PAE Postcard February 2005

CommonGround 05 Online Registration is Open
Registration for your favorite conference couldn't be easier!  A quick stop at our website www.arts4ed.org will lead you to our newly-designed online registration for Common Ground 2005 in Buffalo.  You can even pay online, if you like.

This year's conference features workshops and panels led by your AIE colleagues and a stellar line-up of keynote speakers including Doug Herbert, Special Assistant on Teacher Quality and Arts Education U.S. Department of Education, and world-renowned Slam Poet/Teaching Artist/Actor Marc Bamuthi Joseph. Don't miss out on your chance for the early bird discount ... register TODAY!

You can get complete schedule information, including workshop descriptions and presenter bios, on our website at http://www.arts4ed.org/conference/CG05/workshops.shtml

Register Now for AIE Partnership Seminar Series
After much planning and coordination, PAE is now taking registrations for the upcoming Arts-in-Education Partnership Seminar Series 2005.

How can you take advantage of these seminars?

Ø      Attend the symposia on March 4^th with Christine Goodheart and June 2^nd with Lily Yeh, both held at the Marx Hotel;

Ø      Reserve a table of 8 for your staff, board members, colleagues, and friends for the keynote luncheons and be listed as a sponsor;

Ø      Purchase an advertisement in the Series Program to share the news of your good work and support this excellent AIE initiative;

Ø      Enroll for any or all of the Saturday seminars at OCC;

Ø      Encourage colleagues to attend the events as a vital professional development opportunity;

Ø      Offer the incentive to key staff in your organization of either sponsoring them or sharing the tuition to attend the seminars; and

Ø      Spread the word in community that this series is available to anyone interested in partnerships using the arts and education locally.

There will be a showcase of those who complete the full series at the June event and certificates of participation will be given as well.  All fees have been reasonably priced with your budgets in mind.

The full descriptions of the keynote speakers, the seminars, the facilitators, registration forms, and program order forms are all just a click away on PAE's web site: http://www.arts4ed.org/training_opportunities/pships_spr05_index.shtml. Choose your level of involvement, download and print the form, and mail it to the PAE office with your registration fee.  The program ad deadline is 2/21/05; registration deadlines for the series vary and are outlined on www.arts4ed.org.

Questions?  Call Georgia Popoff at 315.234.9911 or email: 

We're Growing!
PAE has expanded!  We've added a second office right next door to Studio 221 at the Delavan Center, giving us extra office space and room for meetings.  We also have a new phone system that will make communicating with you easier.  Thanks to Assemblyman Bill Magnarelli for his assistance with our technical upgrades. 

Along with our expansion comes the need for equipment.  We are firm believers in re-using and recycling; items that are no longer useful to their current owners are often valuable to someone else. If you or your company would be interested in making a tax-deductible contribution, we would be grateful for the following donations:

Partners for Arts Education
Delavan Center Suite 221  501 W. Fayette St.  Syracuse, NY  13202
315.234.9911  info@arts4ed.org  www.arts4ed.org

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