PAE Postcard February 2006

Reserve Now for Syracuse Stage Benefit Performance!
Join us on Wednesday, March 1st at 6:30 pm, for a reception with:
- Senator John de Francisco
- David Ridings our NYSCA representative
- Dean Carol Brzozowski from the SU College of Visual and Performing Arts
- Over 40 students from the Nottingham High School "Layering Project"
- and many more artists, educators, and community members
as Syracuse Stage presents a performance of Obie Award-winning playwright Lynn Nottage's Intimate Apparel to benefit Partners for Arts Education.  The performance begins at 7:30.

Intimate Apparel received the New York Drama Critics Circle and Outer Critics Circle Awards for best play of the season in 2004. Based on the life of the playwright's African-American grandmother who made undergarments for socialites and scandalous ladies, this gentle yet passionate play is an exquisite piece as rich and delicate as that intricate lingerie.

At Nottingham High School, students are exploring the themes of Intimate Apparel through theater and fiber-arts study.  You can find out more about their project and, in the theater lobby, view the fiber pieces they have created. It's just one of the innovative, life-changing collaborations that have been funded through art$TART. State Senator John DeFrancisco and NYSCA's David Ridings will be joining us to honor this year's art$TART grantees at a pre-performance reception starting at 6:30.

Join us for the celebration, see the play, or both.  You can order tickets for this special performance by emailing Kristin or calling her at 234.9911, .  Please make your reservations by Friday, February 17. We look forward to sharing this exciting and thoughtful play with you.

CommonGround TAP Grants Available
Grants are available to help cover expenses to attend the CommonGround Arts in Education Conference. The 2006 conference is being held April 5 - 7 at the Rochester Hyatt Regency. 

Awards may be used to cover CommonGround 2006 registration fees, hotel lodging, travel (60+ miles from Rochester) & substitute teacher expenses, up to $350.  CG TAP is separate from regular TAP grants; you can apply for both in a single year.  The application deadline is March 1.

You can get an application and more information about the grant at our website, along with more info about the conference, including a complete schedule of workshops and on-line registration.

Apply for a School Arts Partnership Grant
The application for the 2006-07 School Arts Partnership grant is now available at our website. SAP provides matching funds ranging from $2,500 to $10,000 for artists and/or cultural organizations to partner with public and private K-12 schools to support projects that focus on the interdisciplinary and/or integrated study of arts and non-arts subjects.  The application deadline is Monday, May, 2006.  You can find out more about the grants at our website.

Save the Date
The next meeting of the CNY Arts Education Roundtable will be March 21 from 3:30 - 5:30, at the Assisi Center, 800 N. Salina St. in Syracuse.  More details coming soon. 

Resources
Poetry  Workshop for Teachers
Demystifying the Poem
Wednesday, March 22 3:30 - 5:30 pm
Syracuse
Teacher Center
, 1153 West Fayette Street
This two-hour workshop will look at poetry as not only a stand-alone unit of study with ELA teachers but a powerful tool in any classroom.  Hands-on activities to share with students will be presented along with methods of strengthening reading comprehension, cross-curricular applications, and general elements of poetry as a creative art to integrate into core subject instruction. 

This workshop is free and open to all SCSD teachers. It will be facilitated by Georgia Popoff, a CNY community poet. It is sponsored by Partners for Arts Education as part of the Community Life through Poetry: Literacy Redefined through Artistic Expression program with the Syracuse City School District, with funding from the CNY Community Foundation. To reserve a place at the workshop. please call the Syracuse Teacher Center at 435-4217.

Another workshop for teachers outside Syracuse City Schools is being planned in late March. For more information, please call Georgia at 234.9911, or email her at georgia@arts4ed.org.

Illuminate the Arts Winter Break Camp
February 20 -24,  2006
The Community Folk Art Center, 805 East Genesee Street
For information/registration call 442-2364
Winter Break Camp for students ages 7-14. Included is a Photography Intensive at the Community Dark Rooms - Light Work,  9am - 12pm

Syracuse University and Community Organizations Sponsor Safe Schools Conference
Teaching Respect for All: Creating Safe Schools for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender (LGBT) Students
Saturday, March 4, 2006, 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
May Memorial Unitarian Universalist Society, 3800 E. Genesee Street
Register online
from the Syracuse University LGBT Resource Center Website: http://students.syr.edu/lgbt/respect/
This free day-long series of educational workshops will provide high school, middle school and elementary school teachers, students, administrators, and pre-service educators with the knowledge and tools to successfully create a culture where all people are respected, free to express themselves, and able to reach their full potential. This training is for current teachers and administrators, students, pre-service educators, parents, and community members interested in ending anti-gay bias and harassment in schools. Trained facilitators from GLSEN Rochester will facilitate these session with the participation and support of local students, faculty, parents, and community members.

The Conference is free and registration is required. The priority deadline is February 15. Space is limited to the first 150 registrants.  For more information or if you are not able to register online, contact the Syracuse University LGBT Resource Center at lgbt@syr.edu  or call 315-443-3983.

Opportunities
The Syracuse Community Murals Project
The Syracuse Community Murals Project is a county wide initiative to place ten murals in designated sites around the city of Syracuse and Onondaga County with the expressed intention to create pride, empower residents in neighborhoods, and unite the residents of Syracuse in a shared community based project.

The Cultural Resources Council will hold community meetings at the following locations and times to garner feedback from the community on where they would like to see a mural in their neighborhoods and what kinds of themes the murals should portray.

February 6, 6:00-8:00 pm, Community Folk Art Center, 805 East Genesee St.
February 7, 6:00-7:00 pm, Dunbar Association, 1453 S. State St.
February 8, 7:00-9:00 pm, Assisi Center, Corner Of Catawba And North Salina St.

For more information, contact Mark J. Wright, Grants And Program Director At Cultural Resources Council at 435-2158 or via email, mwright@cspot.org

Temporary Jobs at WCNY
WCNY is in the process of recruiting temporary telemarketers to solicit and secure donations for TelAuc. The position will begin shortly and will run until about April 19th.  If you have telemarketing or sales experience and are interested in applying for these positions, please apply at hr@wcny.org.  The hours will be either 9am - 3pm or 10am - 4pm. The rate is $8.25/hr plus incentives.
Hayley Schultz, Director, Human Resources, WCNY www.wcny.org

Call for Artists
Proposed "Gallery123", Union Springs, NY is looking for artists to be shown in a local multimedia venue and form a Board of Directors or group of interested people to serve a broad spectrum of gallery tasks. All artists are encouraged to send an entry for any and all media and craft.
Artist Submissions:
Please email if you are interested in showing and have ideas for future updates.
Gallery123 Member:
If you are interested in serving as a member for the gallery or on the Board of Directors, or applying for a position with "Gallery123" please send copies of a resume with your recent contact information, including a reference.

If you can think of anyone who would be interested in this project, please forward the contact information. For more information, contact Janina Fisher, P.O Box 257, Union Springs, NY 13160.  Call 315-406-7863 or email Heartatyou@gmail.com.

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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