PAE Postcard October 2007

There’s Still Time for art$TART!
It’s not too late to get funding to bring the arts into the classroom. PAE’s art$TART arts-in-education grants help support projects that blend arts and non-arts subjects to meet curriculum standards. All public and private pre-K – 12 schools in our nine-county CNY area (Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Onondaga, Oswego, and St. Lawrence counties) are eligible to apply for matching funds up to $2500. Make exciting things happen for students, artists, and teachers! You can find out more about the grants at our website, including abstracts and detailed accounts of previously granted projects.

The application for this year's round of art$TART grants is available on our website. The deadline for applications is Tuesday, October 30. If you have questions about the application, finding a school or artistic partner, how to secure matching funds, or any other aspects of the grant process, email Sue Stonecash or call her at 234.9911.
 
Shop for a Cause October 13th
Support PAE by shopping at Macy's
Shop For A Cause is a one-day shopping event at Macy’s that supports local non-profit organizations. By purchasing a shopping pass from PAE for $5, you can support PAE and enjoy a day full of special discounts and special events throughout the store. You can shop at any Macy’s, including Carousel Mall in Syracuse, Shoppingtown Mall in Dewitt, Great Northern Mall in Clay, and Sangertown Square in Utica. All proceeds of PAE’s pass sales go directly to PAE. For more information, check our website. Then call us at 234.9911 to get your ticket to bargains with a bonus!

Arts in Mind Collecting Data
The Arts in Mind planning phase continues with monthly discussions every first Wednesday from 3:30 – 5:00 pm at the SU Warehouse, Room 002 (corner of West Street and West Fayette Street).  Anyone interested in the Arts in Mind initiative for connecting  area arts and cultural organizations to the Syracuse City Schools is welcome to participate.

The pilot phase is also underway with four schools from the SCSD:  McKinley-Brighton Elementary, Danforth Middle, Franklin Arts Magnet, and Grant Middle Schools.  We have welcomed Len Fonte and Amy Zamkoff to the Arts in Mind administrative team as advisors to the schools.  We are also working with Beth Leibrick and Geoff Navias as consultants to the initiative in design and implementation, as well as communication with schools and cultural organizations.

An on-line survey of arts and cultural organizations has been designed to collect data that will be used as the foundation of a searchable, interactive web site for schools to access in their annual planning of cultural experiences for their students.  If you are affiliated with a CNY cultural organization and have not yet responded on behalf of your program, please take 10 – 15 minutes to give us your profile by going to:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=rhi0XOO_2bP9DKQeW27XHfcg_3d_3d

In the near future we will be launching a survey for teaching artists to complete so we have a better vision of the community of teaching artists available for our culturals and schools.

Of course, contact us if you have questions or would like to know more about Arts in Mind.

CommonGround 2008 Request For Proposals
The 2008 edition of CommonGround, the New York State arts-in-education conference, will be held at the Crowne Plaza in downtown Albany April 9 – 11. Over 200 teaching artists, educators, cultural organization professionals, and community members meet for three days of policy setting, planning, exchange of skills and inspirational speakers. 

PAE is currently accepting Requests for Proposals for workshops at the conference in the areas of:
- Core Knowledge (for new or emerging AiE practitioners);
- Curriculum and Assessment (best practices in curriculum design and implementation, and effective assessment strategies); and
- Education and Policy Reform (how the field of AiE can more effectively shape the landscape of education, drive school reform initiatives, and create social change).

Participatory workshop design, research-based models, and a reflective component are especially encouraged. This year, the conference will be looking more closely at Higher Education Partnerships, Technology as a Learning and Artistic Tool, and Global Citizenship as they pertain to arts in ed.

We welcome your participation in the conference, and hope you will consider submitting your workshop ideas.  Please go to our website for more information and complete application instructions. RFP’s are due by November 2, 2007.

Opportunities
Dress Rehearsal Reception at Syracuse Opera
Syracuse Opera is very pleased to honor all Central New York teachers for their hard work and dedication by inviting them to a special reception on Wednesday, October 24 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at the Crouse-Hinds Concert Theatre at the Civic Center.  The evening, cosponsored by Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, includes cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, and offers the opportunity to get a preview of the Opera’s opening production of Verdi’s Rigoletto. A short program starting at 6:15 pm features Syracuse University Chancellor Nancy Cantor, and highlights SU’s School of Visual and Performing Arts Shadowing Program and an eye opening “inside look” at bringing Rigoletto to the stage. Reservations close on October 22, but please make your reservations early – previous programs have been completely filled.  Contact Karin at 475-5915 or by email for more information.

Y-Arts Week October 22 – 27
East Area Family YMCA
200 Towne Drive, Fayetteville
The East Area Y will be hosting a variety of activities, which are free and open to the public, showcasing the wide variety of creative arts and humanities available in our community, and helping communicate the benefits of the arts in critical thinking, communication and cultural understanding for children and adults. The week-long celebration has a little something for everyone-- from watercolor to belly dance, from digital photography to Irish dance. For more information on Y Arts Week and a complete listing of events for families and kids check out our website at www.ymcaarts.org  (click on East Studio) or email Joan Applebaum, Y Arts Studio Coordinator.

Season Pass for SCSD Stage Productions
The Syracuse City School District is offering a district wide season pass to all high school productions for the 2007-08 year.  Productions range from gripping, award-winning dramas like To Kill a Mockingbird and For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf to classic musicals like West Side Story and The Pajama Game, and much more. For $40 you receive admission to all 14 productions this year. For information on the plays, check http://www.scsd.k12.ny.us/~finearts/performances.htm , or call the Fine Arts Department at 435.4181 for more info.

Alfie Kohn, Noted Educator, to Speak at Ithaca College
Alfie Kohn, nationally acclaimed education writer, speaker, and consultant, will be speaking at Ithaca College’s Emerson Suites in Egbert Hall, on October 18 at 7:00. The talk will focus on teaching students to care about themselves and about others, the development of a school community, and the improvement of traditional school discipline. His speech, the keynote address for a conference co-sponsored by the New York State Alternative Education Association and Ithaca College, is open to the public for $7. It is expected that his talk will be stimulating, controversial, and generate much lively discussion for educators and the general public.

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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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