NYS Arts Education Network News Year-End 2008
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Above: Students at the Young Women's
Leadership School in Astoria edit their
photographs. Below: student portrait:
Hair with Black Flames. Read more.
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CommonGround – Here Before You Know It!
We're very excited about what's in the works for CommonGround 2009. We received a great crop of RFP's (thank you to everyone who submitted!) and we're putting together a great line-up of workshops for March 25 – 27 in Albany.
We received lots of feedback that people really want to have the experience of making art while they're at CommonGround, so we've created a two-hour time slot on Thursday afternoon for Creative Engagement. There will be opportunities to immerse yourself in creative writing, theater improv, Japanese taiko drumming, and more!
Of course, the issue on everyone's mind is the economy, and CommonGround 2009 will also be exploring the impact of the economic climate on arts in ed, upcoming government action at both the national and state levels that will affect our work, and new approaches to advocacy. And there will be the fresh, inspiring and practical sessions about successful partnerships, curriculum design, assessment, and bringing the arts to all students that draw you to CommonGround and send you home buzzing.
You can see photos of last year's conference to get yourself psyched up to see your statewide buddies again. The CommonGround TAP application is available (see article below). And check back regularly at the CommonGround webpage for updates – the workshops and schedule will be posted soon.
We're looking forward to another great three days with all of you. Happy New Year, and see you soon!
Laura Reeder, Executive Director
Technical Assistance
Apply for CommonGround TAP by January 15
If you would like to apply for assistance to attend CommonGround 2009, you can apply for a TAP grant to help with travel, lodging and other associated expenses. The Technical Assistance Program (TAP) grant can support travel, food and lodging of up to $500 for attendance at CommonGround 2009. This year, unlike in the past, the TAP funds will not be able to be applied to the conference registration fees. (This policy applies to all NYSCA AIE-supported events.)
The application can be downloaded at our website. Just download, fill it in and email it back to PAE. These applications will be evaluated for eligibility and drawn by lottery. Recipients will know the results prior to the opening of registration for the conference in late January.
Applications are due by January 15, 2009. Awards for CommonGround TAP grants will be determined by a lottery of all eligible applicants at the January panel meeting. If awarded, payment will be made directly to the applicant upon receipt of a reimbursement form with receipts attached.
Of course, as always, TAP funds are available for hiring AIE consultants, for attendance at workshops or conferences, and for the creation of partnership team retreats. Upcoming deadlines for TAP for 2009 are January 15, March 16, May 18 and July 1.
Resources
Featured Website
Edutopia (www.edutopia.org) is the website of the George Lucas Educational Foundation. It includes sections on Integrated Studies, Social and Emotional Learning and Project Learning, and more. Among the goodies you can find – videos about After School Matters, a program that serves 25,000 of Chicago's youth, a 2007 interview with the new nominee for Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, and Art Works, the Boston arts academy. Browse around.
Media Buzz
The Illinois Arts Alliance has published Committing to Quality in Education: Arts at the Core - A Guidebook and Planning Tool, full of ideas, statistics, examples, and tools for using the arts as an integral part of school improvement. http://www.artsalliance.org/docs/QualityInEducation.pdf
Some of you may remember Warmayllu from last year's CommonGround; there is a video about the fourth National Intercultural Meeting held in a shanty town of Lima called Pachacutec. Warmayllu brought 120 children, teachers and parents together from the schools in Cajamarca, Andahuaylas, Lima, Lamas and Pucallpa, who exchanged their pedagogical experiences and local arts and culture to live together for a week. In the video, the children express their sentiments on the importance of the continuity of their own culture as well as learning from other cultures. http://napa.com.pe/2008/10/24/reportaje-napa-74-warmayllu-comunidad-de-ninos/
Opportunities
Call for Proposals - 2009 Arts & Education Forum: Arts Integration and Teacher Change
The Southeast Center for Education in the Arts is pleased to announce the 2nd annual Arts & Education Forum, which will be held at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on May 8-9, 2009.
The Forum is for those who promote and oversee teacher growth and change (e.g. professional development providers, researchers, school administrators, university faculty, teacher leaders, and personnel from arts organizations and state departments).
In small group breakout sessions, selected participants will share their stories describing situations and problems they have encountered in designing and implementing professional development in arts integration. Facilitators will pose questions to frame discussions and conclude sessions with a summary of key points that participants might incorporate into their practice.
We hope you will consider submitting a dilemma you have encountered regarding professional development in arts integration. The deadline for proposal submission is January 15, 2009. See the SCEA website for information about the Forum and the call for proposals: http://www.utc.edu/Outreach/SCEA/2009-Forum.php
Nominate a Program for Coming Up Taller
The President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Humanities, is inviting nominations for the 12th annual Coming Up Taller Awards, which recognizes the accomplishments of exceptional arts and humanities after-school and out-of-school programs. Coming Up Taller finalists receive $10,000, an individualized plaque, and an invitation to attend the Coming Up Taller Leadership Enhancement Conference.
Recent winners in New York State include:
Queens Teens is an initiative that engages area youth as Queens Museum of Art docents, providing them with a glimpse of careers in the art world and the tools to succeed in the real world.
America Scores combines soccer, community service and the study and performance of poetry to give young people an opportunity for physical activity and creative expression.
TADA! Resident Youth Ensemble engages youth in rigorous musical theater training and performance activities.
Hudson River Museum Junior Docents lead weekend tours and help run family-oriented, hands-on workshops linked to the exhibitions. In the summer, they work with the Museum's camp programs.
Reel Works Teen Filmmaking, Inc. teaches the basics of filmmaking to a dozen students paired with a professional documentary filmmaker who helps the student shape a compelling personal story.
Nominations are due by January 30, 2009.
Teaching Artist Research Project Wants YOU!
NORC's University of Chicago's Teaching Artist Research Project is the first national study to examine the world and work of Teaching Artists. Teaching artists have for a century been instrumental in designing 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 Teaching Artist Research Project will study these questions through site studies in twelve 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. The Project 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.
If you are a teaching artist or if you manage a program that hires teaching artists please register at the study
website, http://teachingartists.uchicago.edu. And send this link to other teaching artists and program administrators.
News from Our Office
PAE's Online Auction Brings in the Bids
We are very pleased that our first online auction to benefit PAE was a great success. Winning bidders brought home 70% of the items in our catalog, and we exceeded our fundraising goal! We're so pleased, we're thinking of doing it again! (Stay tuned. . . ) Our heartfelt thanks to everyone who placed a bid or donated an item to our catalog. And congratulations to the winning bidders!
Optimize Your Deductions
There's still time to include a tax-deductible gift to PAE for your 2008 return. Just go to our website to quickly and easily make a contribution to support arts in education in New York State. Thanks!
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Director of Strategic Development: Fran Hradil
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