PAE Postcard Summer 2008

Get Inspired by/for art$TART
Reports have been coming in to the PAE office detailing what's been happening in schools around CNY as part of the 2007-08 art$TART grants, and some remarkable work is being done! You can find out more about it by going to our website – keep checking back, as profiles will continue to be published over the summer. You may even be inspired to apply for an art$TART grant yourself – the application will be available on our website August 15. New this year - schools which have been previously funded through art$TART may now request up to $5000 in matching funds to expand their partnerships. Applications will be due October 27, and there will be grant-writing orientation sessions in September in locations around Central New York to make it easier for you to apply. Check our website for updates on locations near you.

There will be an orientation in Syracuse on Thursday, September 11 from 3:30 -4:30 pm at Jazz Central (441 E. Washington St.). If you think you might be interested in applying for an art$TART grant, come speak to our grants administrator and have your questions answered. Immediately following the orientation, from 4:30 - 6:00 pm, 2007-08 art$TART recipients are gathering to share the outcomes of their partnership work from last year.

Come to contribute, to listen, to network, to ask questions. This will be the first meeting of the CNY Roundtable for the 2008-09 year. Please RSVP to Sue by email or phone at 234-9911.

TAP Grants Available Starting Sept. 15
Want to attend a training for teaching artists to support your partnership work, but can't come up with the cash?
Looking for a consultant to help you craft better assessment tools for your partnership?
Need to put together a day-long planning session to pull together all the stakeholders for your project?
PAE can help you realize your dreams! Funding can be requested for technical assistance to strengthen your arts-in-education partnerships in Planning and Capacity Building, Curriculum Design, Assessment and Evaluation, or Professional Development.

Deadlines for applications for the Technical Assistance Program (TAP) grants in the coming academic year 2008-09 will be September 15, November 17, January 15, March 16 and May 18.  The 2008-09 TAP application and guidelines will be posted on the PAE website August 15.

There's Still Time . . .
. . . to make your donation to PAE and Arts in Mind. Your donation is vital to the futures of the children in our community, as well as contributing to the arts and cultural climate as we work together to create engagement of the arts in education. Just go to our website, click on the Donate button, and you can make your donation by credit card. Of course, you can always mail us a check, if that's your preference. Small or large, your contribution makes a big difference in our work. Please keep the Arts In Mind and send us your tax-deductible contribution today!

Opportunities
Position Available at Southern Tier Celebrates
Immediate opening for Project Manager. Assist in presentation, facilitation and implementation of community events and interdisciplinary educational programs. Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills required with attention to details. Excellent computer literacy, Microsoft word and Excel.  Must be a self-starter, have ability to work independently as well with a team. Experience in an educational or arts setting preferred.  Ability to multi-task and work in a fast paced environment . Some weekends and evenings.  Valid NYS drivers’ license.  Flexible, part-time.  Send résumé with references, cover letter and two writing samples to: Lesley Tillotson, Executive Director, South Tier Celebrates, 49 Court street, Binghamton, NY 13901 or via email. For more information, please visit our website: www.stcelebrates.org

Professional Development for TA's, Arts Administrators at Guggenheim
Monday September 15 - Thursday, September 18, 2008
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NYC
Contact: Rebecca Shulman Herz, 212-423-3783,email
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum's Learning Through Art program offers annual fall professional development for its team of visual arts teaching artists.  Each year, we offer spaces to up to five teaching artists or arts administrators outside our program.  Candidates must have at least three years of experience in the field, as this is not an introductory professional development. This year's workshop includes the following topics:

• Professor Olga Hubbard from Columbia University Teachers College will work with us to think about why teaching art is important, and how your "why" might impact decisions you make about the "how" you teach art.
• Russell Granet from Arts Education Resource will facilitate discussion and activities around setting project goals and assessing whether students are making progress towards these goals, and how to adapt lessons when they are not understanding.
• Finding spaces for flexibility for your own teaching within program / school structures; conveying this same freedom of choice to students
• Facilitating dialogues with other teachers related to planning arts integrated projects (including developing essential questions)

The cost for this workshop is $500, which includes breakfast and lunch all four days, as well as various materials to keep and share with colleagues.  Please visit the website at www.learningthroughart.org

Calls for Submissions
Delavan Art Gallery  Submissions are requested for a first-ever exhibit devoted to shadows. Entries will be judged in two stages – first from written proposals (including drawings) to determine probable acceptability and feasibility,  and then from actual created work. Deadline for first-phase proposals is September 13. For more information, visit their website.

Stone Quarry Art Park  Residencies are open to all visual artists, writers, and poets, at least 21 years of age either emerging or  established in their careers, interested in creating works relating to The Art Park’s theme  of art in the landscape. Applications are being accepted for six 2-4 week 2009 residency openings. The $35 application fee  includes a one-year membership to park. Deadline September 15. For more information, visit their website.

Resources
"Michelangelo: The Man and the Myth" at SU
August 12 - October 19, 2008
Schaffer Art Gallery, SU Campus
This exhibition will include numerous objects about Michelangelo, including rare portraits, and 14 original objects by Michelangelo.  This will be the largest collection of Michelangelo artifacts in the United States.  The Galleries will construct a full scale model of his plan for a monumental gateway in Rome called the Porta Pia and there will also be a full-scale bronze cast of the Pieta, one of his best known sculptures.  The exhibition will focus on his career as artist, engineer, architect and poet. 

The gallery is welcoming school groups for tours of the show on Mondays and Tuesdays, and Wednesday – Fridays before 10:30. Tickets are $5 per student, with a free adult ticket for every 20 student tickets purchased, and include a package of Michelangelo materials including a reproduction of one of the works in the exhibition. The gallery is providing a digital resource packet that will be downloadable in sections or in its entirety at http://michelangelo.syr.edu/.

For more information about booking a student tour please contact Alex Hahn at the SU Art Galleries, 315.443.4097

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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