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In This Issue
- California Schools Brace For More Cuts
- Schools Cuts Jeopardize Education
- The End of the California Dream?
- Bill to Boost State Arts Funding On Hold
- Project Brings Kids from Low-Income Homes Together to Make Music
- Carol Channing Engages Elementary Kids
- First Lady Expresses Support for Arts Education
- US Education Secretary Urges CA Schools to Innovate
- The Science of Arts Education
- Do You Know An Outstanding Arts Educator Who Deserves To Be Recognized?
- Executive Service Corps of SoCal Offers Reduced Cost to Arts Organizations
- New Arts Education Partnership Report
- Report Card on Student Achievement in Music and Visual Arts
CONFERENCES, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- Association of California Symphony Orchestras Conference
- California Arts Project Courageous Creativity Conference
- Renew, Rekindle, & Revive!
RESOURCES, FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
- Creative Connections Fund Call for Applications
- NEA Shakespeare for a New Generation Grants
- NEA Announces Second Round of Funding for FY 2009
June 3, 2009
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Notes
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You’ve heard the bad news about the California state budget as nearly every
district in California goes through agonizing cutbacks right now, slashing
jobs, summer school programs, and arts music, dance and theatre programs.
Our hearts go out to the educators who are losing jobs, students who
are losing programs and opportunities, and parents who are struggling
to help their kids navigate our impoverished schools.
As our lobbyist in Sacramento always reminds us, despite the grim headlines, we have to keep arts education alive and look forward to the day when the state’s financial crisis finally turns the corner and we have the opportunity to restore our investment.
There is much we can do and must do:
- Keep the issue alive by writing and speaking to superintendents and other administrators to remind them that the arts are essential. See sample letters and presentations.
- Get the facts. Call your district and find out how cuts are affecting visual and performing arts programs in the coming school year.
- Organize locally to create a coalition of parents and community leaders who can advocate for the arts. Our Insider’s Guide can help in the process.
Over the summer, we look forward to keeping in touch to let you know what districts are doing to preserve the arts in the coming school year, and what you can do to help our statewide advocacy effort.
California
Schools Brace For More Cuts
Educators in California expect $5.3 billion in cuts over the next year
after voters rejected ballot measures that would have restored state
funding for schools. Read
more.
Schools
Cuts Jeopardize Education
As students in some districts turn in their music instruments amidst
cuts to music and other programs, Jack O’Connell says the crisis is jeopardizing
education across the state, especially for kids who are struggling academically.
Read
more.
The
End of the California Dream?
With everything from art and music to medical care for poor children on
the chopping block, this story from Politics Daily analyzes how we got
here and what is at stake. Read
more.
Bill
to Boost State Arts Funding On Hold
The Creative Industries and Community Economic Revitalization Act was put
on hold until 2010 in the State Assembly's Appropriations Committee. Paul
Krekorian (D-Burbank), the bill’s author, said "It was clear that
had the bill moved forward today, it would have been killed. We continue
to live to fight another day." Read
more.
Project
Brings Kids from Low-Income Homes Together to Make Music
The Harmony Project provides year round tuition-free music instruction
in orchestra and jazz for more than 700 Los Angeles students. Founder Margaret
Martin sees arts education as a critical part of public health programming,
helping combat the high drop out rate for at-risk kids. Read
more.
Carol
Channing Engages Elementary Kids
On the road to promote arts education, Carol Channing sang Hello, Dolly!
and shared a few dance moves with elementary kids in Murrieta. Channing
likened the arts to fertilizer for students' brains saying, "It opens
their minds to every other subject."Read
more.
First
Lady Expresses Support for Arts Education
During a visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Metropolitan Opera
House on Monday, May 18, First Lady Michelle Obama addressed the importance
of the arts and the critical role of arts education. “My husband and I
believe strongly that arts education is essential for building innovative
thinkers who will be our nation's leaders for tomorrow,” said Mrs. Obama.
Read
Mrs. Obama’s remarks here and
here.
US
Education Secretary Urges CA Schools to Innovate
Duncan acknowledged the depth of California's budget crisis and encouraged
education officials to compete for more than $10 billion in the federal
stimulus package set aside to spur innovation in education. California
already is on track to receive about $8 billion in stimulus funding for
education over the next two years, but that money could be jeopardized
if the state fails to maintain funding levels for education. Read
more.
The
Science of Arts Education
New brain research may demonstrate that arts education helps students
in all disciplines. Read
more.
Do
You Know an Outstanding Arts Educator Who Deserves to be Recognized?
The Music Center is now accepting nominations for the Music Center Bravo
Awards. BRAVO Awards are presented in three categories; schools, arts specialist
teacher, general classroom teacher. Get
more information.
Executive
Service Corps of SoCal Offers Reduced Cost to Arts Organizations
Executive Service Corps of Southern California is a nonprofit organization
devoted to strengthening nonprofits through coaching, consulting and capacity
building provided by experienced executives who volunteer their services.
ESC has received a grant from the Ahmanson Foundation to significantly
underwrite the cost of services for projects for arts agencies. For more
information, contact Gail Portrey, gportrey@escsc.org, 213.381.2891.
New
Arts Education Partnership Report
The report from the AEP Winter 2009 National Forum in New Orleans, All
Together Now: Building Strong Communities Through Arts and Education Partnerships,
a collection of reflective essays, is now available on the AEP website.
Get
report.
Report
Card on Student Achievement in Music and Visual Arts
The Nation’s Report Card: Arts 2008, presenting the performance of U.S. 8th-grade
students in music and visual arts, will be available June 15th. The report includes
comparisons to results from 1997 and information on student and school background
factors related to achievement in music and visual arts. Access
the report here after June 15th.
Conferences, Professional Development
Association
of California Symphony Orchestras Conference
The ACSO presents Surfing the Waves of Change: Keys to Keeping Afloat,
the 41st annual conference scheduled August 6-9 in San Diego. Guest speakers
include Michael Kaiser, president of the Kennedy Center, composer and author
Rob Kapilow and Wayne Brown, director of music and opera for the National
Endowment for the Arts. More
information.
Early bird registration deadline July 1.
California
Arts Project Courageous Creativity Conference
TCAP will hold it’s 3rd annual conference June 24-26 in Anaheim at Disney’s
Paradise Pier Hotel. Highlights include guest speaker Martin Sklar, Disney
“Imagineering Ambassador”; a panel of Walt Disney creative artists,; behind-the-scenes
tours of arts careers in action and exciting breakout sessions focused
on K-12’s role in preparing students for multiple pathways in the arts.
Get
more information.
Renew,
Rekindle, & Revive!
The Regional Professional Development Centers of The California Arts Project
are offering summer professional development programs for single subject
arts teachers and elementary classroom teachers. View
the full list of offerings and find out how to register.
Resources,
Funding Opportunities
Creative
Connections Fund Call for Applications
The Creative Connections Fund (CCF), offered by the James Irvine Foundation,
is a competitive grant program targeting small and midsize organizations, primarily
those working outside San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. It funds
projects to encourage the creation of new work or offer a reinterpretation of
classic works, or to expand, deepen and/or diversify audiences. The fund offers
project grants of up to $50,000, over a maximum of twenty-four months. For the
Fall 2009 round, applications will be accepted until August 3, 2009. Get
more information.
In addition, the Irvine Foundation is partnering with the Foundation Center to provide information sessions that offer training in proposal writing and an overview of the Creative Connections Fund. Find out more.
NEA
Shakespeare for a New Generation Grants
The National Endowment for the Arts announced 37 new Shakespeare for a New Generation
(SNG) grants for 2009-2010. Grants are $25,000 each to support performances and
educational activities by each theater for at least 10 schools. Additional funding
ranges from $10,000-20,000. More
information.
NEA
Announces Second Round of Funding for FY 2009
The NEA has announced its second round of funding for FY 2009. The National Endowment
for the Arts will distribute $82,477,100 to nation’s non-profit arts organizations.
You can read the full release and list of grants here.
Music
Center, Los Angeles
The Music Center, Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County one of the
nation’s premier performing arts institutions located in downtown Los Angeles
has two immediate openings.
Tour Coordinator: The Tour Coordinator works with school coordinators and artists to ensure successful program implementation.
Regional Programs Manager: The Regional Programs Manager will manage and administer student, teacher, and public sector arts programs including working closely with colleagues to design, implement, manage and evaluate arts programming in schools in assigned school district territory.
Get more information. To be fully considered for one of these positions please review the full job description, then email or fax cover letter and resume to: 213 972-0721 or e-mail: jobs@musiccenter.org
National
Endowment for the Arts, Theater/Music Theater Director
The Office of the Deputy Chairman for Grants and Awards , is seeking to fill
the position of Theater/Musical Theater Director- GS-0301-15. This is an Excepted
Service, Schedule A position; appointment for two years-subject to renewal. Contact
Anita Green, Human Resource Specialist at 202-682-5472. Get
more information.
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