eScholarship provides open access, scholarly publishing services to the University of California and delivers a dynamic research platform to scholars worldwide. Peer Reviewed Title: Arts Impact: Lessons From ArtsBridge Journal Issue: Journal for Learning through the Arts, 6(1) Author: Shimshon-Santo, Amy R , Independent Scholar Publication Date: 2010 Permalink: http://escholarship.org/uc/item/8jc1p385 Acknowledgements: The author would like to acknowledge Mark Hansen at SRM Evaluation for his leadership in program evaluation during the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 academic years. Author Bio: Amy Shimshon-Santo (Ph.D.) is an artist and educator who believes that creativity is pivotal to personal growth and community development. She is editor of the ethnographic study Art = Education: Connecting Communities in Los Angeles that documents the teaching and learning process she guided with novice arts educators at UCLA and community partners in inner city schools. Shimshon-Santo taught at UCLA’s School for the Arts and Architecture for seven years, and directed the school's ArtsBridge Program for four years. She was honored on the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll (2007), and officially recognized by the Governor of California (2009) for her leadership in arts education. Her writing has been published in the Journal for Learning Through the Arts, the Teaching Artist Journal, UCLA Today, and is included in the forthcoming VIVA!: Community Arts and Popular Education in the Americas (SUNY Press). Shimshon-Santo served as a CORO Arts Leadership Fellow, a Dana Foundation Arts Education Fellow, and on committees for the Compton Education Foundation, the Western Arts Alliance, the Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District, and the California Arts Council (CAC). Keywords: Arts Education, K-12 Schools, University, Community, Partnerships, ArtsBridge, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Compton Unified School District, Lynwood Unified School District Abstract: Arts Impact summarizes lessons learned at the ArtsBridge Program. It is informed by in-depth participant observation, logic modeling, and quantitative evaluation of program impact on K-12