It is the mission of the Ohio Alliance for Arts Education to ensure that the arts are an integral part of the education of every Ohioan. WWW.OAAE.NET. The believe and work every day under the directorship of Tim Katz to ensure that:
-All children in school must have quality arts education provided by licensed arts educators; all Ohioans have the right to expect quality arts education; all arts programs must have adequate resources, and; all arts and cultural organizations and artists have a critical role in arts education. PFW has worked with them for many years and their reach and excellence in what they do is applauded and you can even DONATE TO THEM too! 
This year we worked with them to continue to bring Artists In The Classroom of Olde Orchard Elementary School. This school works with children having learning and emotional difficulties. Well over 100 children will experience artists up close and personal Sogbety Diomande is a performance drummer and will bring song and dance from the Ivory Coast and Annette Jefferson, is an historical storyteller and uses the history of famous African Americans to tell her stories. Both of these programs will be given during black history month. We have also granted OAAE so that Transit Arts’ Art in the House can continue their FREE 90 minute weekly dance workshops for children aged 5-11 at Central Community House in Columbus, OH. This Mini Hip-Hop is open to students from any school or neighborhood every Monday evening. It is an out of school time program, that works to close the gaps in services, bringing arts and cultural programs into a network of opportunities accessible to all residents, particularly K-12 in neighborhoods facing the toughest social, economic, and public safety challenges. Transit Arts youth work as paid apprentice teaching artists for those classes assisting the professional dance instructors. There are also Open-Mic events. The grant will help them to offer this program without interruption throughout the entire calendar year.
