| PAE Postcard
October 2004 |
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Apply now for
an art$TART Grant
You
can make your vision of exciting,
joyful, and profound learning through
the arts a reality in the classroom.
But you need to get your ideas
on paper soon - the deadline for applications
for art$TART
grants is October
29, 2004.
Grants
of up to $2500 are available to all
public & private pre-K thru 12
schools in Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland,
Jefferson, Lewis, Madison,
Onondaga,
Oswego, and St. Lawrence
counties.
The grants support community
artists/cultural organizations to
partner with schools in integrating
the arts across content areas &
grade levels to meet the NYS learning
standards.
You
can get information and the application
for the art$TART grant for the 2004 - 05 school
year online at http://www.arts4ed.org/artstart/index.shtml.
art$TART is a matching grant - schools
must provide matching funds in a combination
of cash and in-kind resources. We
can help you find ways to access matching
funds.
You
must contact PAE before submitting
your application. We will be happy to help you with the application
process.
Give us a call at 234.9911.
TAP Grants Available
TAP (Technical Assistance Program) provides funds
to New
York State teaching artists, schools and non-profit
cultural organizations for consultants,
travel and professional development
opportunities that develop,
enhance and/or evaluate arts education
programs benefiting children Pre-K
to 12th grade.
Grants are awarded five times
a year.
The next deadline is December 1, 2004.
You can get more information and the application at
http://www.arts4ed.org,
or call us at 234.9911.
It's Dress-Up
Time.
Looking for an excuse to
put a costume on at the end of this
month?
Looking for a place to hear
great jazz in beautiful surroundings? Marcia Rutledge and her
Jazz trio will be playing live at
the Delavan Center Gallery 6 - 9 pm
on Friday, October
29.
Costumes
are encouraged and the most intriguing
will be publicly recognized!
A contribution to the Delevan
Gallery of $10 is recommended.
CNY Roundtable
Resumes
The first meeting of the 2004 -
05 CNY Roundtable will convene
on Wednesday, October 20th from 12:30
- 2:30. This meeting is targeted
for CNY cultural organizations. We will be welcomed by Ellen
Schwartz, Education
Director at Open Hand Theater.
This will be a working lunch roundtable. We
will be resuming the initiatives set
forth in our June retreat day at Stone
Quarry Hill Art Park, including shared funding opportunities, programming considerations
(knowing what each other does/offers),
and shared needs (alliance for pooling
resources and awareness of concerns).
Open Hand is located at 518 Prospect Avenue, where N. Salina, Prospect, and Ash Streets all meet. The
entrance is on the Ash
Street
side of the building. You can learn
more about Open Hand Theater at www.openhandtheater.org
, or call 315-476-0466.
Please RSVP to Georgia
at PAE by Monday, October
18th via email
or phone (234.9911) if you will be
attending.
Thank you.
to all our pledgers for the Syracuse
Festival of Races.
We had a beautiful morning,
met new people, and raised
over $500 for PAE.
Your support is much appreciated
- thank you!
Mark Your Calendars!
April 7 - 10, 2005 - CommonGround Arts in Education Conference
at the Buffalo
Hyatt Regency. Always exciting, always filled with creative ideas
for curriculum, assessment, strategies,
collaboration, problem solving, networking
and more.
TAP scholarships will be available.
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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