NYS Arts Ed Network News Spring 2009
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In this Issue:
·Technical Assistance
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A few choice moments from
CommonGround 2009
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Be the (your noun here)
Change, Blink, Nudge, etc.
All of the contemporary single-word wisdom that is generating bestsellers during this wild economic era makes it so very apparent that the NYS Regents, the NYS Alliance for Arts Education, and the NYSCA-supported Arts Education Roundtables all have the right idea…Align, Merge, Transform, Play.
At CommonGround, the NYS Arts In Education Conference in Albany last month, an atmosphere of determination was palpable when we listened to Karen Brooks Hopkins' bracing and inspiring keynote. As someone immersed in both the arts and education at the highest levels, Ms. Hopkins was able to speak from long experience with her message of resolve, resourcefulness and persistence. As educators, we know that (despite those annoying tests) process is everything, that change takes time, and that perseverance yields results. As artists, we know that process is everything, that creation takes time, and that perseverance is a way of life. Here is a place where we definitely share vocabulary.
As persistent, inventive people, we are positioned to be torch-bearers. Working together, we have the potential to craft new models of success, making the exchange of information and expertise our currency. Here we go!
Laura Reeder, Executive Director
Technical Assistance
Still Buzzing from CommonGround
We're so grateful to all our colleagues for once again helping us all find CommonGround. This year's conference brought in attendees from all over the state and well beyond to address the economy, the new environment in Washington, and research, as well as giving us all a chance to recharge our batteries by making art. Our deepest thanks to everyone who presented, and, indeed, to everyone who came to Albany to share their work, expertise, and commitment.
If you didn't get to your evaluation forms in Albany, you can still give us feedback by going to
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=9PIQZ1D4dX4xMdRMQDVdJQ_3d_3d – thanks!
TAP Grants Spreading Expertise Around the State
TAP has awarded 70 grants so far this year for a grand total of $102,612.00. 33 grants were awarded to support constituents for attending CommonGround.
The other 37 grants that have been awarded so far have supported:
Strategic Foundation Building Retreats (SFB): 7
Evidence of Teacher and Student Learning trainings (ETSL): 5
Scholarships to go to conferences or trainings other than CommonGround: 8
General TAP grants for consulting and training in various AIE areas: 17
You can see a listing of recipients of TAP funding on our website.
As the weather warms up, it's time to think about your needs for professional development over the summer months. TAP can fund attendance at summer institutes or conferences as well as partnership team work with arts in education experts. There are 2 more cycles for grant submissions this year; upcoming deadlines for TAP are May 18 and July 1. See guidelines and the application at our website.
Resources
Featured Websites
Seven million images of American history and culture are newly available on Life.com. The re-launched site - accessible to everyone but especially useful to educators - makes the entire archives of photo giants Life magazine and Getty Images available free. Users can view galleries curated by the site's editors or search the library by names, dates, subjects, and locations. The archive chronicles current events, too, with daily news galleries and the addition of 3,000 new Getty photos a day.www.life.com
Adopt-A-Classroom invites the community into the classroom in support of teachers and their students. By adopting a classroom, donors form partnerships with specific classrooms providing financial and moral support. The result is a meaningful contribution to education in which donors experience the impact of their efforts and celebrate in a classroom's success. http://www.adoptaclassroom.com/
Media Buzz
Once Upon A School is an online initiative developed in response to author and philanthropist Dave Eggers' 2008 TED Prize wish to inspire and collect the stories of private citizens engaged in their local public schools. The site offers a place to read and share stories of how people are making a difference to students. You can find projects to work on in your area, or come up with projects of your own. Get inspired, become an inspiration to others. http://onceuponaschool.org/
"When the Gallery Is a Classroom" – an article in the New York Times about how museums are broadening their efforts in education to serve a wider population of children: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/arts/artsspecial/19KIDS.html?_r=2
Finding Funding
Did you know that PAE maintains a list of grant opportunities from foundations that fund education projects? Take a look at http://www.arts4ed.org/funding/other_funders.shtml (or, on our website, click on the word Funding in the left-side menu, and then on Foundation Funding).
Opportunities
Third Annual Arts Abilities Conference in Buffalo
Arts Abilities Conference
May 1, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm
$25 for college students and Young Audiences teaching artists; $45 for everyone else.
Register by April 22
www.yawny.org
Contact: email or Cynnie Gaasch at 716 881-091
Addressing the needs of diverse learners in and through the arts, the Third Annual Arts Abilities Conference will take place on May 1 at Ani DiFranco’s Babeville, Starlight Studio, and Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center. Arts Abilities features the work of teaching artists and educators who work with people with special needs, “at-risk” youth, and incarcerated individuals.
The conference will focus on the theory and practice of differentiating instruction to meet the range of learning differences found in today’s classrooms, community centers, clinics, after-school programs and other settings where the arts are taught. Participants will learn about this inclusive approach to learning in and through the arts, which embraces learning differences in the larger diversity agenda rather than as a separate concern.
Young Audiences is organizing this year’s conference in collaboration with Starlight Studios and The Art Partners Program of the Art Education Department, Buffalo State College. Presenters will include: Lucy Andrus, MSEd, ATR, professor of Art Education and director of The Art Partners Program of the Art Education Department, Buffalo State College; Gayle Danley, 1996 International Slam Poet Champion and 2006 Young Audiences National Teaching Artist of the Year; Dale Davis, founder and executive director of the New York State Literary Center and a founder of the Association for Teaching Artists and New York State Poets in the Schools; Carrie Marcotte, director, Starlight Studio; and Joel Lewitzky, Starlight Studio Teaching Artist.
Young Audiences of Western New York, Inc. is a not-for-profit arts-in-education organization dedicated to bringing the arts to children.
ASCD Requests Session Proposals
Deadline: May 1
http://www.ascd.org/conferences/Annual_Conference/Presenters/AC10_Proposal.aspx
The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development is now accepting concurrent session proposals for the 2010 Annual Conference & Exhibit Show in Texas, March 6-8.
Pre-K - 12 Arts Integration Conference in Rochester
"Innovation, Imagination, and Creativity - Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century."
May 2, 8 am – 3 pm
Golisano Academic Center, Nazareth College
Cost: $40
http://nysaae.informz.net/nysaae/data/images/jack-conference-registration-packet.doc
The Rochester City School District, Nazareth College's Department of Inclusive Childhood Education and Rochester Wolf Trap at Nazareth College present - "Innovation, Imagination, and Creativity - Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century." This conference for in-service and pre-service teachers, teaching artists, school and arts administrators will focus on Arts Integration and how the arts support and enhance other curricular areas pre-K through 12.
Workshops in Contemporary Art for Art Educators
Art21 Educators: Contemporary Art in Contemporary Classrooms 2009-2010
Application deadline Monday, May 4
http://beta.art21.org/
Are you interested in contemporary art? Are you a K-12 art and/or media teacher? Do you teach in New York City?
Art21 Educators is a year-long professional development initiative designed to cultivate and support K-12 art
educators interested in bringing contemporary art, artists, and themes into their classrooms. Join a national group of educators to explore, discuss, design, and document curriculum around the art of our times.
We'll kick off the year with a free 5-day workshop in NYC (July 15-21) and continue via virtual meetings each month using online technologies and city-specific field trips. Art21 is looking for art and media teachers in Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York City to start. The initiative will expand to include additional cities and subject areas in future years.
Art21 Educators begins with an opportunity to work with Art21 staff, visiting artists, and guest presenters to develop a familiarity with contemporary art and artists as well as learn strategies for integrating related themes and working processes into the classroom. Using Art21 films and educational materials along with museum and studio visits, participants will return to their schools with units of study designed for implementation during the subsequent academic year.
For more information or download an application go to http://beta.art21.org/doc/3539/art21_educators/ .
Webinar - Building Parent Involvement in Schools Through the Arts
Engaging Parents through the Arts
May 13 at 4 – 5:30 pm ET
http://eo2.commpartners.com/users/afta/session.php?id=1999
If schools are to succeed in reaching every child academically, they need the support of parents or primary caregivers. This session will explore the body of research that demonstrates how the arts can engage families in schools and discuss key strategies that are currently working in both public and charter schools. Presenters will share research on parent engagement as well as several research-based programs that exemplify success engaging families in education, through the arts. The webinar will use text as well as images to teach successful methods.
Speakers include: Michael Sikes, Senior Associate for Research and Policy, Arts Education Partnership, Washington D.C. and author of "Building Parent Involvement through the Arts;" Sarah Ogeto, Program Coordinator, Illinois Parent Information Resource Center at Columbia College Chicago; Joanne Vena, Director of School Partnerships, Center for Community Arts Partnerships, Columbia College Chicago; Angela Fowler, PIRC Program Manager, Harris Center For Early Childhood Education, Columbia College Chicago.
Around the Office
PAE's Second Online Auction Opens April 20th
PAE is excited to announce our second online auction, coming very soon! We are amassing a new catalog of wonderful items, and we'll be open for bidding on April 20th. Artwork, gift certificates, services, jewelry, food and drink, custom clothing and more will be available for excellent prices.
How can you participate? Your organization can donate tickets, passes or services to bring new people in the door. Artists can donate or submit work on commission; some of our artists from the fall auction were pleased enough with their outcome to ask to place another piece on the block. (Thank you!) Each item page includes a link to the artist's/donor's website to generate more interest for contributors; data from our Fall auction showed that every donor website received visits from auction participants. The auction opens on April 20th, but we'll be adding new items throughout the auction, which will close on May 17th. If you'd like to include something in the auction, please contact Kristin by email or at 315 234 9911.
Of course, you can participate by shopping, too! We know many of you found great buys on our first auction. Tell your friends, and check out the new offerings.
As you can see, the proceeds benefit PAE, but the auction benefits everyone. We hope you'll join us for the fun!
PAE Welcomes Trippany to Board
PAE is very pleased to welcome to its Board of Directors Tammy L. Trippany. Ms. Trippany, who will serve as Board Treasurer, is a Certified Public Accountant and Registered Financial Consultant at Firley, Moran, Freer & Eassa in East Syracuse. Her twelve years of accounting experience include extensive experience in gift tax and estate tax planning as well as tax consulting and compliance services to corporations. She received her BS from SUNY Binghamton and her Masters in Taxation from the University of Denver. Ms. Trippany is also an accomplished violinist and her mother is a retired music teacher, so we know she'll fit right in!
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Our staff is always available to help you!
www.arts4ed.org or 315-234-9911
Executive Director: Laura Reeder
Administrative Assistant: Maureen Foster
Director of Strategic Development: Fran Hradil
Grant Programs Director : Sue Stonecash
Development Associate : Kristin Swift
Communications Manager : Connie Walters
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