Arts Education Network News March 2004

Common Ground ~ "Looking In & Reaching Out"
The NYS Arts in Education Conference on April 1, 2, 3^rd is fast approaching!
Please join us in Syracuse to meet with colleagues and rejuvenate our mission for excellence in education through the arts. Each year this conference creates new energy and powerful partnerships for educators, artists, parents, cultural organizations, and more.

Highlights this year will include:

-          A keynote with Scott Shuler on Artistic Process as Assessment

-          Performance by Michael Mao Dance Troupe

-          Reception with the Association of Teaching Artists at Light Work ~ Community Dark Rooms

-          Unveiling of NYFA Source for Teaching Artists

-          And much, much more!

Go to: www.arts4ed.org  to register, check out the workshops, and reserve your hotel (rooms are selling fast!).

The staff at Partners for Arts Education has been working with a huge advisory committee from the field to ensure that your voice, your needs, and your vision are present at Common Ground.  We look forward to meeting with you in person!

Until April,

Laura Reeder, Executive Director

Funding
School Arts Partnerships
We are pleased to share with you the projects that have been funded by the 2003 School Arts Partnership Grants for New York State.  These funds enable schools across New York State to bring artists into their classrooms to help address the NYS Standards for Learning in arts and non-arts curricular subjects.

Common Ground 2004 - Looking in and Reaching Out
April 1, 2, 3 at the Wyndham Hotel in Syracuse
The Common Ground Conference on Arts in Education is an event that is a true model of partnership.  For many months colleagues in our field have been exchanging ideas, data, and resources to make this a powerful learning experience. We look forward to working with you and celebrating the arts in education in New York State.

The latest information on Common Ground 2004 can be found at http://www.arts4ed.org/conference/index.shtml , including the schedule of workshops, and information on registration and accommodations. 

Arts Action Day in Albany
Join your colleagues and celebrities in Albany on Tuesday, March 9, 2004 to gain support for the New York State Arts Council budget. Your participation will make a difference. Arts Day is the grassroots groundswell of constituents endorsing public funding for the arts in New York State and it's vital that your voice is heard.

Come to Albany to speak out on behalf of the arts. Meet with your legislators. Attend the rally where celebrities echo our message by speaking out on behalf of increased support to the arts.

For more information, go to the Alliance of New York State Arts Organizations page at http://www.artsactionforny.org/artsday_030904.html

Contacting Us
Please note that our general email address is info@arts4ed.org.  If you have another email address in your book, please update it.  Our old AOL edress will be closing down soon, and we don't want to miss any of your messages.

Resources
Our New Website
If you haven't visited recently, please check out PAE's redesigned website.  We're very proud of it!  As with all websites, it's a work in progress, but we trust you'll be able to find what you're looking for.  As always, you can contact us by email or phone (315.234.9911) for more information. 

Networking/Training Opportunities
Teen Arts Conference
February 27 & 28
New York City
BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange is pleased to announce the second annual Teen Arts Conference. The conference will take place Friday & Saturday February 27 & 28, 2004. It will include workshops, free classes and performances in dance and theater for students, parents, artists and educators. The 2004 conference receives major support from the Independence Community Foundation and the State and Local Partnership Program of NYSCA. All programs with the exception of MAKING A DIFFERENCE will be held at MS 88 located at Seventh Ave. & 18th St. in the South Slope, Brooklyn.

All workshops are FREE and pre-registration is required.

For information or reservations please call (718) 832-0018 or info@bax.org  

Arts Management in Community Institutions (AMICI) Training Institute
National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts, June 6-19, 2004
University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN 
The National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts is pleased to announce the 18th Annual Arts Management in Community Institutions (AMICI) Training Institute.  Established in 1985, AMICI offers a professional development program tailored to the needs of key administrators and leaders in the field of nonprofit, community based schools of the arts.

AMICI addresses the theory and practice of nonprofit arts management.  Each student will develop a comprehensive range of practical skills, discuss and apply these skills to his/her own local setting and institution, and increase his/her knowledge of available resources and networks within the field.  Subject areas include: Organizational Development, Community Organizing, Communications, Program Development, Legal Issues, Marketing, Fundraising, Grant Writing, Financial Management, Personnel Management, Strategic Planning, and Facilities Management.

Additional information is available on the Guild website at www.nationalguild.org.

To Russia with Love!
SAI: Summer Arts Institute in Russia for Educators
July 14-28, 2004
From July 14-28, 2004, discover the culture, customs and camaraderie of Russia as you partner with a Russian educator to experience, through his/her eyes, this fascinating, culturally diverse country which has nurtured some of the greatest artists, musicians and writers of the Western world.  Emphasis throughout SAI is on the person-to-person, behind-the-scenes Russia not found in tour books.  Activities include performances, museum visits, and opportunities to explore your particular needs & interests.  SAI is cosponsored, along with Nassau BOCES, by the Hermitage State Museum in St. Petersburg and the Russian Mission to the United Nations. 

For more information (including how your participation may be subsidized by your school district!), please contact: Dr. Mary Jane Bolin, Director, Summer Arts Institute in Russia, Board of Cooperative Educational Services of Nassau County (BOCES), 71 Clinton Road, Garden City, NY 11530, mjbolin@mail.nasboces.org or 516-396-2345.

Empire State Partnerships Summer Seminar
July 19 - 22, 2004
C.W. Post Campus, Brookville, NY
The Empire State Partnerships program will hold its 8th Annual Summer Seminar at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University in Brookville, NY. During the 4 days of the Seminar, and the First-Timers' Orientation on July 18, arts-in-education practitioners will have opportunities to:

• engage in peer-to-peer discussions
• learn from nationally recognized experts in the field
• explore key issues related to practice and philosophy of arts-in-education
• plan with their school-based team
• consult with seasoned professionals about arts-in-ed programming
• network with colleagues from around the state

As a university with a School of Education (that offers a degree in Arts Education) which is also home several arts institutions, including the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts and the Hillwood Art Gallery, the C.W. Post campus of Long Island University is remarkably well-suited to the mission and practice of E.S.P. Possessing air-conditioned dormitories, several types of meeting rooms, and an arboretum on its grounds, the campus also promises to be a comfortable setting for this important annual retreat.

Please note: Partnerships that are funded through NYSCA's School-wide Improvement Grants are required to send at least 3 partnership representatives, with at least one being a school-based practitioner.  Tuition will again be $700 per person (commuter and residential tuition are the same).  Please share this information with your team members, so your partnership can be fully represented.

New details, including the theme and opportunities for fellowships, will be announced via the ESP website (www.espartsed.org) as they become available. 

Michael Chekhov Intensive - for actors, teaching artists, and classroom teachers
October 11 -17, 2004
Brooklyn 
Participants will know and understand the core exercises of the Chekhov technique.  Teaching artists and teachers will gain strategies for teaching them to children ages 8-13.  Actors will apply the exercises to a monologue of their choosing.

Applications are available at www.stagesoflearning.org or contact Mike Halverson, 718.398.2494 x203, Stages of Learning, 138 South Oxford Street, #1-B, Brooklyn, NY 11217

Website of the Month
http://www.cityarts.org
CITYarts creates public art of the highest caliber in communities where access to and participation in the arts are limited. CITYarts sustains one of the most unique and productive public arts programs in New York City. By establishing partnerships among youth, families, local businesses, schools, and city officials to create meaningful public artworks, CITYarts fosters cultural and economic growth and revitalization in under-served urban areas of New York City, while addressing important civic, social, and educational issues.

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The Arts Education Network News is a free service of Partners for Arts Education. All of our programs are made possible with public funds from the NYS Council on the Arts and individual sponsors.

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