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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 learning interests and needs.
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Teacher
Professional Development Sourcebook
The first issue of the Teacher Professional Development
Sourcebook focuses on the role of teacher collaborative work in
improving instruction, and includes research overviews, data on current
practices and requirements, a professional development calendar, and an
exclusive directory of more than 200 K-12 professional development
products and services.
http://www.teachermagazine.org/tm/toc/2007/10/25/index.html
Keep Arts in Schools
A new brochure, NCLB information and other resources available on this
arts education website.
http://www.keepartsinschools.org
Arts Assessment
Survey about Arts Education
A student at Teachers College, Columbia University is conducting research
about arts educators and their experiences with assessment. The survey can
be completed in as little as 10 minutes online.
http://www.questionpro.com/akira/TakeSurvey?id=778795
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JCPenney Afterschool
Fund
United Way of America has announced a $1.7 million grant from the JCPenny
Afterschool Fund to provide afterschool programs that foster their
academic, physical, and social development.
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/news/story.jhtml?id=192900052
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Arts for LA School
Board Survey 2007
Arts for LA recently partnered with the Los Angeles County Arts Commission
to conduct a survey to inform candidates as well as local stakeholders
about the importance of arts education, its role in preparing students to
participate in a 21st
century workforce as well as local, county and state resources that are
available to school districts throughout the region.
http://www.artsforla.org/Survey%20.html
Presidential Candidates Forum
ArtsVote 2008 will secure bold, new policy proposals in support of the
arts and arts education in America from candidates during the 2008
presidential campaign. ArtsVote NH, a program of New Hampshire Citizens
for the Arts and Americans for the Arts Action Fund, is holding a
candidates forum. All presidential candidates will be invited to speak at
this forum to share their positions on supporting the arts, arts
education, and the creative economy in general. Thursday, November 29,
2007, between 4pm and 8pm. (Americans for the Arts).
http://www.artsactionfund.org/artsvote/default.asp
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Tucson City Ward
III Youth Funders – Mentoring Grant Round
City Councilmember Karin Uhlich has incorporated Youth Voice in an
exemplary way with the Youth Funders Group. In partnership with Every
Voice in Action, City Ward III has created a youth philanthropy program
where young people living in Ward III meet to learn about philanthropy and
grantmaking, discuss issues important to their Ward, and distribute
$20,000 in City Youth Services funding. This year, the group has selected
Mentoring as the focus of their grant round.
Proposals are due by 12:00 noon on November 20. For a copy of
the RFP contact Susan Fry at 990-3646 or
susan@stanfordalumni.org
National Education Grants
The Braitmayer Foundation is interested in funding K-12 curricular and
school reform initiatives and professional development opportunities for
teachers nationwide
http://www.braitmayerfoundation.org/guid.htm
Visual and Expressive Arts Grants
The National Museum of the American Indian Visual and Expressive Arts
Grants program offers support to a wide range of arts activities with the
goal of increasing the knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of
contemporary Native American arts. The NMAI considers the recognition of
living artists of the Western Hemisphere to be of primary importance and
will direct support to projects that strengthen the scholarship in this
underserved field and create opportunities for new and innovative work.
Grant amounts will be from $7500 to $15,000.
http://www.nmai.si.edu/vaeag/expressive.html
The Cintas Foundation
Awarding fellowships to artists from Cuban lineage who reside out of Cuba.
http://www.cintasfoundation.org
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Arizona Alliance for
Arts Education Essay Contest
What has art meant in your students’ lives and how has it enhanced his or
her education? Time to find out. AAAE has announced the annual essay
contest. Have your 4th-12th grade students answer
the question above in 400 words or less and they could win a luncheon with
their state legislator and one chaperone. The winners essay will also be
read at the 2008 Governor’s Arts Awards Dinner.
Entries must be postmarked by December 7th. For
rules and entry forms email
teniqua@artsed.org or call 602.264.0299.
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Arizona Alliance for
Arts Education Arts Advocate of the Year
Bonnie Sneed, Executive Director of the Arizona Alliance for Arts
Education, received the Arizona Art Education Association’s 2007 Award for
Arts Advocate of the Year. Sneed moved from Ohio to Arizona nine years
ago. She is involved with the Arts in Education Council for Scottsdale
Schools, a non-profit, all-volunteer organization established thirty-five
years ago, in order to support high quality fine arts opportunities for
her own children and is currently serving as its co-president, after
serving as president for two years. Her recent work with the Arizona
Alliance for Arts Education, a member of the Kennedy Center Alliance for
Arts Education Network, takes her passion for arts education statewide.
Toyota Teacher of the Year Award
Toyota
Family Literacy Teacher of the Year Award is given to educators who
demonstrate exemplary efforts to help parents and children achieve their
academic and non-academic goals.
http://www.famlit.org/site
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Phoenix
Children’s Chorus
Phoenix Children’s Chorusto Hold Auditions for Boys and Girls Who Love to
Sing
The Phoenix Children’s Chorus will be holding auditions for boys and
girls, second through eighth grades, for their Prep and Cadet Choirs on
Tuesday, December 11. No prior choral
training is required – applicants need only possess a clear, pleasant
singing voice and the desire to learn.
http://phoenix.gov/newsrel/3010auditions.html
Scholastic Art &
Writing Awards
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
offer early recognition of creative teenagers and scholarship
opportunities for graduating high-school seniors. The Awards program is
national in scope and administered by the
Alliance for Young Artists & Writers,
a nonprofit organization whose mission is provide guidance and support for
the next generation of artists and writers, in partnership with 77
regional affiliate organizations.
http://www.scholastic.com/artandwritingawards/enter.htm#categories
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ACA
Fall Bulletin Available Online
The fall bulletin features an article written by Mandy Buscas, Arts
Learning Director on the No Child Left Behind Act and importance of
arts-based learning activities in schools, highlights of the upcoming
Arizona Centennial, artists Julie McCormick and Sean Nevin, and Commission
updates.
http://www.azarts.gov/bulletin/fall07.pdf
Creating the Capacity for Change: How and Why Governors and Legislatures
Are Opening a New-Schools Sector in Public Education.
Widely recognized for his work in education and innovation, Ted Kolderie
examines the current state of K-12 education policy and offers
thought-provoking advice on what needs to happen to inspire real change in
America's schools.
http://www.educationevolving.org/pdf/Kolderie_book.pdf
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ArtSource VI
Mark your calendars for Thursday, January 10,
2008 for ArtSource VI, an annual gathering of arts education
professionals and arts organizations. This year’s event will be at the
Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix. If you would like more information on
ArtSource VI please email
jocelyn.hanson@phoenix.gov
Arts Education Grants
Workshop Scheduled for Arts & Cultural Organizations!
The Phoenix Office of Arts & Culture (POAC) is committed to the idea of
making the arts fundamental to education. Partnerships between community
arts & cultural organizations and schools are increasingly being used as
effective strategies for improving learning in schools. If you are in the
process of designing a special collaboration with an individual school or
an entire school district for the 2007-2008 school year, please plan on
attending a special grants workshop over the noon hour on
Monday, December 3, 2007
from
11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.,
12th Floor Subcommittee Room, City Hall 200 West Washington, downtown
Phoenix. RSVP TO 602-495-0189
Southwest Arts
Conference
Join us on January 25, 2008 at
Glendale Civic Center for SWAC 31. The Arizona Commission on the Arts
presents a day filled with practical and experiential sessions for arts
administrators, teaching artists, and arts educators.
www.azarts.gov/swac
Educator Highlights
for 2007
Getting to Know Your Authorizer
Learn who to talk to, how to make connections, and what to say. In this
session we will pull back the curtain to reveal the diverse cast of
authorizers involved in arts learning programming for youth. Join us to
gain useful tips to develop your individual advocacy skills and learn how
to encourage advocacy among parents, educators, and artists. Together we
can ensure the arts remain a part of Arizona’s basic PreK-12 education.
Connections Café 2008
is the place to...Connect, Create, and Collaborate
Join us in the Connections Café for dessert, coffee and networking!
Connect with multiple teaching artists from our Residency Roster available
to provide Artist in Residence and other arts learning programs for your
school or organization. Gather information on their services and learn
about related resources and funding opportunities available.
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