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NJ91 Marcia Daft 5/1-5/3/2006 IA03 Eric Johnson 5/8-5/9/2006 OK95 Sean Layne 5/9-5/12/2006 MT91 Rosalind Flynn 6/12-6/16/2006 MT91 Marcia Daft 6/12-6/17/2006 FL01 Lenore Blank Kelner 6/13/2006 KENNEDY CENTER SEMINARS ON TOUR “Artists as Educators: Planning Effective Workshops for Teachers” HOST SEMINAR LEADER WORKSHOP LEADER WHEN Indiana 1991 (State-based Initiative) Rosalind Flynn Sean Layne 2/21-2/22/06 Ohio 2005 (Dayton) Randy Barron Rosalind Flynn 3/21-3/22/06 Oklahoma (State-based Initiative) Kimberli Boyd Sean Layne 5/31-6/3/2006 “Artists as Educators: Presenting Effective Workshops for Teachers” HOST SEMINAR LEADER WHEN Ohio 1995 (State-based Initiative) Sean Layne and Lynne Silverstein 12/5-12/6/2005 Artist Residency Seminar HOST SEMINAR LEADER WHEN Ohio (Cleveland) Sean Layne 12/14-12/15/2005 EVENTS REPORT OF ARTS EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP FORUM: ARTS EDUCATION AND THE CREATIVE ECONOMY Adapted from AEP October 2005 Forum report The Arts Education Partnership held a national forum on the theme of Arts Education and The Creative Economy Saturday and Sunday, October 1-2, 2005 in Charleston, SC at the College of Charleston. Representatives from 32 states, and the District of Columbia, were in attendance. On Saturday, Charleston Mayor, Joseph Riley gave a lively presentation detailing the history of Charleston’s vibrant architecture and cultural community. On Sunday, the day began with a presentation by Arkansas Governor, Mike Huckabee, who is currently serving as the chairman of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Under his leadership at ECS, Governor Huckabee has launched a national arts education initiative that stems from his lifelong pursuit of music. He outlined what he views are “essentials for education” which are also the skills and traits that business leaders are looking for in future employees. All of these traits are inherent to participation in the arts. In addition to the presentations, participants attended several breakout sessions centering on the theme of Arts Education and the Creative Economy. On Saturday evening, attendees and their guests were invited to a special 10 th Anniversary celebration at the City Gallery in Charleston. Several KCAAEN and Partners in Education members, Barbara Shepherd and Amy Duma were in attendance. AFTA IN MILWAUKEE From John Abodeely - Americans for the Arts Education Network Weekly News Save the date for Americans for the Arts 2006 Annual Convention in Milwaukee. The Arts Education Preconference and Convention will take place June 1-5, 2006. NOVEMBER TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY: NATIONAL AND STATE CONFERENCES From Arts Education Partnership Event Date Location VSA Arts Institute 11/2-11/5/2005 Jacksonville, FL Education Trust National Convention 11/3-11/5/2006 Washington, DC National Council of Teachers of English Convention 11/17-11/20-2006 Pittsburgh, PA AFTER SCHOOL EDUCATION GATHERS From Americans for the Arts Education Network Weekly News - John Abodeely The Partnership for After School Education will hold its 2005 national conference, “Shaping Our Future in Out of School Time,” November 20-22 in New York City. Please see http:www.ecs.org/00CN2730 KATRINA RELIEF APPROPRIATIONS AND THE ARTS From Americans for the Arts Monthly Wire Congress has passed two very large emergency relief packages totaling $62 billion, most of which has gone to FEMA. Museums, nonprofit arts organizations that are located in historic buildings, and government agencies may be able to qualify for FEMA assistance. Congress is now working on a third "supplemental" package, which will have a broader range. Negotiations are currently Update 6
under way to allocate up to $20 million of relief funding through the National Endowment for the Arts for grants. These supplemental bills are all for FY 2006 funding. Another possibility is that additional arts funding would be wrapped into a fourth package or, more remotely, could be included in appropriations for FY 2007. Notwithstanding the possibility of these new funds, arts organizations currently can immediately pursue low-interest Physical Disaster Business Loans from the Small Business Administration (SBA), which cover property losses that are not insured or are underinsured. Please see SBA's FAQ site, www.sba.gov/disaster_recov/basics/faqs.html. HOUSE CONSERVATIVES PROPOSE COMPLETE ELIMINATION OF DOZENS OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS TO OFFSET KATRINA From Americans for the Arts Monthly Wire www.artsusa.org/get_involved/advocacy/weekly_headlines/default.asp Last month, the Republican Study Committee (RSC) issued a proposal calling for the elimination of funding for the NEA and NEH (page 16) and for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (page 14). In addition to the RSC proposal, Chairman of the House Education & the Workforce Committee John Boehner has offered a bill that would terminate the authorization for the Department of Education's Arts in Education program to pay for hurricane recovery efforts. Boehner's Setting Priorities in Spending Act (HR 4018) would eliminate authorization for 14 Federal programs, including the Arts in Education program. Through our E-Advocacy website, Americans for the Arts advocates have sent more than 7,200 messages during the last month to their Members of Congress supporting arts in education. We will continue to monitor these developments closely. For more information on this issue, please contact Narric Rome, director of federal affairs, at nrome@artsusa.org. NEWS THREE ARTS EDUCATORS ARE 2005 AMERICAN STARS OF TEACHING From Sara Goldhawk, ArtsEd listserv The message below is adapted from the U.S. Department of Education. For more information, visit http://www.ed.gov/teachers/how/tools/initiative/american-stars.html Teachers across all grade levels and academic disciplines, one in each state, are being honored this fall as American Stars of Teaching. Begun in 2004, this national recognition effort is part of the U.S. Department of Education’s Teacher-to-Teacher Initiative, which includes workshops for teachers, teacher and principal roundtables, regular e-mail updates, and free online professional development. American Star teachers, according to Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, are “representative of the country’s many exemplary educators who are using innovative strategies to close the achievement gap and change the course of students’ lives.” In the states of Idaho, New Hampshire, and Washington, the 2005 American Stars of Teaching are arts educators. Peggy Fiske is the visual art specialist at Kendrick Junior-Senior High School in Kendrick, Idaho, where she has enriched the students’ arts learning with after-school and summer arts programs as well as having developed arts projects in her community for local children and youth. In New Hampshire, Phillip Martin has taught music for 30 years, currently instructs the school band, chorus, and guitar classes at Campbell High School, a new competency-based school in Litchfield. Terri Placentia teaches visual arts at the Tacoma School of the Arts, where she also serves as the art department chairwoman. Among the hallmarks of her approach to teaching art are the curricular connections Ms. Placentia makes to other academic subjects and her collaboration with colleagues in the school’s math and science departments. ARTSCAN: ARTS IN EDUCATION STATE POLICY DATABASE From Education Commission of the States As the 2004-2006 Chairman of the Education Commission of the States (ECS), Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee has chosen to make arts in education the focus of his “Chairman’s Initiative.” The goal of the ECS initiative is to ensure every child at every level of schooling has the opportunity to learn about, enjoy and participate in the arts. To support this goal, ECS is developing an online, searchable database – called “ArtScan” – that contains brief summaries of state policies related to arts education from all 50 states and the District of Columbia. For more information visit ARTSCAN -- Arts in Education online database OPPORTUNITIES CALL FOR PRESENTERS From VSA arts VSA arts invites educators, artists, program staff, researchers, and access coordinators to share their expertise and innovative practices at the International Conference Exploring Accessibility, Inclusion, and Arts Education June 9-10, Washington, DC. The submission deadline in Friday, December 23, 2005. Download information and form from http://www.vsarts.org/x1500.xml READERS WANTED FOR THE VSA ARTS WRITING PROJECT From VSA arts VSA arts is seeking creative writers and writing professionals to read and evaluate approximately 30 short pieces of fiction and poetry written by students from around the world. The evaluation process will consist of selecting the ten or fewer best quality pieces out of the 30, according to a set of guidelines. The readers will receive the writing by Friday, December 23, 2005. The list of the top ten pieces needs to be submitted to VSA arts via email by Tuesday, January 3, 2006. VSA arts will offer a $75 honorarium for reading. The VSA arts Writing Project is a call for flash fiction and poetry submitted by students ages 11-18 living with disability (students with disabilities and students who have connections to people with disabilities). The writing must relate to the theme, “Another Point of Update 7
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