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a.w. dreyfoos school of the arts

west palm beach, fl

FY2012 

sponsors to date 

thank you!

$75K and higher

Columbia College Chicago, IL

$65K

Santa Fe University of Art and Design, Santa Fe, NM

$20K

Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, Jacksonville, FL

$5K

$2.5K

Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design, San Francisco, CA

Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Washington, D.C.

Houston High School for the Performing and Visual Arts Friends, Houston, TX

$2K

CalArts, Valencia, CA

Harrison School for the Arts, Lakeland, FL

Howard W. Blake High School of the Arts, Tampa, FL

Orange Grove Middle School of the Arts, Tampa, FL

Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL

The Hilda Sutton and William D. Blanton Charitable Foundation, Lakeland, FL

$1K

Denise Davis Cotton, Ed.D., Sarasota, FL

Interlochen Center for the Arts, MI

Orange County High School of the Arts, Santa Ana, CA

$500-$1K

Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA  

asn calendar of events and gatherings

may 2-6, 2012 board of directors' meeting, columbia college, chicago, il

october 15-19, 2012 conference chicago, chicago academy of arts, chiarts, columbia college, chicago, il

october 2013 conference new york city, nyu tisch, nyu steinhardt, laguardia

october 2014 conference denver, co, denver school of the arts

good luck and godspeed 

Dear ,

Greetings members and friends! We just wrapped up our January 2012 conference in Florida and are using the feedback to plan our next conference October 15-19, hosted by Columbia College in Chicago. Additionally, we are preparing to launch our FY13 membership drive, announce changes to our Exemplary School Program, solicit Best Practices from our member teachers to share with our online community, and host and post our spring Life in the Arts web series.

Inwardly, we have been increasingly converting to a virtual organization. For the past four years, we have NOT had a bricks and mortar space. All of our foot traffic comes to us via the internet. Last summer we rolled over our new website, which along with e-communications has replaced printing and shipping. Last semester we launched our Life in the Arts series, created by students for students and posted it online as a complimentary service to members. The inaugural On Your Way Student Talent Recognition Program was also entirely executed online. We have been building the foundation and will begin archiving best practices online for members' access. This spring, we will accept all program applications and submissions electronically. Noble Hour is our new social media community service partner. And still, there is much more work to do! So what will this look like in the near future?

Have you heard of the world's first international virtual contemporary art fair? The VIP Art Fair builds new technologies for the world's most prominent contemporary art galleries to showcase available works by the artists they represent. It enables sophisticated collectors to connect with these galleries, and for the international art community to experience and engage with art. VIP Art Fair translates the experience of a traditional bricks-and-mortar fair to an online environment, serving as a site for exploration and conversation while empowering the relationship between collector and dealer. It is a filter to the most prominent contemporary art galleries in the world, and as the company grows, it will continue to innovate and engage the art community with new ways to connect, experience and understand art.

Like VIP Art Fair for the visual art world, Arts Schools Network has become the go-to organization for those seeking information which our membership provides. Entities interested in new solutions to old problems, inquiring of our creative capital include, administrators needing to network with their peers, new & emerging schools needing practical nuts & bolts information, human resources recruiting new leaders for their schools, granting organizations looking for matches, researchers testing hypotheses, parents/students shopping for their next school investment, and the media/press attempting to codify their writing against reality.  

Arts education occurs in the third space between student and master teacher, space has environmental requirements in order  for this quality experience to occur. Arts Schools Network needs only the internet and its membership to assign value to our organization. Our 'real estate' is derived from our hard working board of directors, committees, strategic partners, and as the Executive Director, it is my personal commitment to expand our virtual environment to accurately represent the diversity and excellence of our membership's daily efforts. I welcome as to how to creatively and effectively get us there!

Sincerely,

Kristy Callaway

Executive Director

Arts Schools Network

americans for the arts

arts education advocacy webinar series 

Take part in the first Americans for the Arts series of webinars for arts education. This seven part series is based on Americans for the Arts' new toolkit, The Arts Education Field Guide, which will be released during the first webinar.

The Field Guide will illuminate ways to navigate the complex web of citizens, policymakers, government entities, and organizations that influence arts education from the school house to the White House and from the living room to the board room.

Each webinar in this series is free to members of Americans for the Arts (a $245 dollar value for the entire series), or it is available for $35.00 per webinar for non-members. To become a member today, click here.

All webinars are one hour in length, starting at 3:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (2:00 PM CST, 1:00 PM MST, 12:00 PM PST).

• Understanding Federal Constituents in Arts Education
   January 26, 2012 at 3:00 PM EST
• Understanding State Level Constituents in Arts Education
  February 23, 2012 at 3:00 PM EST  
• Understanding School Boards' Role in Arts Education
  March 22, 2012 at 3:00 PM EDT
• Understanding Superintendents' Role in Arts Education
  May 24, 2012 at 3:00 PM EDT  
• Understanding Business Partnerships for Arts Education
  July 26, 2012 at 3:00 PM EDT  
• Understanding Principals' Role in Arts Education
  September 27, 2012 at 3:00 PM EDT  
• Understanding Parents' Role in Arts Education
  November 15, 2012 at 3:00 PM EST  

For more information, contact Kristen Engebretsen, Arts Education Program Coordinator: kengebretsen@artsusa.org

national endowment for the arts

roundtable webcast

arts education standards & assessment

 
NEA Roundtable Webcast: Arts Education Standards & Assessment
 

The National Endowment for the Arts will host a webcast, Improving Arts Learning through Standards & Assessment: A National Endowment for the Arts Research Roundtable on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 from 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM EST at www.arts.gov.

No pre-registration is necessary; to watch the webcast, go to the NEA's website at the scheduled date and time. Also, the webcast will be recorded and archived at arts.gov. It will be available for viewing beginning February 21, 2012 on the Research Convenings page.

national coalition for core arts standards

framing meeting january 24 2012 

National Standards Revision Update

Wiki pages hosts hub for revisions, members, meetings and more.

http://nccas.wikispaces.com/ 

Today's video includes many references to the new conceptual framework which is under development for the next generation of Arts Standards. A draft preliminary version of the framework is available as a link above. This PDF represents our work to date and is subject to change as the work develops. In sharing an early draft version of the framework to the field you are able to see how Philosophical Foundations, Lifelong Goals, Learning Strands, and other components under discussion can fit together, inform the standards development process, and provide a visual map for teaching and learning in the arts. This version remains under discussion by the NCCAS Leadership Team and Framing Committee.

View framework here, http://nccas.wikispaces.com/file/view/Draft%20Overarching%20Framework%20Skeleton-C.pdf 

americans for the arts

partnership movement - tell your story 

Grantmakers in the Arts 2012 Web Conference Series

Join Grantmakers in the Arts throughout 2012 for its third annual series of Web Conferences. Designed for both emerging and veteran arts grantmakers, these online presentations provide information from the cutting edge of the field and revisit the time-tested programs and policies that inform our day-to-day practice. This year's lineup of arts philanthropy leaders and innovators will address key topics of interest to arts grantmakers, including some second looks at popular 2011 GIA Conference sessions.

Each dynamic, 50-minute presentation includes audience interactive features that enable all participants to directly engage the presenters.

This series is free to the staff and board members of GIA member organizations. The fee for nonmembers is $35 per session.

Demographics, Equity, and the Arts

Tuesday, February 7, 2:00 EDT/11:00 PDT

Manuel Pastor, Professor of Geography and American Studies & Ethnicity at the University of Southern California

Arts Education: Local Impact of Federal Policy

Tuesday, April 3, 2:00 EDT/11:00 PDT

Alex Nock, executive vice president at Penn Hill Group

Arts and Journalism in the Digital Age

Tuesday, June 5, 2:00 EDT/11:00 PDT

Douglas McLennan, Arts Journalist, Critic, Founder and Editor

ArtsJournal.com
Bill O'Brien, Senior Advisor for Program Innovation, National Endowment for the Arts

Arts & Health: New Momentum for Artists and Communities

Tuesday, July 10, 2:00 EDT/11:00 PDT

Presenters to be announced

Arts Funding Snapshot: GIA's Annual Research on Support for Arts and Culture

Tuesday, September 11, 2:00 EDT/11:00 PDT
Presenters to be announced

orange county high school for the arts

seeking principal grades 6-12

The nationally recognized Orange County High School of the Arts (OCHSA) provides a creative, challenging and nurturing environment that offers bright and talented students unparalleled preparation for higher education and a profession in the arts.  Established in 1987, the school currently serves more than 1,750 students in grades 7-12.  OCHSA offers students the opportunity to focus on one of 11 arts conservatories offered, including classical/contemporary dance, classical voice, commercial dance, creative writing, film and television, instrumental music, integrated arts, international dance, music and theatre, production and design and visual arts. 

south carolina governor's school for the arts and humanities seeking vice president of arts and academics/dean

Greenville, South Carolina

www.scgsah.state.sc.us

This position begins in July of 2012.

Southern Teachers Agency has been retained by the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities (SCGSAH) to lead the search for their next Vice President of Arts and Academics/Dean. Founded in 1999, SCGSAH is a public boarding school serving a maximum of 242 students in grades eleven and twelve (with a few in tenth, all of whom must be residents of South Carolina to attend. The mission of the school is to serve the artistically talented high school students of South Carolina through programs of pre-professional instruction in an environment of artistic and academic excellence. The school is a resource for all teachers and students in South Carolina.

Located in the Upstate region of South Carolina, Greenville is the North American headquarters for Michelin and home to the BMW NA Visitor Center, the International Center for Automotive Research, and the Lockheed Martin Aircraft and Logistics Center. The campus of the school borders the pristine Falls Park on the Reedy and is within a short walk of the retail center of downtown and a variety of arts venues.

Candidates should share the values of SCGSAH, namely educating the whole child, creating a diverse community characterized by civility, and teaching and learning utilizing a collaborative approach. The school believes that students should share responsibility for their learning, that they are best prepared to meet life's challenges by becoming critical and creative thinkers and problem solvers, and that they benefit from extending what they learn in the classroom to the arena of the larger community. Finally, the school seeks to provide a solid foundation for continued artistic and academic development.

SCGSAH seeks candidates with the ability to effectively lead all three programs of the school: academics, the arts, and residential life. The best candidates will have some combination of school experiences, in public, private, residential, arts, and college preparatory environments. He or she should enjoy working with an accomplished and dedicated faculty and a talented and diverse student body.

Interested applicants should submit by email an STA application, current resume, list of references, and educational philosophy to

Mr. Jamie Estes

Estes@SouthernTeachers.com

SOUTHERN TEACHERS AGENCY . . . when only the best will do!

Tel (434) 295-9122 7 Elliewood Avenue, Suite 2A Charlottesville, VA 22903 www.SouthernTeachers.com

new orleans center for creative arts

seeking director of academics, curriculum and assessments

NOCCA is currently seeking qualified professionals for the following opportunities for Academic 2012 -13:

The DIRECTOR OF ACADEMICS, CURRICULUM, AND ASSESSMENTS will have direct responsibilities for the day-to-day oversight and management of the Academic Studio while partnering with NOCCA's Arts Departments to ensure the cohesive and collaborative success of all NOCCA students.

The Academic Studio is the full day diploma granting academic program at NOCCA. The Academic Studio was launched in 2011-2012 with a 9th grade class and will add a grade each of the next three years. The work of the Academic Studio has been a decade long development process that has brought international minds together to help design and vision the program and curriculum now being delivered.

LINK W/ Full Job Description: http://www.higheredjobs.com/details.cfm?JobCode=175590917 

new orleans center for creative arts

seeking academic studio faculty candidate

The ACADEMIC STUDIO FACULTY CANDIDATE will be able to show a demonstrated commitment to developing highly personalized rigorous learning experiences for a diverse group of students in a team teaching environment with an integrated curriculum. Successful Applicants will have imagination, vision, and deep-rooted passion for spanning traditional boundaries among arts and academic disciplines. As mentors to individual students, teachers must model integrity, fairness, flexibility, and high ethical standards. As leaders and colleagues, teachers must be able to demonstrate positive interactions and relationships with parents, faculty, administration, and staff. An enthusiasm for working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment that is characterized by continuous growth is critical.

LINK W/ Full Job Description:      http://www.higheredjobs.com/details.cfm?JobCode=175590926 

Director of Education

The Director of Education is responsible for development and management of all  National and regional YoungArts education programs.

About YoungArts:

YoungArts is the core program of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA), founded in 1981 by businessman and visionary, the late Ted Arison, and his wife Lin. The organization's mission is to identify the next generation of emerging artists in the visual, literary and performing arts, to provide educational enrichment and assistance in their pursuit of the arts, and to raise the appreciation for and support of the arts in American Society. Visit us on the web at www.youngarts.org.

Essential Job Functions:

• Serve as the primary contact and project manager for all education materials developed for the organization.
• Oversee the development, implementation and management of the YoungArts MASTERCLASS Study Guide initiative, including content of print and digital media, national distribution, professional development, evaluation and short and long term planning for growth and expanded use.
• Support Regional Program development, elevation and expansion, including YoungArts Miami, YoungArts New York, and other Regional Programs across the country as they are developed through educational programming and interfacing with school systems and the arts education community in those areas.  
• Create, implement and evaluate the educational aspects of regional programming in conjunction with Programs staff including programming for high school students and teachers that promotes registration with YoungArts and participation in pre-application activities.
• Develop and oversee master class/workshop series for students and teachers that promote "excellence in the arts."
• Articulate and connect YoungArts' mission to local, regional and national education and community-based programs.
• Work in tandem with the External Relations and Development departments to garner support and recognition for programs, as needed, including, but not limited to, development of educational collateral and collaborative work on grant applications, reporting and fulfillment.
• Sustain and expand YoungArts' varied audiences that include students, teachers, and school administrators.
• Create and manage education events throughout the country in YoungArts' key markets that promote YoungArts programming and application to the national adjudication.
• Serve as a liaison to key educational, community-based organizations and school districts.
• Develop and manage networks for communication and collaboration with educators and school systems.
• Coordinate school bus-ins, field trips and/or school based audience participation/recruitment for YoungArts performances and special events.
• Monitor, manage and expand the education database, including schools that send applicants and colleges and universities that will be receiving applicants and winners.  Work in tandem with the External Relations department to ensure that this database is current for promotional mailings and communications pieces.
• Oversee the development and implementation of curricular materials based on the national standards for arts education related to regional and national programming including distribution of materials and teacher training, as needed.
• Develop offerings that highlight and utilize YoungArts alumni to promote and expand educational programming.
• Manage the in-school presentation program for promotion and recruitment
• Develop and manage, in collaboration with the External Relations department, online tutorials and presentations for students and teacher that emulate the in-school presentation program of schools and organizations that do not receive visits.
• Oversee budgets for education programming.

kennedy center devos institute for arts management

accepting applications for arts management fellowships

Call For Applications!

Founded by Kennedy Center President Michael M. Kaiser in 2001, the Fellowship at the DeVos Institute for Arts Management is an immersive program in arts management strategy designed to prepare mid-career arts managers for executive positions in today's complex arts environment.

Hosted at one of the largest and most dynamic performing arts institutions, the Fellowship offers a structured blend of academic training, hands-on work experience, independent and collective learning opportunities, and personalized mentoring. Fellows develop close working relationships with Kennedy Center leadership, complete significant projects within the context of the Kennedy Center, and are connected to a vast network of DeVos Institute alumni throughout the United States and in 39 countries worldwide.

The nine-month, full-time program begins in September 2012. Please visit the DeVos Institute of Arts Management website for more information and application instructions.

http://www.kennedy-center.org/education/artsmanagement/fellowships/home.html 

Busch Gardens

Sleepovers

Performing Arts Intensive

A Sleepover for student groups (Grades 9-12)

It's your time to shine with a Busch Gardens Performing Arts Intensive! If you've ever pictured yourself on the stage then this workshop-packed intensive is for you. Learn the ins and outs of the profession, improve your confidence and poise, and receive a video recording of your audition with valuable feedback from a panel of industry experts. This program is open to students who want to fine-tune their craft and make memories that will last a lifetime. This valuable opportunity will allow you to find out firsthand if the competitive world of entertainment is for you. Take your first steps towards making your dreams come true by signing up today!

Highlights

• Learn the ins and outs of auditions, and engage in workshops to improve your vocal and dance skills
• Review one of our World Class shows and meet with the performers backstage afterwards
• Peek behind the scenes during an exclusive visit to our costume and makeup shops
• Audition in front of a panel of industry professionals that include a director, actor, producer or other, and take home a video recording of your audition with feedback

 Download overview here.