Arts Learning: Newsletter

This online newsletter from ACA is published periodically and intends to provide you with current, important information from the field of Arts Learning and to support vital, substantive arts learning throughout the State. Please feel free to send your comments and requests for content information. We look forward to serving your arts education interests and needs.

ARTstor
is a non-profit initiative, founded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, with a mission to use digital technology to enhance scholarship, teaching and learning in the arts and associated fields. The ARTstor Digital Library Charter Collection is a repository of hundreds of thousands of digital images and related data and the tools to actively use those images.
www.artstor.org

Join us for the 18th Arizona Arts Congress
Monday, February 5, 2007, Arizona State Capitol, Senate Lawn, 1700 W. Washington St., Phoenix AZ. Join more than 500 arts educators, artists, administrators, business and community leaders for lunch and 1-on-1 conversations with your elected officials about the importance of the arts and arts education. Show your support by WEARING RED! Presented by: Arizona Actions for the Arts, Arizona Commission on the Arts For more information on Arts Congress contact Arizona Action for the Arts
http://www.AzActionfortheArts.org/artscongress.html

Arts Learning Project Grants Available from the Arizona Commission on the Arts
The Arizona Commission on the Arts is committed to making the arts fundamental to education, particularly in programs that serve Pre-K-12 students, classroom teachers, teaching artists, arts specialists and administrators in school, after-school and summer/inter-session programs. Our goal is that applicants present a plan that creatively stimulates and delivers arts learning in their school/community organizations. How to Apply: Applications for the 2007-2008 School Year will be available on EGOR (Electronic Grant Online Resource) January 1, 2007 at http://www.culturegrants-az.org/ Applications are due electronically submitted by midnight March 22, 2007 and supplemental material postmarked to the Commission offices no lather than 5 p.m. March 22, 2007. (These grants will fund projects from July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008) If you have any questions in the meantime please feel free to contact, Arts Learning Staff
www.azarts.gov

Grants Opportunity: Community Foundation for Southern Arizona
The Community Foundation for Southern Arizona has announced that, through a partnership with one of the donor-advised funds held there, they now have a total of $300,000 available to grant for 2007. This year, special emphasis will be placed upon programs that serve the needs of seniors and children. Deadline for applications is December 20, 5pm. For details visit www.cfsoaz.org or call Susie Schwartz at 770-0800 x124 or email sschwartz@cfsoaz.org

The Mockingbird Foundation
awards grants to schools and nonprofit organizations in order to effect improvements in music education for children. Mockingbird is particularly interested in organizations with low overhead, innovative approaches, and/or collaborative elements to their work. Guidelines are available on the website. Deadline for letters of inquiry: February 1, 2007.
www.mockingbirdfoundation.org/funding/guidelines.html

Youth Designed After-School Grant
Create Your Legacy is a grant program that encourages young people to
develop projects to improve their after-school program and their
neighborhood.
http://www.ameriquestcares.org

Poetry Out Loud - A National Recitation Contest presented by the NEA

If you are a high school English or theatre teacher in the Tucson, Flagstaff or Phoenix Metro area, looking for a great way to introduce your students to poetry and recitation, look no further. The Poetry Foundation and The National Endowment for the Arts present Poetry Out Loud, a national recitation contest. Poetry Out loud is a pyramid structure program with recitations of great poems at the classroom, school, and state level. State finalists will go on to compete at the National Level in Washington DC on May 1^st. Prizes include $20,000.00 in scholarship money for the national winner, $200.00 for the state winner and $100.00 for the runner up. State champions schools will also be awarded money toward the purchase of poetry supplies for their school. If you would like more information on Poetry Out Loud, contact Kim Willey Arts Learning Associate at 602.229.8221 or email kwilley@azarts.gov. You can also visit the Poetry Out Loud website for more information at www.poetryoutloud.org. Deadline to register for Poetry Out Loud is January 1, 2007.

Corrido Contest
Sponsored by the University of Arizona Poetry Center. Students grade 9-12th from Arizona High Schools are invited to submit original Corridos. Deadline February 14, 2007. For more information contact the Poetry Center at 520-626-3765
www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/3772

Congressional Art Contest
Sponsored by Congressman John Shadegg, District 3. Any two dimensional work - photography, painting, etc. Due Friday, March 30, 2007, Art Institute of Phoenix, 2233 West. Dunlap, Phoenix, AZ 85021. Prizes - Trip to Washington, D.C., scholarships from the Art Institute of Phoenix, Cash Prizes. For more information contact (602) 263-5300

The Coming Up Taller Awards Program Seeks Nominations
The President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) is inviting nominations for the 2007 Coming Up Taller Awards. In partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), we are embarking on the tenth year of the Coming Up Taller Awards, which recognizes the accomplishments of exceptional arts and humanities after-school and out-of-school programs. Coming Up Taller finalists receive $10,000, an individualized plaque, and an invitation to attend the Coming Up Taller Leadership Enhancement Conference. The postmark deadline for nominations is Wednesday, January 31, 2007.
www.cominguptaller.org

Toyota International Teacher Program to Japan
Open to teachers of all disciplines in grades 9-12 nationwide. The program offers a fully-funded, 11-day professional development experience in Japan, June 22-July 7, 2007 to bring back to their classrooms ancient and modern Japan. Deadline January 8, 2007.
www.iie.org/toyota

CEREBRUM: The Dana Forum on Brain Science
a free, web-only publication, with monthly articles, regular book reviews and excerpts, and a complete searchable archive of all 278 print issues.
www.dana.org/cerebrum

Third Space: Arts in Education
There’s new evidence that when arts are nurtured in schools, learning thrives as well. This three-year study, published by the Arts Education Partnership, looks at 10 elementary, middle, and high schools serving economically disadvantaged students in urban and rural that have used the arts to effectively transform their curriculum and culture. The term "Third Space" describes the positive and supportive relationships that develop among students, educators, and the community when they are involved in creating, performing, or responding to works of art.
http://www.aep-arts.org/ThirdSpacehome.htm.

NEA Releases Study On The Arts And Civic Engagement
People who participate in the arts are people who help make communities thrive, according to a study released today by the National Endowment for the Arts. The study, The Arts and Civic Engagement: Involved in Arts, Involved in Life, reveals that people who participate in the arts also engage in positive civic and individual activities - such as volunteering, going to sporting events, and outdoor activities - at significantly higher rates than non-arts participants. The report shatters the stereotype that art is an escapist or passive activity, showing instead that it is associated with a range of positive behaviors. The study also reveals that young adults (18-34) show a declining rate of arts participation and civic activities.
www.arts.gov/news/news06/CivicEngagement.html

Arizona High School Renewal and Improvement Initiative
Adolescent Literacy for Middle and High School Renewal
Thursday, December 7 & Friday, December 8, 2006 Carefree Resort and Villas
37220 Mule Train Road Carefree, Arizona 85377 1-888- 488-9034. The Innovative & Exemplary Program Unit at the Arizona Department of Education has designed a Middle and High School Renewal Summit focusing on the relationship between Adolescent Literacy and the Breaking Ranks II model for middle and high school renewal. Teacher focused /student friendly: Tools you can use!Cost: $180 per person; $150 per person for a team of 3 or more
http://www.ade.az.gov/asd/AZHSRI/adolescentliteracy/

Save the Date! January 26th - Connections Cafe and Southwest Arts Conference
Join us in the Connections Café for dessert, coffee and networking! This FREE event will connect you with teaching artists from around the state, available to provide Artist in Residence and other arts learning programs for your school. Meet with multiple teaching artists from our Residency Roster in one day. Discover Arizona Commission on the Arts resources and funding opportunities When: Friday, January 26th, 2007 3:15PM – 4:45PM Where: Glendale Civic Center, 5750 West Glenn Drive, Glendale, AZ 85301, (623) 930-4300

Special Offer for Teachers: The first 50 teachers to register will receive a FREE ticket to attend our Keynote Speaker, Cheech Marin as well as access to our workshop on EGOR, our online grant system for FREE. This opportunity is limited to the first 50 teachers who register. To take advantage of this special offer now, RSVP your Name, School, and email to kwilley@azarts.gov. Pick up your tickets at the registration table the day of.

Please Note: If you are only attending the Connections Café, there is no need to register, this event is FREE and open to the public
http://www.azarts.gov/swac/index.htm

The Project Zero Classroom 2007
Professional development from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. July 28- August 3, 2007
www.gse.harvard.edu/ppe