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Adopt the Arts Foundation Harmonizing Futures One Note at a Time Empowering Elementary Education Through Music About Adopt the Arts is a nonprofit charitable foundation dedicated to saving the Arts in public schools. Adopt The Arts was cofounded by Rock Roll Hall of Fame Inductee and Grammy AwardWinning Musician Matt Sorum Guns N Roses Velvet Revolver Deadland Ritual Kings of Chaos and Founding Board Member Golden Globe Award and Emmy AwardWinning Actor Jane Lynch in response to major budget cuts to the arts education budget in LAUSD Elementary schools. Nearly 90 of California schools fail to meet statemandated arts education requirements. Music programs are constantly in danger of being cut from shrinking school budgets even though theyre proven to improve academics.