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Partners for Arts
Education has embarked on a year-long
arts-in-education research project.
The goal is to assess the relationships
between the many Central New York
cultural organizations and our schools
by examining six arts-in-education
projects as models to learn from.
A diverse team of advisors and evaluators
with experience in arts in education
are collaborating to take a snapshot
of the climate in our region. With
funding from the Rosamond
Gifford Foundation and in tandem
with the annual art$TART grants,
six partnerships will provide the
lens for a study of how cultural
organizations and teaching artists
can affect quality learning in the
classroom.
To support this
effort, Dr. Philip Alexander is working
with an advisory committee and guiding
the evaluation team throughout the
school year. Dr.
Alexander is
director of the professional development
for the New York State Council on
the Arts Empire State Partnerships
and an arts-in-education consultant. The
advisory committee for
this initiative
includes local leaders
in education and the arts:
Mike
Cunningham |
Liverpool
School District |
Fine
Arts Coordinator |
Bob
Dwyer |
Cultural
Resources Council |
Youth
Programs |
Pam
McLaughlin |
Everson
Museum of Art |
Director
of Education |
Carol
Terry |
Syracuse
City School District |
Field
Coordinator for Fine Arts |
Marsha
Wheeler |
BOCE
AIE/CNY Institute for Aesthetic
Ed |
Director |
The evaluation
team, meets periodically
to review the selected projects
and track their development and
results, includes:
| Toni
Cooke |
Syracuse
University Lowe Gallery |
Program
Director/Visual Artist |
| Mary
Cunningham |
Syracuse
Univ. Early Childhood
Center |
Pre-School
Head Teacher |
Len
Fonte |
Syracuse
City School District (ret.) |
Nottingham
HS English/Drama Teacher |
Brian
Goldblatt |
SUNY
Binghamton Theater Dept. |
Teaching
Artist/Masters Candidate |
Vanessa
Johnson |
Independent Teaching
Artist |
Theater/Spoken
Word/Storytelling/Visual
Art |
| Daniela Mosko-Wozniak |
S.U. College of Visual
and Performing Arts |
Community Liaison |
Geoffrey
Navias |
Open
Hand Theater |
Executive
Director/Multi-disciplinary
Teaching Artist
|
Travis
Newton |
Syracuse
Symphony Orchestra |
Education
Director/Musician |
Sejal
Patel |
Onondaga
Community College |
Video/Digital
Photography Teaching Artist
|
Cjala
Surratt |
The
Redhouse |
Program
Director, multi-arts center |
Lauren
Unbekant |
Syracuse
Stage |
Education
Director/Theater Teaching
Artist |
Amy
Zamkoff |
Syracuse
City School District (ret.) |
Elementary Teacher |
These meetings will take place
January 31st, March 8th, April 5th,
and May 10th, 2007. |
