Tonight at 7:00 – 8:30 PM, the city is hosting the fifth annual arts education forum, The State of Arts Education in Seattle Public Schools, at Seattle Asian Art Museum (SAAM).

This year’s forum will focus on Seattle’s Arts Education Partnership Initiative [LINK - pdf file] with the Seattle schoold district. Mayor Nickels will make an appearance, to start the program, and Superintendent Dr. Maria Goodloe-Johnson, Chief Academic Officer Carla Santorno and district Manager of Visual & Performing Arts Carri Campbell are all scheduled to speak. In order to ensure that not everyone falls asleep, there will also be student art and performances.

This is a great opportunity for parents and arts educators to find out what the city and school district have accomplished so far, and to learn about goals for 2009.