The Office of Fine and Performing Arts provides equitable opportunities for all learners to gain knowledge, skills, and confidence to become lifelong creators in the Arts. Our K-12 Arts program unlocks student potential through dance, visual art, theater, and music. By utilizing the wealth of resources and quality instructors in our great city, students are connected with meaningful, student-centered college and career opportunities from a young age. The Cultural Passport program, a collaborative initiative between arts industry partners and DPSCD, brings our students to cultural institutions throughout the city and beyond, including: the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Michigan Opera Theater, and the Detroit Institute of Arts. These opportunities enrich the whole child, giving them more experiences for creative thought.
The Office of Fine and Performing Arts serves to meet the growing and evolving needs of our K-12 students to help them achieve personal, collegiate, and career success. Our sequential K-8 curriculum creates a rigorous platform for students to experience excellence in Arts instruction in preparation for their high school years. Course offerings in beginning, intermediate, and advanced level courses in our high schools further prepare students for the creative challenges ahead of them after graduation.
Art and/or Music is offered at every school. The following K-8 schools feature an intensive education in the Arts starting in kindergarten. Students may choose to specialize in two art disciplines by applying to the Middle School Arts Conservatory housed within the following schools:
For students who choose a rigorous, college-preparatory Arts curriculum, we offer the Detroit School of Arts. Detroit School of Arts is a nationally renowned high school that offers a strong college preparatory Academic and Arts Curriculum, with pre-professional study in Vocal Music, Instrumental Music, Music Technology, Dance, Theater, Speech, Radio/Television Production, Visual Arts, and Visual Communications.
Whatever type of learner you are, there is a home for you in Detroit Public Schools Community District. Through our wide course offerings, expanding Arts programs, and Cultural Passport, all students experience the connection to the Arts.
