Segerstrom Center for the Arts
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Arts Teach/Arts Connect
Through the Center’s Arts Teach and Arts Connect programs, teaching artists representing music, theater, dance, and visual arts from a wide variety of cultures bring hands-on learning activities directly to students, teachers, and community members, incorporating the arts into core subjects. These artists bring the arts to schools and community organizations throughout Southern California, including Children’s Hospital Orange County, Radiant Health Centers, and Camp Pendleton. Arts Teach and Arts Connect reach approximately 230,000 students, teachers, and adults in nearly 250 schools and partner organizations across 5 Southern California counties.
School of Dance and Music for Children with Disabilities
Launched in February 2017, the School of Dance and Music for Children with Disabilities enables all children – both with physical and cognitive disabilities and without– to enjoy creative expression while developing key skills and provides parents with a vital support network. It is the only all-inclusive arts program of its kind in Southern California. Through off-site partnerships with United Cerebral Palsy of Orange County, CHOC, Easterseals OC, and many more, the Center brings classes directly to the community, in addition to those held on the Center’s campus. To date, nearly 750 students have been served across 4 Southern California counties.
Disney Musicals in Schools
The Center’s Disney Musicals in Schools program provides 4 underserved Title I elementary schools per year lacking access to the arts with a 17-week, free-of-charge musical theater residency that develops sustainable theater programs. The program provides students the opportunity to express themselves creatively in a safe environment and integrates the arts into core curriculum at the elementary school level. Public performances are held at all participating school sites. At the end of its 5th year, over 2,400 students and 120 teachers have been transformed by musical theater experiences in 20 school sites across Orange County.
On Stage at the Center
Each year, On Stage at the Center buses in approximately 9,000 students and teachers from around Orange County to the Center for thrilling and memorable performances, often marking a child’s first experience with live performing arts. These fun and captivating presentations are created especially for young audiences and their parents and teachers, in the hopes that they will serve as a starting point for a life-long appreciation of the arts. Customized instructional materials, designed by Center staff to meet state educational standards, are provided to classes prior to each performance to maximize the educational experience.
Arts Avenues to Learning
Arts: Avenues to Learning, a collaboration between the Center and California State University, Fullerton (CSUF), helps over 300 aspiring teachers per year grasp the academic and emotional benefits of the arts in education and gives them clear and applicable methods to use in their future classrooms. Training sessions focus on all core subject areas with the goal of providing deeper meaning and improving learning and teaching capacities by using the arts as a catalyst. Held on the Center’s campus and at school sites around the county, the program begins in the fall and continues into the school’s spring semester for a total of six full-day sessions.
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Institutional Priorities -
• Raise the Bar in delivering world-class performances (musical theater, theater, dance, and music) and
community engagement and education programs
• Build the Brand locally, regionally, nationally and globally
• Invest in our facilities, our endowment, our board and staff
• Engage our community and the next generation to drive impact, relevance, and sustainability
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Segerstrom Center for the Arts
Board of directorsas of 09/20/2022
Mr. Mark Perry
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Term: 2018 - 2022
Stephen Fry
Fry Steel Company
Rick Muth
ORCO Block Company
Marta Bhathal
Sally Crockett
Mark Perry
Bank of America
John Garrett
Garrett, Stiepel, Ryder LLP
David Troob
Carol Wilken
Anthony Allen
Tava Development Co.
Betty Huang
Patricia Poss
Timothy Strader
Starpointe Ventures
Wylie Aitken
Aitken Aitken Cohn
Julia Argyros
Deborah Bridges
Sandy Segerstrom Daniels
C.J. Segerstrom & Sons
James Driscoll
PAAMCO
Jackie Glass
Kling Family Foundation
Shanaz Langson
Investment Building Group
William Meehan
Rutan & Tucker
Gaddi Vasquez
Edison International
William Wang
VIZIO
Lawrence M. Higby
Michael Feldman
Union Bank
Moti Ferder
Lugano Diamonds & Jewelry, Inc.
Joseph Hensley
U.S. Bank
Ethan F. Morgan
JPMorgan Chase
Chris Rommel
Wells Fargo Foundation
Jaynine Warner
Jane Fujishige Yada
Hiroshi Fujishige Survivor's Trust
Roger T. Kirwan
Woodside Credit
Doug Baker
Connie Spenuzza
David Blackford
Mark Chan
Wincome Group
John Ginger
Dan Callahan
Wendy Hales
Carole Haes Landon
Britt Meyer
John Phelan
Elizabeth Segerstrom
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
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