PAE Postcard January 2005

Arts in Education Partnership Series, March – June 2005
Partners for Arts Education is delighted to sponsor a series of symposia and training seminars for the CNY arts in education community.  We look forward to celebrating the rich cultural education of our community with you.  Check for updated information on our website at http://www.arts4ed.org/training_opportunities/pships_spr05_index.shtml.

Artists and Cultural Partners in Student Learning
Symposium with Keynote by Christine Goodheart, Executive Director of Community Partnerships from the University of Washington. (bio below)
March 4, 2005 at the Marx Hotel
We will use this day to identify the core elements that build powerful partnerships through the arts in education, and strengthen our plans for the future. The day will include a facilitated partnership building session that begins at 11:00, a keynote lunch at 12:30, an afternoon session, and our award celebration at 3:30 to recognize educators, artists, and cultural organizations that have developed successful partnerships in our community.

 Community Empowerment through the Arts
Symposium with Keynote by Lily Yeh, Executive Director Emeritus, Village of Arts & Humanities, Philadelphia (bio below)
June 2, 2005
Teaching to Special Populations, Community-Based Youth Programs & the School Day, Other Students – Other Ages (the TA & Adult Education), Teaching Artist graduate showcase; Community Achievement Awards; workshops for educators, artists, parents, and general community.

Arts in Education Partnership Series
March –June 2005
Six 3-hour Saturday morning training seminars to be held 9:30-12:30 at Onondaga Community College (classroom directions provided with registration)

Session #1: March 12
Arts-in-Education Tool Kit – The Artist in the Classroom Community
Diana Ebner, Elementary Teacher Frazer School, Syracuse City Schools
Kathy Maniaci, Photographer, Art Educator for K-12 and Syracuse Univ.  Art Education

Explore the language of the arts in education translated for practical application. We will define curriculum concepts and make sense of the NYS Standards. Participants can develop potential with classroom teachers as allies and mentors, deepen educational relationships & identify issues of motivation & communication.

Session #2: March 19
Arts in Education Careers– Business Practices for Success
Mark Wright, Funding Program Director, Cultural Resources Council
Jacque Tara Washington, Music Teaching Artist, Utica Arts in Education Institute

Gather realistic tools for careers as arts-in-education professionals. Information will cover taxes, insurance requirements & bookkeeping, background checks & state regulations, self-promotion & getting work in schools. A review of grantmaking opportunities for educators, artists, and community will be included.

Session #3: April 16
Works of Art in Education - Aesthetic Education & Visual Thinking Strategies
Marlene Roeder, Education Curator, Everson Museum of Art
Lauren Unbekant, Actress, Syracuse Univ. Drama, Aesthetic Education Teaching Artist

Using the Lincoln Center Institute model for learning through dance, theater, music, language, and visual arts and the Visual Understanding in Education ‘VTS’ models for critical thinking and researching visual art with students, we will generate new ideas from existing performances and works of art.

Session #4: April 30
Planning Partnerships for Arts in Education
Marcia Wheeler, Director, Oswego BOCES Arts in Education & Institute for Aesthetic Education    
Michael Cunningham, Arts Education Director, Liverpool Schools

Make sense of the nuts and bolts for using all artistic disciplines in a school or classroom curriculum, enlist PTO & principals as partners, define ways to measure learning. We will introduce BOCES and regional support systems for making more effective use of cultural resources with students.

Session #5: May 14
Active Reflection – Case Studies from Empire State Partnerships
The New York State Council on the Arts has funded and shaped statewide school reform through the arts. Educators, artists, and cultural partners from our state and region will showcase the veteran programs that have measurable impact on student learning at all ages and in all content areas.

Session #6: May 21
Teaching Artistry to Deepen Creativity - Goals for Artistic Growth
Find artistic centering through the experience of teaching. Discover how an artist develops and expands expertise as a result of teaching and sharing their discipline. Dance, theater, music, visual, literary, and media artists will benefit from mentoring and inspiring students. Educators will find deeper understanding of the artistic process.

Symposia:
$40 each symposium day (advance registration February 21 & May 23)
$45 walk-in registration
$25 for luncheon only each day
$30 walk-in luncheon registration

Seminar Series:
$210 for the entire series (includes 2 full symposia & 6 3-hour seminars)
$150 for the seminar series without symposia
$30 per individual seminar (dates & times to be posted January 7th)

Reservations:
Call 234-9911 or email georgia@arts4ed.org

And don’t forget…

CommonGround for Learning: NYS Arts in Education Conference
April 7, 8, 9, 10, Buffalo Hyatt Regency
Annual professional consortium for artists, educators, parents, cultural organizations. Highlights include keynotes Doug Herbert (Special Assistant to US Secretary of Education and former Education Director, National Endowment for the Arts), Marc Bamuthi Joseph (National Slam Poet, Def Jam Artist, Artistic Director at Youth Speaks), a reception atAlbright-Knox Museum and much more. Check our website at http://www.arts4ed.org/conference/CG05/index.shtml for more information. 

Christine Goodheart is the Director of Community Partnerships in the Office of Educational Partnerships and Learning Technologies at the University of Washington.  There she works to connect university expertise to diverse communities, including rural community development and initiatives in the arts and culture. Christine is also Affiliate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education. Prior to joining U.W., she led education programs at the Lincoln Center Institute for the Arts in Education, the education department of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City.  Christine has consulted widely with school districts and cultural institutions and currently serves as Senior Program Development Consultant to the Lincoln Center Institute.  She worked in aesthetic education at the Cultural Resources Council in Syracuse. http://www.washington.edu/eplt/devprojects/arts/

Lily Yeh is the Executive Director Emeritus of the Village of Arts & Humanities in Philadelphia.  If you have never heard Lily Yeh speak, you will be very surprised at the power this tiny Chinese lady packs with simple images of urban rejuvenation through the arts. She has conquered over 29 city acres of bombed-out inner-city Philadelphia by extending her educational mission and her work has blossomed to provide social services through visual & performing arts to over 10,000 people.

Ms. Yeh has received many awards, including Pew Fellowship in the Arts (1992), Leila Wallace-Arts International Fellowship (1993), Prudential Foundation's Leadership Award (1996), Home Town Hero Award from the Children's Miracle Network (1997), an honorary doctorate from the Massachusetts College of Art (1999), and an honorary doctorate from the University of the Arts (2000), just to name a few.

For an excellent description of her work: http://leadershipforchange.org/awardees/awardee.php3?ID=129

The agency that has formed through her activism: www.villagearts.org

Partners for Arts Education
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315.234.9911  info@arts4ed.org  www.arts4ed.org

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