​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​The San Diego County Office of Education Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) team supports school districts in designing and implementing comprehensive, standards-based arts education programs for students in preschool through high school. Programs feature dance, media arts, music, theatre, and the visual arts.

Save the Date: Arts Empower Mega Conference

The 2019 Arts Empower San Diego Mega Conference will be Oct. 17 at Balboa Park. 

If you've never been, it's a one-of-a-kind forum that unites teachers of all arts disciplines, elementary multiple-subject teachers, teaching artists, school administrators, and arts organization members all in a park rich in the arts. 

Past attendees will tell you it's a can’t-miss day of professional learning and conversations focused on arts education developed in partnership with the county’s arts education organizations and Balboa Park arts and culture institutions.  

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