PAE Postcard December 2008
In This Issue:
TAP Grants and CommonGround TAP Due January 15
Opportunities
Resources
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TAP Grants and CommonGround TAP Due January 15
If you're thinking of attending CommonGround 2009 (March 25-27 in Albany) but could use some help with expenses, consider applying for a CommonGround TAP Grant. The grant can support expenses for travel, food and lodging of up to $500 for attendance at CommonGround. Read more and get the application at our website. CommonGround TAP applications are due January 15th.
Of course, you can still apply for a regular TAP Grant to help you develop your partnership, improve the quality of your existing partnership work, or assess it more effectively. Go to our website to find out more. The next TAP deadline is January 15th.
Opportunities
Americans for the Arts arts education webinar
December 17, 2008 at 2:00 – 3:30 pm EST
$85.00 for Americans for the Arts members, $125.00 for non-members (to join, call 202.371.2830 to receive the member discount)
Understanding the challenge of creating and sustaining high quality formal arts learning experiences for K-12 youth, inside and outside of school, is the focus of a recent research initiative, The Qualities of Quality: Excellence in Arts Education and How to Achieve It, conducted by Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The webinar will share the findings of this study and introduce some of the tools developed by the research team for use by practitioners committed to examining and improving the quality of arts learning experiences. Steve Seidel, Director of Harvard’s Project Zero and Director of the Arts in Education Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, will present the completed findings of the study.
To register, go to http://eo2.commpartners.com/users/afta/session.php?id=1799
Winter Science Saturdays, Book Club at MOST
The Museum of Science and Technology is presenting a series of science-based workshops for students and adults in January. Offerings include topics like The Milky Way and Beyond, Nature Photography, Making Bird Feeders, and Surprises of Snow. Age ranges differ for different workshops. Some classes are free with museum exhibit admission; when there is a charge, museum admission is included.
MOST is also starting a science-based book club, meeting on Thursday evenings, January 8 and 22. The first selection is Christopher Cokinos’s Hope is the Thing with Feathers: A Personal Chronicle of Vanished Birds, a powerful account of extinct North American birds that will fascinate readers of all ages.
To sign up for any of these programs or for more information, visit MOST's website (www.most.org ), or contact Kelly Gardner at 425-9068 x 2141 or by email.
Ideas! For Elementary Art Teachers
10 am – 2 pm, Saturday January 17, 2009
Everson Museum of Art
Cost: free for NYSATA members, $5 for others
Contact: e-mail Julie Gratien, or call (315)656-2458
This will be a Sharing Session - plan on sharing one or more lessons in 5 minutes or less.
There will also be a Guest Speaker - Lisa Petrosino, Art teacher in the Auburn Enlarged City School District.
Light refreshments and beverages will be provided by NYSATA - you may bring a lunch if desired.
Professional Development Certificates will be supplied through the Cayuga-Onondaga Teaching Center. To receive your certificate at the workshop, you must register by Jan. 6th.
OneWorld Classrooms – International Art Exchange
www.oneworldclassrooms.org/iae.html
OneWorld Classrooms welcomes teachers and parents to register their classes or schools to participate in the K-12 International Art Exchange. Participating students share their culture as they learn about cultures around the world by sharing their artwork. Each participating class/school submits 30 pieces of student artwork which, in turn, are sent to a variety of schools around the world. Each participating class/school also receives a package of 30 pieces of student artwork created by students from a variety of schools around the world. You can find more details about this program by clicking here.
Resources
Free Animating Democracy books!
Contact: Animating Democracy Project Manager Michael del Vecchio at 202.371.2830 or by email.
www.AmericansForTheArts.org/ArtsEducation/
This fall, Americans for the Arts has been clearing its shelves to make room for new products and publications, and as a result, extra copies of Animating Democracy: The Artistic Imagination as a Force in Civic Dialogue are available for complimentary distribution (bulk orders only).
In 1996, The Ford Foundation awarded a grant to Americans for the Arts to profile a selection of artists and cultural organizations whose work engages the public in dialogue on key issues. This pivotal report mapped practice across disciplines at that time, identified issues and trends,and suggested funding and policy opportunities.
Fine print: Minimum order: 25 copies. Copies are not packaged for resale. Recipient will be responsible for shipping costs.
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