indigo Arts experience:
- Academic boosts
- Reduced behavioral issues
- Significant improvements in self-esteem and confidence
- Increased grit and fidelity
- Enhanced focus and engagement in academic instruction
- Greater comprehension
- Improved persistence and resilience
Leveraging the arts, we achieve:
- Improved attendance
- Enhanced peer interactions and cooperation
- Reduced behavioral issues
- Academic improvements and higher test scores
- Boosted self-confidence and self-awareness
- Increased self-discipline and accountability
- Better time management and organization
- Stronger independent study habits
- Greater program fidelity