PAE Postcard January 2009
In This Issue:
art$TART Funds 17 CNY School-Arts Partnerships
Coming Soon – CommonGround 2009
CommonGround TAP Applications Due February 15
Opportunities
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art$TART Funds 17 CNY School-Arts Partnerships
Seventeen schools in seven CNY counties will be creating arts partnerships with the help of art$TART grants this spring. You can read more about the partnerships on our website. Over $36,000 will go to schools that infuse the arts into curriculum. This year's projects include:
Onondaga County:
Grant Middle School (Syracuse CSD) with ceramicist Bob Shenfeld, "Grant Middle School Station" (Arts in Mind school)
Huntington K-8 (Syracuse CSD) with musician Patti Heath, "Music and How Sound Travels"
Levy K-8 (Syracuse CSD) with Open Hand Theatre, "Playwriting For Puppets"
Jowonio Pre-School (Syracuse) with ceramicist Erin Murphy, "All School Sings"
Minoa Elementary (East Syracuse-Minoa CSD) with mosaicists Jo Beth Lehrer and Susan VanHoven, "Piecing Together History through Faces, Places, and Spaces"
Montessori School of Syracuse with weaver Sarah Saulson, "Weaving Continues to Tell our Story"
Morgan Rd Elementary (Liverpool CSD) with composer Edward Ruchalski, "Land of Sight and Sound"
Van Duyn Elementary (Syracuse CSD) with photographer Brantley Carroll, "Photographic Storytelling" (Arts in Mind school)
Willow Field Elementary (Liverpool CSD) with illustrator Jeff Mack, "Tricking the Eye"
Cayuga County:
Millard Fillmore Elementary (Moravia CSD) with theater artist Holly Adams and musician/dancer Jorge Cuevas, "Costa Rica: What is Sustainability?"
Cortland County:
Homer High School with illustrator Jeff Mack , "Homer High's 'History of Literature' Mural"
Jefferson County:
Carthage Middle School with artist Gail Glagola , "Shedding LIGHT on Medieval Art and History"
Carthage Middle School with author/illustrator Chris Soentpiet, "My Story Is History"
Lewis County:
Copenhagen Central School with sculptor Christopher Miller, " Forest of Feelings"
Madison County:
Cazenovia High School with artist Bonnie Gale, "The Willow Patch: Weaving Thoughts, Growing a Stewardship"
Chittenango Middle School with quilter Sharon Bottle Souva and storyteller Vanessa Johnson, " Fabric and Folktale"
Oswego County:
Sandy Creek Middle School with the Erie Canal Museum and musician Dave Ruch, " The Erie Canal in Song"
You can read more about these granted partnerships at our website.
Coming Soon – CommonGround 2009
It'll be here sooner than you think – CommonGround is March 25 – 27 in Albany. Updates are being added regularly to our website, so check to see what's new. You can now see a schedule of workshops, and there's more on the FAQ page, including info on hotel reservations. Find out about sponsorship opportunities – contribute to the CommonGround Scholarship Fund, place an ad in the conference program, or reserve a display table. Registration is scheduled to open on January 26. We're excited about this year's offerings, and hope to see you there!
CommonGround TAP Applications Due February 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. We have extended the deadline for CommonGround TAP applications until February 15th.
Opportunities
Student Workshops with Violinist/Composer Daniel Bernard Roumain
February 28 in Oswego
10-11:30 am - H. Lee White Marine Museum (end of West First Street Pier) for grades 1 - 6
Advance registration required. $6. Call the Marine Museum at (315) 342-0480.
1 – 3 pm - Sheldon Hall Ballroom, SUNY Oswego for middle and high school strings students
Advance registration required. Free. Call ARTSwego at (315) 312-4581 or email Joyce Molinari.
Classically trained Haitian-American artist Daniel Bernard Roumain will present two student workshops. In the first, he will lead students through the process of creating an electronic musical work of their own, and talk about his composition celebrating the Hudson River that he will perform at the Hudson River Quadricentennial Concert in March. Instruments are welcome, but not needed. The second workshop focuses on improvisation.
Mr. Roumain will also perform at a concert with the Oswego Community Youth Orchestra on Sunday, March 1 at Sheldon Hall. Tickets are $5 and will be available at the door. For more information contact Jackie Darvill evenings at (315) 343-5542.
Find out more about Mr. Roumain's work at his website, www.dbrmusic.com
Upcoming Exhibits by CNY Teaching Artists
Sharon Bottle Souva Quilt Show at Sparkytown
There will be a show of quilts by Sharon Bottle Souva at Sparkytown Restaurant, 324 Burnet Ave (corner of Catherine) in Syracuse. The show runs from January 19th until February 21st, with a reception on January 22nd, 6 -8 pm. Sharon has worked with many CNY students through art$TART grants, and her work is beautiful. Stop by, and feel warmer just looking!
"The Parking Garage Project" by photographer Wilson Cummer at RACC
The Rome Art and Community Center presents "The Parking Garage Project" as part of its January exhibition, which runs January 9 – 29. Wilson's work hangs in the Conference Room Gallery. Wilson did exemplary work last year in Otselic Valley in "The Many Parts of Me."
The Teaching Artist Research Project Wants YOU!
The Teaching Artist Research Project (TARP) is the first national study to examine the world and work of teaching artists. Teaching artists have often been instrumental in designing arts education programs, and they are responsible for doing much of the work. Yet we know very little about them — their background, their aspirations, their needs, or their potential.
The success of the first-ever national teaching artist research project hinges on reaching teaching artists all over America. Please distribute this notice to every teaching artist you know, and urge them to take the two minutes to register. The wider the response base, the more valid this research.
TARP will conduct site studies in 12 diverse communities from Boston to Bakersfield, surveying artists and program managers to collect data. Surveys will be followed by in-depth, key-informant interviews in each study site. TARP hopes to provide fresh new ideas for sustaining and supporting the development of teaching artists and for maximizing their potential to contribute to making high-quality arts education widely available.
TARP is currently building lists of teaching artists for its survey samples in its 12 study sites. If you are a teaching artist or if you manage a program that hires teaching artists, please register at the study website. And send this link to other teaching artists and program managers. TARP will contact registrants when the study goes live early this year. Register at http://surveylab.uchicago.edu/projects/tarp.shtml
TARP's principal investigator is Nick Rabkin, a founder of the Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education, a contributor to Champions of Change: The Impact of the Arts on Learning, and author of Putting the Arts in the Picture: Reframing Education in the 21st Century. TARP is supported by 25 foundations and state and local arts agencies. Americans for the Arts is proud to partner with TARP to ensure its success.
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