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Issues regarding Teaching Artists and Liability Insurance
The Commission has recently received requests for information regarding liability insurance and whose responsibility it is to have that insurance when you are a teaching artist working as an artist in residence in the schools.  Here you will find a brief explanation from a school district risk management office, contractors refer to the artist in residence. We hope you find this information useful as you continue to plan and participate in artist in residence programs.

The Arizona Trust is an organization that allows school districts to pair up to provide liability insurance at a group rate. The Trust provides coverage to all but four school districts in the state. As sound risk management practice schools require its contractors to provide insurance for the contractor's acts or omissions. Typically, contractors are paid a fee to perform a service. Also, it is typical that contractors have control over the means and methods of how they perform those services. Therefore, contractors are responsible for their services, including the financial consequences of failing to perform the services correctly. Contractors buy insurance for the direct benefit of the contractor and indirect benefit of the school district. Although it is good business practice for a contractor to buy insurance, it is not mandatory in all cases. If the district is willing to take the consequences (financial and otherwise) of a contractor's negligent acts and omissions, it can. The arrangement must be memorialized, via contract, prior to the loss. Whether or not to accept responsibility for a contractor's acts or omissions is a business decision and comes with risk to the district and its taxpayers.

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Mentorship Grants Now Available from ACA
Interested in a mentorship with a fellow Residency Roster Artist? The Commission is now offering a limited amount of grants for newly juried artists or artists looking to grow in their field through a mentorship. We hope this mentorship process will ensure your success on the Roster.  As well as create an opportunity for fellow artists to network and learn form one another’s success and challenges. For more information contact Mandy Buscas, Arts Learning Programs Director, mbuscas@azarts.gov, 602-229-8225.

Arts Learning Project Grants Available from the Arizona Commission on the Arts
If you are planning a residency program for the upcoming year, Arts Learning Project Grant Applications are now available from The Arizona Commission on the Arts. 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) mid-January 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

Regional Touring Program
Application Deadline March 22, 2007. The purpose of the Arizona Commission on the Arts’ Regional Touring Program is to assist Arizona-based performing artists and ensembles wishing to expand their regional touring activities. One function of the program is sponsorship to the booking conferences around the nation and in Canada and Mexico. For assistance, please contact Claire West, Performing Arts Director at (602) 229-8231 or email cwest@azarts.gov.

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Calling All Arts Instructors! Teaching Space Available!!
The Arts Department, Arts With Heart, at Carmel Community Center, 97 W. Oakland St., Chandler, AZ 85225, is now underway! We are working toward building a community base and marketing for programs of all ages. We have a newly renovated building with an auditorium and stage, a dance room with a sprung wood floor, classroom space and more. To attract our community and utilize our space for the enhancement of that community, we are looking for quality artists to teach excellent programs. We are open to all levels of all ages, and are offering flexible terms (please call for details). We can list your classes and/or workshops on our calendar, and we can offer assistance in marketing them. Please contact Lynn Monson or Jill Bittinger at 480-726-8100 or lmonson@cox.net

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Warming Up to the Work - Arizona Commission on the Arts Teaching Artist Workshop
Warming ourselves and participants up to approach the ideas and work ahead is fundamental to all residency work, whether the warm-up is physical, mental, or attitudinal. Come join Alison Marshall, teaching artist and Director of Arts Learning at the Arizona Commission on the Arts, in this experiential workshop ready to share one favorite warm-up technique or tool you use in your residency work.  We'll do a round robin exchange of our approaches to warm-ups in order to reinforce the good work we already do and to add new ideas to our repertoire.  March 23, 9:30 - 11:30, Phoenix, location to be determined.  Registration fee $15.  To register contact Kim Willey, kwilley@azarts.gov, 602-771-6521.

National Afterschool Conference: The National AfterSchool Conference will be held in Phoenix on March 21 - 23. Attendees represent the full gamut of after school programming. Sessions will focus on both research and practice. For more information, go to www.naaconference.org/whatsnew.htm.

Using Your Body Language to Convey Ideas with Liliana de Leon-Torsiello!  
Come find how to use your body and space creatively as well as some practical brain/movement based learning on March 24th from 1:00-3:00pm. For more information contact Regina Nixon, Phoenix Conservatory of Music, regnixon@phoenixconservatoryofmusic.org  Workshops sizes are limited, so register now!

Effective Modeling with PCM, Wolftrap and Kennedy Center
Professional Development Presenter, Cynthia Elek, Date:  March 31st from 12:00-3:00pm.  An interactive workshop in which participants apply modeling strategies to their own work so that they see the results they want in the classroom! For more information contact Regina Nixon, Phoenix Conservatory of Music, regnixon@phoenixconservatoryofmusic.org  Workshops sizes are limited, so register now!

The Power of Art: Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities
May 18, 2007, The Lab School of Washington in Washington, DC will host its 14th annual workshop The Power of Art: Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities. The Power of Art is a national competition which celebrates excellence in art education and innovative teaching
methods. The one day workshop provides art teachers with a better understanding of learning disabilities, original ways to teach, and how art can be used to teach academic skills. The Rauschenberg Foundation kindly provides hotel accommodations and limited travel funds. Applicants must teach art in kindergarten to 12th grade in a United States public or private school where some or all of their students have learning disabilities. Applications are due April 2nd, 2007 For more information about The Power of Art or to receive an application
please call The Lab School at (202) 944-3083 or E-Mail emily.marchetti@labschool.org  The Power of Art application is available for you to download at
www.labschool.org

TUSD Fine Arts Summer Institute (FASI):
"Unlock Your Artistry: Keys to Succesfull Learning"
There will be two sessions available for teachers to attend: Tuesday, May 29 through Saturday, June 2, 2007 and July 31 through August 3, 2007. It will be held in Tucson at Booth/Fickett Middle School and The Stevie Eller Theatre. The institute will focus on Opening Minds Through The Arts (OMA) program. The first session will also have two music clinicians: Dan Long for orchestra and Peter Boonshaft for band. Teaching artists interested in training for OMA may attend the Teaching Artist Summer Institute (TASI) held the same dates and same locations. For registration information go to
http://www.omaprogrmaz.org

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

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Arts Learning Staff

Alison Marshall Arts Learning Director amarshall@azarts.gov

Mandy Buscas Arts Learning Programs Director mbuscas@azarts.gov

Kim Willey Arts Learning Associate kwilley@azarts.gov

 

This document is available in alternative formats by contacting the Arts Commission at (602) 255-5882