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E-Newsletter for November 7, 2007
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CALIFORNIA NEWS

NEWS ACROSS THE NATION

ANNOUNCEMENTS

CONFERENCES, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

SCHOLARSHIPS, CONTENTS & AWARDS

EMPLOYMENT & JOB OPPORTUNITIES

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California News

New Alliance Advocacy Efforts
The economic forecast for the coming year in California appears daunting, with estimates of the state budget deficit ranging between 6 and 8 billion dollars.  Within such a challenging budget climate, there may be increased pressure to reduce funding for critical statewide programs including education. During the coming year, the Alliance will continue to focus its efforts on securing ongoing funding for arts education.

To that end, in the coming year the Alliance intends to introduce two new advocacy efforts, one a pilot program aimed at building and expanding the base of local support for arts education; the other a statewide partnership with the California State PTA, with the goal of communicating with every state legislator about support within their district for arts education. These efforts reflect the Alliance’s commitment to work “top-down, bottom-up” in building statewide support for arts education.

We’ll be letting you know more as this work unfolds in the coming year. For more information contact CAAE Policy Director Joe Landon at joe@artsed411.org

School Board Elections in Los Angeles Include the Arts
Arts for LA conducted a survey of over 100 school board candidates about their awareness and support of arts education. Candidates running in 21 of the 29 Arts for All districts were invited to participate in the six-question survey.

The objective of the survey is 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.  To read more, click here. (Source: Americans for the Arts)

Arts Education and NCLB Reauthorization
The Arts Education Working Group, a coalition of arts and arts education advocacy groups co-chaired by Americans for the Arts, has released a number of legislative recommendations for strengthening the role of the arts in the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act. These legislative proposals are based on the unified statement "Arts Education: Creating Student Success in School, Work, and Life," which was signed by more than 60 national education and arts education organizations. These recommendations are very timely as the House Education and Labor Committee held a hearing on Monday, September 10, 2007, on preliminary legislative language, and the Senate is about to formally consider legislation. Americans for the Arts is working to include the group's recommendations into the House and Senate draft bills, in addition to analyzing additional new proposals.  (Source: Arts Action News)

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News Across The Nation

Arts Commission Awards Grants To Support Arts in SC Schools
The South Carolina Arts Commission has awarded more than $1.2 million in grants during its first round of fiscal 2008 funding to help support the arts in schools across the state.  These grants will help fund arts programs in the categories of Arts in Education and After School Arts Initiatives. Arts in Education grants help cultivate comprehensive arts education programs that enhance student learning in schools across the state. Funding has been awarded to 116 schools, school districts and arts organizations for a total investment of $635,301.  To read the full article, click here.

Teacher's Songs Help Second-Graders Learn Math
Second-grade teacher Eric Chandler writes his own songs inspired by the Virginia Standards of Learning to help his students learn about math, vowel sounds and other concepts, and he's not alone: Some 200 artists have contributed music about reading, math, foreign languages, special education and classroom management to a Michigan-based Web site, www.songsforteaching.com, that offers music for core subjects, foreign languages, special education and classroom management. To read the article in full, click here. 

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Announcements

Participate In A Survey On Assessment By Arts Educators
A student at Teachers College, Columbia University is conducting research about arts educators and their experiences with arts assessment in their schools. The survey can be completed in as little as 10 minutes online, click here.

Potential MA in Art Education Offered From Cal State San Bernardino
Cal State San Bernardino is preparing to offer an MA in Art Education. As part of the approval process, the art department needs to gauge how much interest there would be in the program.  If you are interested in obtaining an MA in Art Education from CSUSB, please send me an email to Professor Thomas McGovern, mcgovern@csusb.edu with the subject heading: Interested in MA in Art Ed. No need to include a message in the body.  An informational meeting will be scheduled later, along with information about how to apply.

Class Act now on DVD
From the Executive Producers of “Super Size Me” and Director Sara Sackner, comes a funny, provocative yet heart-felt story of drama teacher extraordinaire, Jay W. Jensen, who has touched the lives of thousands of students over the years. Class Act is set against the specter of No Child Left Behind and documents how the arts are disappearing from the American classroom, giving us a report card on what lies ahead for America's kids. Educators edition now available on DVD.  For more information, click here.

SMARTS: Bring Back the Arts Advocacy Page
The California PTA wants to bring the arts back into our schools and back into the lives of our children.  Become informed about the arts, community resources, and advocate effectively.  Click here to visit the re-launched page. 

NAMM Foundation Announces 2008 Request For Proposals
The NAMM Foundation has announced its 2008 request for proposals initiative. The Foundation seeks to fund proposals for projects that further NAMM’s mission of creating more active music makers of all ages on behalf of its Members and expanding access to music making. The Foundation also seeks proposals for research that expands knowledge about the effects of music making across the life span.  The first initiative, open now, includes a deadline of November 30, 2007 for receipt of school applications.  For more information, please click here.

Columbia College's CAP Has New TAJ And Forum
The Center for Arts Policy at Columbia College Chicago has published a new issue of Teaching Artist Journal and has a new Democratic Vistas forum taking place November 7, 2007. For more information, click here. 

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Conferences, Professional Development

How Local Systems of Arts Education Deliver High-Quality Arts Learning
A forum focusing on best practices and lessons learned from collaborative efforts to increase arts learning experiences for all children and youth within a region. The forum, presented in conjunction with the Guild’s 2007 Conference for Community Arts Education, will highlight recent findings from RAND Education’s study sponsored by the Wallace Foundation. RAND Education Director Dr. Susan Bodilly will discuss demonstrate processes by which organizations can work to enhance arts education in their communities.

Taking place Friday, November 9, 2007, 10:30am-12:30pm, at the Wilshire Grand Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.  Public school educators and administrators in California will receive complimentary admission to this special event.  Space is limited and you must register to attend. Public school personnel should RSVP by clicking here.  All others are invited to register for 1-3 days of the conference, just click here.   Forum attendance is complimentary with conference registration.  For more information, or questions contact Kelly McHugh at 212-268-3337 ext. 12.

Professional Development Workshops in Arts Education at the Music Center
The Music Center is offering a series of workshops for school teams and educators interested in building skills and integrating the arts into their classrooms. The professional development workshops will be held from the end of October, 2007 through April, 2008. They feature hands-on workshops that link to the summer Institute themes from Maya Angelou's poem, "On the Pulse of Morning" and American Ballet Theatre’s performance of the story ballet, "The Sleeping Beauty." Teachers from schools that attended the Institute are qualified to attend these workshops at no charge. However, you must register to attend. (Teachers from non-Institute schools are also invited to attend these workshops. The non-Institute participant fee for each session is $50). For more information and registration information, click here. 

California Art Education State Conference, November 15—18, 2007
CAEA presents Art on Parade: Celebrate Creative Expression in Pasadena on November 15-18, 2007, with an emphasis on innovation in art education.  Registration includes standards based instructional workshops, keynote speakers such as artist Sandy Skoglund, exhibitors, student work, and more.  Opportunities for professional growth are available through Master Artist classes in a variety of disciplines. The conference includes a Digital Strand designed for digital Arts teachers with Tony Streit and video artist Bill Viola, Elementary Strand II sponsored by TCAP and created for generalist teachers to provide them with the creative links between the visual arts content standards and the rest of their curriculum, and an Administrative Strand that will present the latest research on the role of the arts in brain development as well as practical research-based solutions to art programming.  For additional information, including the entire conference program, classes, registration, hotel details and more, please click here or contact Jane Leese or Susan Wuerer.

Fundraising Workshop
ACSO is presenting a skill-building workshop called "A Fundraising Bonanza" on November 16 in Berkeley and November 19 in Los Angeles. Presenters include Corty Fengler, Grace Cathedral and Kelly Ruggierello, and additional experienced trainers with more than 35 combined years in fundraising and development for the arts.  This is an ideal training opportunity for board members, staff and volunteers working on behalf of all disciplines of the arts.  For questions contact Kris Sinclair at (916) 484-6744 or ksinclair@acso.org.  For a registration form, click here. 

San Diego Arts Education Summit
The second annual San Diego County Arts Education Summit focuses on effective partnering and planning in support of arts education and communicating the value of the arts to the public. November 17, 2007, 8:30am-4:30pm, California State University San Marcos. The summit is sponsored by Center ARTES, San Diego County Office of Education, and Americans for the Arts.  For more information, click here.

Backstage Pass: Insights into Student Achievement
Insight Education Group, is organizing this event for  K-12 educators, covering topics from Classroom instruction to instructional leadership to accountability. It will be held February 27 - March 1, 2008 at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel in Hollywood, California.  For more information and registration application, please click here.

Save the Date! CMEA 2008 Annual State Conference
The California Music Education Association will hold it's annual state conference this year at the Sacramento Convention Center on March 13-15, 2008.  For more information on registration and housing, please click here. 

Save The Date: CAC Arts Conference March 4-5, 2008!
California Arts Council announces their Arts Conference next year on March 4, 2008 in Sacramento, CA, followed by March 5th, California Arts Advocates Arts Advocacy Day.  For more information, click here. 

Save The Date: 2008 Arts Leadership in Education Conference
Save the date, April 21-22, 2008. Arts Leadership in Education Conference
Sponsored by CCSESA and the California Alliance for Arts Education. The conference will be held at the Embassy Suites, Sacramento. For more information, click here.

Annual K-12 Administrator Courageous Creativity Conference
Save the Dates! June 23 – 25, 2008. The California Arts Project announces the 2nd Annual K-12 Administrator Courageous Creativity Conference: Leading K-12 Arts Education in the 21st Century.  The conference will be held at Disney’s Paradise ® Pier Hotel, Anaheim, California.  This year a pre-conference morning has been added for those administrators wishing an overview of K-12 arts education. Please contact TCAP at (909) 537 7542 or here for additional information. Registration material will be released in November 2007.

New List of Professional Development For Teaching Artists
New York State's Association for Teaching Artists is compiling Professional Development and Training opportunities for Teaching Artists. If your organization offers Professional Development, go to their website and let them know, click here. (Source: Americans for the Arts)

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Funding Opportunities

Arts Connect All Awards
VSA arts and MetLife Foundation have designed the Arts Connect All funding opportunity to encourage arts organizations to create or enhance multi-session, inclusive education programs by strengthening partnerships with local public schools. A maximum of ten awards of up to $15,000 will be given to winning organizations. Funds must be used for program activities between April 1, 2008, and June 30, 2009.  For more information and an application, click here.

National Museum of the American Indian Announces New 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.  Application deadline is January 15, 2008.  For more information, click here.

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Scholarships, Contests & Awards

The Music in You Grant Program
The NAMM Foundation and Disney Channel invite public middle and high schools to apply for a grant to put on their own school stage production of Disney's High School Musical. This public affairs initiative utilizes the popularity of the Disney's High School Musical movies and the licensed amateur theater adaptation to encourage kids to get involved in music and the arts.
All proposals must be received by November 30, 2007. Award notification: January 2008.  For more information and an application, click here.

VSA Arts International Young Soloists Award
VSA arts is pleased to announce the Call for Entries for the 2008 International Young Soloists Award. The award annually recognizes outstanding young musicians with disabilities and supports and encourages them in their pursuit of a career. Application deadline is November 15 for United States musicians and December 1 for musicians outside the United States. To download your guidelines and application, click here. 

2008 Music Center Spotlight Awards
The Music Center Spotlight Awards program is a nationally-acclaimed recognition and scholarship program for Southern California high school performing and visual artists.   The program is open to all students who attend high school in Los Angeles, Orange, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego Counties. Performing Arts application deadline has passed.  The Visual Arts deadline is December 1, 2007.  For more information, click here.

Call for Entries – Artist in Residence Program
Alameda Community Learning Center, a grade 6-12 public charter school in Alameda, California, is requesting submissions from area visual artists for our first annual Artist in Residence program. The AIR program will run 2/1 – 5/15 and comes with a $2000 stipend and separate materials budget. The artist selected will provide creative opportunities for young people using our democratic model of participation. Please see our website for a full description of program expectations and submission details, click here, and click the link under Latest News.

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Employment & Job Opportunities

Curatorial Assistant, Contemporary Art
San Diego Museum of Art, Balboa Park
P.O. Box 122107
San Diego, CA  92112-2107
email: resumes@sdmart.org
website: www.sdmart.org

Executive Director
The New York State Alliance for Arts Education
Attn: Carol Brown
PO Box 2217
Albany, NY 12220
email:  brownie@optonline.net
website: www.nysaae.org
Deadline: November 16, 2007

Administrative Assistant
The New York State Alliance for Arts Education
Attn: Carol Brown
PO Box 2217
Albany, NY 12220
email:  brownie@optonline.net
website: www.nysaae.org
Deadline: November 16, 2007

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Hot Links to Online Job Pages

CA Music Education CA Theatre Education CA Visual Arts Education  
Cultural Commons Job Page Teaching Education (ED-JOIN) California Assembly of Local Arts Agencies  
California Arts Council Job Page Americans for the Arts Job Bank     

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