CREATING OPPORTUNITY

Giving equitable access to high impact arts-in-education programing for students from Title 1 Schools.

WHO WE SERVE

We serve students.

Imagination Fort Worth crafts its programs for a culturally diverse population of learners. We accommodate learning differences and physical needs. We meet kids where they are and create opportunities for students with varying needs and goals. From elementary school all the way to high school seniors, we have a programs built for all ages and diverse backgrounds. We provide access to arts in education experiences for those with least access.

We serve the arts.

Imagination Fort Worth is raising the next generation of arts patrons by creating positive, energizing first encounters with quality artists, teaching artists, museums, theaters, libraries, and other cultural organizations.

We serve teachers.

We support educators with professionally prepared curricula tied to specific state education standards that outline exactly what students should know and be able to do. We inspire teachers with field trips and programs that integrate the arts with all areas of learning and unleash the creative potential and spark the imaginations of their students.

We serve schools.

The crux of our program service meets needs in Tarrant County Schools Title One Schools. However, Covid provided us the opportunity to expand service reach via virtual programming. We continue successfully providing arts in education access to communities large and small all over Texas, United States and the world at large. Field trips aren’t cheap, and budget-sensitive school districts have many needs to meet. Imagination Fort Worth fills the gap with a wide range of free or low-cost programs.

Outcomes Certified 2023

Outcomes certified by Susan Wolfe and Associates.

Imagination Fort Worth is committed to diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion.

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STAFF

Lauri McKay Bevan is a certified arts educator with experience teaching students from pre-K through high school. She is also a professional actor, director, and produced playwright, and served as administrator for a multi-state non-profit social service organization helping at-risk teens. This combination of experiences in education, the arts, and non-profit management provide her with a unique skill set to lead Imagination Fort Worth.
Education expert Cynthia Andrews creates the “ImagineGuides” that Imagination Fort Worth distributes to classroom teachers and students, as well as designs surveys and analyzes data/outcomes for measuring program efficacy. She also manages the Virtual Programming. Andrews earned a Master’s Degree in Studio Art from the Glasgow School of Art, and a Ph.D. in Contemporary Art Research/Creative Industries from the University of Ulster.

We contract with local, regional and national Artists and Teaching Artists, from diverse cultures and walks of life.

CONTACT US

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

  • Board President – Carson Linstead

  • Board Secretary – Claudia Casas

  • Board Treasurer  – Martha C. Cox

  • Dionne Bagsby Jones

  • Joseph Richards

  • Brian Renteria

  • Galen Turner

  • Myron Mageto

  • Katherine Polenz

PARTNERS & SPONSORS

Thank you to our Partners & Sponsors for helping to make Imagination Fort Worth programs possible!

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Slide Albertsons Safeway
Arts Fort Worth
Austin Community College
Ben E. Keith
Birdies for Charity
SPONSORS
Slide City of Fort Worth
ESC Region 11
Don Looney Charitable Trust
Fash Foundation
Ferdman Family Charitable Fund
Slide Fifth Avenue Foundation
Fort Worth TTPID
Fort Worth Independent School District
Fort Worth Regional Day School for the Deaf Alumni Association
Frost Bank
Slide Hired Hands, INC
Mary Potishman Lard Trust
Livingston Hearing Aid Centers, Inc.
National Endowment for the Arts
R4 Foundation

Slide Ryan Foundation
Sertoma Club of Fort Worth
Sid W Richardson Foundation
Texas Association of Parents & Educators of the Deaf
Slide Texas Commission on the Arts
Texas Cultural Trust
Texas Education Agency
Texas Weslyan University Leadership Academy Network
Texas Women for the Arts
Slide Ballet Concerto
Ballet Frontier of Texas
Boardbuild
Connect to Texas
Cowboy Artists of America
PARTNERS
Slide Fatties on the Fly
Fort Worth Aviation Museum
Fort Worth Botanic Garden
Fort Worth Community Arts Center
Fort Worth Independent School District
Slide Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo
Fort Worth SPARC
Frost Bank
FWISD Visual and Performing Arts Department
IDEA Public Schools
Slide Historic Fort Worth Masonic Temple
Kimbell Art Museum
Kinfolk House
Move with Purpose
Pier 98 Marketing
Slide Sabka Studios
Sid Richardson Museum
Signs to Go
Special Weekend for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing Committee
Tarrant County Historical Commission
Slide Tarrant County College – Trinity River Campus
Tarrant Regional Water District
Texas Ballet Theater
Texas Christian University – Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders
Texas Christian University Printing Services

Slide Texas Forts Trail
Texas Lakes Trail
Texas School for the Deaf
Texas Trail of Fame
Texas Weslyan Leadership Academy Network
Trinity Interpreting