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General Conference Information

CommonGround 2008

The deadline for proposals for workshops was November 3. Thank you to all those who submitted proposals.


CommonGround is the annual New York State arts-in-education conference that brings over 250 administrators, teachers, teaching artists, and community members together for three days of policy setting, planning, exchange of skills and inspirational speakers. This gathering contributes to fresh curriculum design, school reform and new models for classroom learning.

PAE coordinates the conference for the state through collaboration with the New York State Council for the Arts and Association of Teaching Artists, Empire State Partnerships, New York Foundation for the Arts, NYS Alliance for Arts Education, BOCES Arts-In-Education Network and the NYS Education Department.