Bethlehem Chosen as First Site in Pa. for Kennedy Center's 'Ensuring the Arts for Any Given Child' Program

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has chosen Bethlehem as the 24th site—and the first in Pennsylvania—for its Ensuring the Arts for Any Given Child program. The primary goal of the program is “to assist communities in developing and implementing a plan for expanded arts education in their schools, ensuring access and equity for all students in grades K-8.”

Lehigh’s Zoellner Arts Center will serve as lead coordinator for the four-year collaboration, and dozens of community partners, including the Bethlehem Area School District (BASD), the Mayor’s Office, the United Way, ArtsQuest and Lehigh’s College of Education, will work together to develop a strategy for in-school arts education tailored to the needs of the Bethlehem community.