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issue # 62

september 22 | 2011

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good luck and god speed quote

executive director's message

abt dancer joins bolshoi

10 salient studies in arts ed

emmy goes to

asn happenings and gatherings

renewing early members

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Idaho Arts Charter School's mission is to develop students with the academic achievements, skills, and attitudes necessary to succeed in elementary, middle and secondary school, and to be offered a post-secondary education and satisfying employment. Additionally, the school seeks to inspire students and develop artistic talents, attitudes and skills in students, promoting lifelong avocation in arts areas. The school seeks to develop an educated citizenry for the 21st century through academic programs, centered around a diverse arts curriculum, using focused investigations.

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Students will gain these skills and abilities through a curriculum based heavily in music, drama, visual arts and dance. Students will develop personal habits and attitudes that lead to accepting responsibility for personal decisions and actions; academic honesty and the ability to face challenges with courage and integrity; a healthy lifestyle; empathy and courtesy for others; respect for differences among people and cultures; self-confidence and willingness to risk setbacks in order to learn; and the ability to work cooperatively with others.

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Instruction will be well grounded in Idaho Standards including the basics of reading, writing, mathematics, science, and social studies, and will develop the habits of lifelong learning, curiosity, clear oral and written communication, creative thinking, effective use of technology as a tool, adaptability to new situations and new information, and problem-solving skills.

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2011

arts schools network board of directors

President
Ralph Opacic, Ed.D. (2011)
Executive Director
Orange County High School of the Arts
Santa Ana, CA

1st Vice President
Tim Wade (2011)
Vice President of
Student Affairs
Interlochen
Center for the Arts
Interlochen, MI

2nd Vice President
Craig Collins, Ed.D. (2011)
Principal
Harrison High School
for the Arts
Lakeland, FL

Secretary
Rory Pullens (2011)
CEO, Head of School
Duke Ellington School
of the Arts
Washington, D.C.

Treasurer
Bill Barrett (2011)
Executive Director
Association of Independent Colleges of Art & Design
San Francisco, CA

Immediate Past President
Denise Davis-Cotton, Ed.D. (2011)
Principal and Founder, retired
Detroit School of the Arts
Detroit, MI

Directors

R. Scott Allen, Ph.D. (2012)Principal, Houston High School for Performing and Visual Arts, TX

Douglas Ashcraft, D.M.A. (2012)

Dean of the Arts, Idyllwild Arts, CA

Kim M. Bruno (2012) Principal
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts
New York, NY

Jackie Collins (2012)

Principal, Idaho Arts Charter, Nampa, ID

Jackie Cornelius (2011)

Executive Director of Fine Arts, Duval County Public Schools; and Principal, Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, Jacksonville, FL

Patricia Decker (2011)
Director of Recruitment
New York University
Tisch School of the Arts
New York, NY

Dorothy Marshall Englis (2011)
Chair, Conservatory of Theatre Arts Webster University
St. Louis, MO

David A. Flatley (2012)
Executive Director
Center for Community Arts Partnerships
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, IL

Roy Fluhrer, Ph.D. (2011)
Director
Fine Arts Center
102 Pine Knoll Drive
Greenville, SC

Donn K. Harris (2011)
Executive Director
Oakland School for the Arts
Oakland, CA

Suzy Highland, Ed.D. (2012)

Academic Counselor, New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts, LA

Pamela Jordan (2012) Head of School, Chicago Academy for the Arts, IL

Carol Kim (2012)
Vice President of International Relations
CalArts
Valencia, CA

William Kohut (2012)

Principal, Denver School of the Arts, CO

Mary Martha Lappe ASN 1981Founding Director
Executive Director, HSPVA Friends
The High School for Performing & Visual Arts
Houston, TX

Terri Milsap (2012)

Principal, ChiArts, IL

Scott M. Rudes, Ph.D. (2012)

Principal, Orange Grove Middle Magnet School of the Arts, Tampa, FL

Tom Sherry (2011)
Architect, AIA, LEED, AP, Design Principal
Hamilton Anderson Associates
Detroit, MI

George Simpson (2011)

Principal, Los Angeles County High School
of the Arts, CA

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good luck and godspeed

at the end of the day, give us a quote

Shakespeare, Hamlet Act 3, scene 1, 114-121

Hamlet:

I did love you once.

Ophelia:
Indeed, my lord, you made me believe so.

Hamlet:
You should not have believ'd me, for virtue cannot so inoculate our old stock but we shall relish of it. I lov'd you not.

Ophelia:
I was the more deceiv'd.

Hamlet:
Get thee to a nunn'ry, why woulds't thou be a breeder of sinners?

ophelia

executive director's message
Dear , Greetings members and friends! Tropical Storm Ophelia is floating towards the USA--just one of many natural phenomena closing out September and pulling us into October. I recently read that many of the pumpkin crops in the northeast were slaughtered by Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene. This was the same week/weekend Arts Schools Network intended to hold a planning meeting at NYC Steinhardt. Of course the meeting was cancelled, The League of Broadway cancelled their shows, basically all of NYC shut down except for pubs and churches, both for shelter. I'm still trying to get a refund for my Book of Mormon and War Horse tickets. Some connections and resources come to us welcomed and unexpected while others we have to fend off. Will we, won't we, will we, won't we, will we join the dance? The Arts Schools Network board of directors will be convening October 27 and 28 at New Orleans Center for Creative Arts Riverfront to strategically plot short- and not-so- short-range plans. So between now and then, we are buzzing about our new programs, Life in the Arts Master Series and On Your Way Student Talent Recognition Program. Deadlines for our awards and exemplary school programs are October 15. Then, countdown to the January 2012 conference. So alot is going to be happening for all of us. Let's stay connected through this harvest moon. Sincerely, Kristy Callaway Executive Director Arts Schools Network

american is to join the bolshoi ballet

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By ALASTAIR MACAULAY and DANIEL J. WAKIN

Published: September 20, 2011

abt Exactly 50 years after Rudolf Nureyev grabbed the world's attention as the first major Soviet dancer to defect to the West, another symbolic journey is taking place - this time in reverse.

David Hallberg, a principal dancer with American Ballet Theater, is becoming the first American star to enlist permanently with the fabled Bolshoi Ballet of Moscow. Mr. Hallberg, 29, who was born in Rapid City, S.D., will hold the coveted status of premier, the Bolshoi term for principal dancer, even as he continues performing with Ballet Theater.

"Personally, I feel a sense of responsibility as an American," Mr. Hallberg said on Tuesday, adding that he was proud to join such a historic company. "I will be bringing something different to the company, but I will also be respecting their traditions as well."

He said he was aware of the unique responsibility entailed in being a first. "There will be people watching," he said. "I have to do it justice."

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fall art picks: architecture

la times

september 16, 2011

Christopher Hawthorne

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Photo: The 1991 Villa Dall'Ava outside Paris by Rem Koolhaas and the Office for Metropolitan Architecture will be part of the Barbican exhibition "OMA/Progress." Credit: Hans Werlemann.

This fall the architecture world will whipsaw between past and present, looking back at postwar Southern California (thanks to Pacific Standard Time) and the postmodern movement even as a batch of new museums get ready to open.

It is a group of seasonal offerings that reflect the state of the profession, to be sure. Credit remains tight for commercial and civic projects, for the most part, which means that there is plenty of time for retrospective analysis - and that completed buildings continue to get outsize attention.

So do proposed ones with any sort of momentum: Farmers Field, the planned football stadium in downtown Los Angeles, is a case in point.

Sympathetic Seeing: Esther McCoy and the Heart of American Modernist Architecture and Design, Sept. 28-Jan. 8, 2012
As part of Pacific Standard Time, the MAK Center in West Hollywood mounts an overdue tribute to McCoy, the architecture critic and historian who helped define California modernism for a broad audience. MAK Center at the Schindler House, 835 N. Kings Road, West Hollywood. www.makcenter.org

West Hollywood Public Library, Oct. 1
The Los Angeles architects MDA Johnson Favaro open their most prominent project to date, an ambitious new library in the shadow of Cesar Pelli's Pacific Design Center. Featuring large-scale public art by Shepard Fairey and others. 625 N. San Vicente Blvd., West Hollywood. www.weho.org

OMA/Progress, Oct. 6-Feb. 19, 2012
A major exhibition in London charts the career and influence of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture, the firm co-founded by Rem Koolhaas in 1975. The show is curated by Rotor, a talented young Belgian design collective. Barbican Art Gallery, London. www.barbican.org.uk

Imperfect Health, Oct. 25-April 1, 2012
Canada's leading museum of architecture and design examines the links between urban design and public health, searching for ways that architects can help tackle obesity, asthma and other ailments.
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal. www.cca.qc.ca

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Nov. 11
Alice Walton, an heir to the Wal-Mart fortune, opens a major showcase for her collection of American art in the company's hometown of Bentonville, Ark. The 201,000-square-foot museum, by the suddenly quite prolific Boston architect Moshe Safdie, is made up of a series of wings spanning a ravine and grouped around a pair of ponds. www.crystalbridges.org

Reconsidering Postmodernism, Nov. 11-12
Heavy hitters of the po-mo movement - including Michael Graves, Leon Krier and Robert A.M. Stern - gather in New York for a two-day look back. CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Ave., New York. (212) 730-9646, Ext. 104.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/09/fall-arts-picks-architecture.html

10 salient studies on the arts in education

september 6, 2011

A fine arts education - including music, theater, drawing, painting, or sculpture - whether in practice or theory, has been a part of any well-rounded curriculum for decades. But that may be changing. Many schools today are cutting back on or eliminating their art programs due to budget constraints. It is estimated that by the end of this year, more than 25 percent of public high schools will have completely dismantled them. These stats aren't just bad news for teachers working in the arts. Numerous studies done over the past decade have demonstrated the amazing benefits of such an integral education facet. Students who don't have access to art classes may not only miss out on a key creative outlet, but might also face greater difficulty mastering core subjects, higher dropout rates and more disciplinary problems.

You don't have to take our word for it - you can read the studies yourself. Here, we've listed some of the biggest on the arts in education conducted over the past decade. Taken on by research organizations, college professors and school districts themselves, the studies reveal the power of art to inspire, motivate and educate today's students. And, of course, demonstrate what a disservice many schools are doing by undervaluing such an integral part of their education and development.

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