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issue # 78 june 5   |   2012
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tony award nominees
member spotlights: new, school, teacher
gaming conference
young composers have mentors
baseball memorabilia exhibition
colleges for profit growing with federal loans
juilliard and e-learning
surdna hands teacher fellows over to boston arts academy
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asn calendar of events and gatherings

july 18-19 2012

leadership retreat, "marketing message", and in-depth school study @ booker t. washington school of the arts, dallas, tx

 

october 15-19 2012

conference chicago, chicago academy of arts, chiarts, columbia college, chicago, il

 

january 2013 date tbd

board of directors' meeting @ high school for the performing and visual arts, houston, tx

 

october 2013

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

 

october 2014

conference denver, co, denver school of the arts 

 

 

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FINE ARTS ACADEMY SPECIALIST

McCallum High School

Austin TX

 

EDUCATION DIRECTOR

The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra
Orlando, FL

 

tony awards

nominees

tony award

Nominations for the 2012 American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards�
 

Presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing


Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

Bonnie & Clyde

Newsies

One Man, Two Guvnors

Peter and the Starcatcher


Best Scenic Design of a Play

John Lee Beatty, Other Desert Cities
Daniel Ostling, Clybourne Park
Mark Thompson, One Man, Two Guvnors
Donyale Werle, Peter and the Starcatcher


Best Scenic Design of a Musical

Bob Crowley, Once
Rob Howell and Jon Driscoll, Ghost the Musical
Tobin Ost and Sven Ortel, Newsies
George Tsypin, Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark


Best Costume Design of a Play

William Ivey Long, Don't Dress for Dinner
Paul Tazewell, A Streetcar Named Desire
Mark Thompson, One Man, Two Guvnors
Paloma Young, Peter and the Starcatcher


Best Costume Design of a Musical

Gregg Barnes, Follies
ESosa, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Eiko Ishioka, Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark
Martin Pakledinaz, Nice Work If You Can Get It


Best Lighting Design of a Play

Jeff Croiter, Peter and the Starcatcher
Peter Kaczorowski, The Road to Mecca
Brian MacDevitt, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Kenneth Posner, Other Desert Cities


Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Christopher Akerlind, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Natasha Katz, Follies
Natasha Katz, Once
Hugh Vanstone, Ghost the Musical


Best Sound Design of a Play

Paul Arditti, One Man, Two Guvnors
Scott Lehrer, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Gareth Owen, End of the Rainbow
Darron L West, Peter and the Starcatcher


Best Sound Design of a Musical

Acme Sound Partners, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Clive Goodwin, Once
Kai Harada, Follies
Brian Ronan, Nice Work If You Can Get It


Best Choreography

Rob Ashford, Evita
Christopher Gattelli, Newsies
Steven Hoggett, Once
Kathleen Marshall, Nice Work If You Can Get It


Best Direction of a Play

Nicholas Hytner, One Man, Two Guvnors
Pam MacKinnon, Clybourne Park
Mike Nichols, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Roger Rees and Alex Timbers, Peter and the Starcatcher


Best Direction of a Musical

Jeff Calhoun, Newsies
Kathleen Marshall, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Diane Paulus, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
John Tiffany, Once


Best Orchestrations

William David Brohn and Christopher Jahnke, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Bill Elliott, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Martin Lowe, Once
Danny Troob, Newsies

 

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tony award 2

executive director's message

Greetings Members and Friends,

 

Graduation ceremonies are going off like Fourth of July fireworks along the skyline. Celebrations mark the intense efforts of our collective.

 

We completed our master series, Life in the Arts Season 2. Each student-produced episode presents a compelling feature, ranging from master classes and interviews with successful alumni to tours of facilities and professional arts venues. The videos also exercise and display student skills in theater, filmmaking, script writing as well as showcase the member school. This season was made possible by our title sponsor, Santa Fe University of Art and Design. A special thanks to our participating schools:

  • Oakland School for the Arts, 3 Films About Oakland
  • Howard W. Blake School of the Arts, Blake & Patel, An Artistic Connection
  • Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, Animating Life and Story with Ash Brannon
  • Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Reel Talk
  • The Houston High School for Performing and Visual Arts, Short Films from the Digital Arts Lab
  • Nuova Accademia de Belle Arti Milano, Design Week in Milan

Our spring membership drive encouraged school members to pay their dues by May 31st to be entered into a lottery to win a Chicago conference registration scholarship. We are glad to announce the winners:

  • E. Frank Bluestein, Chairman Department of Fine Arts, Germantown, TN
  • Matt Burkett, Principal, McLaughlin Middle Fine Arts Academy, Lake Wales, FL
  • David Hawks, Principal, Durham School of the Arts, Durham, NC
  • Cabella Langsam, Board Vice Chair, Cab Calloway School of the Arts, Wilmington, DE
  • Greg Schiller, Chair, School Governance Council, Ramon Cortines High School for the Visual and Performing Arts, Los Angeles, CA

Another professional development opportunity awaits you at our July 18-19 Summer Leadership Retreat. Our host, campus laboratory, and member school is Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas, TX. This retreat is for any arts school leader that would like to meet in a small group setting and study in-depth the nuts & bolts of one of America's top arts high schools, BTW. Participants will share ideas, task and point of inquiry using the BTW campus as a learning laboratory. Principal and newly elected ASN Board Member, Tracie Fraley, is eager to share her school culture with our membership. Representatives from faculty, staff, partners, and key leadership areas will facilitate sessions and tours. We hope you will join us!

 

Soon we will be announcing more opportunities for your school to learn, grow, and glow. Your light shines infinitely through your student successes. Congratulations on your celebrations!

 

fireworks

 

Sincerely,

Kristy Callaway

Executive Director

Arts Schools Network  

asn spotlights 
NEW MEMBER  SPOTLIGHT

colorado 2Colorado Springs Conservatory

Colorado Springs, CO

 

THE MISSION of the Colorado Springs Conservatoryis to inspire, motivate, and challenge all students to aspire to their highest potential as artists and as human beings through arts immersion studies and community arts advocacy participation.

 
colorado logoOUR GOAL is to promote a respect for the humanities by discipline of mind and spirit, a joyful affirmation of life, and a passionate commitment to an idea. The CSC is committed to integrating the effects of such philosophy within community, by engaging all students in advocacy and leadership activities.  By connecting students to the great traditions of the past, the CSC gives them the keys which will unlock their future.

 

SCHOOL SPOTLIGHT

cornishCornish College of the Arts

Seattle, WA 

 

Faculty-Cornish Faculty are world-class working professional artists. They can help you bridge your artistic career from that of a student to that of a fully engaged working artist.

 

Community-Faculty, students and even staff are all involved with the visual and performing arts. We are a community of working artists. We understand your passion for your art and we all work together to create an environment where you can succeed. We're here for you.

 

cornish 2Location-Seattle is a great city to be a young emerging artist. Seattle's thriving arts community can help fuel your creativity, exposing you to a wealth of new experiences.

 

Voice-Cornish places great emphasis on helping you find your own distinctive voice as an artist.  Visit Cornish!

 

TEACHER - BEST PRACTICES SPOTLIGHT

Integrating Art With Technology  

Suzanne Dionnesuzanne dionne

Art Teacher

Rotella Magnet School 

Waterbury, CT


Integrating art with technology has become an important focus of my pre-kindergarten through second grade visual arts program. I have been using Artsonia, the world's largest online student art museum. Through this site, each student has a portfolio page. The portfolio, in itself, is an important tool. A portfolio offers evidence of growth and unique differences. It allows for personal reflection, self-assessment and enhances self-esteem. READ MORE 
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young composers have mentors 
composer 1new york times

by vivien schwitzer

june 4 2012

 

Most young composers can probably persuade a competent soloist or small ensemble to try out a short work, but chances to collaborate with a professional orchestra on a symphonic piece are scarce.

 

The American Composers Orchestra provides a valuable opportunity to aspiring composers through its annual Underwood New Music Readings, in which six emerging artists are chosen from hundreds of applicants. They participate in workshops and hands-on rehearsals before a public performance of the scores.

After an open rehearsal on Friday morning, this year's six pieces received a run-through on Saturday evening at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music, with George Manahan conducting the American Composers Orchestra. The composers Derek Bermel, Melinda Wagner, Robert Beaser and Steven Stucky mentored their six younger counterparts, one of whom will be awarded a $15,000 commission to write a work for the ensemble.

 

All six demonstrated a flair for orchestral writing. I particularly liked the selections by Peter Fahey, Michael-Thomas Foumai and Paul Kerekes.

 

The composers spoke briefly about their music. Mr. Fahey, a native of Ireland who is studying at Columbia University, said his work, "Impressions," was "about color and texture and sound," or, as a colleague of his noted, "Debussy deconstructed."

He created alluring soundscapes that evoked the spectral aesthetic, a school initially influenced by French composers like Debussy and Messiaen, in which timbre and resonance are central. There were arresting moments featuring a colorful use of high winds and brasses in the glittering final section.

 

composer 2The Concerto for Orchestra by Mr. Foumai, a former student of Bright Sheng, is based on what the ancient Egyptians believed were the five elements of the human soul: name, soul, shadow, heart and spirit. The deftly scored, vibrant piece unfolded with cinematic sweep, offering virtuosic moments for different sections of the ensemble.

 

Mr. Kerekes's "Timber," which he described as "a macabre and hallucinatory look into the forest," also left a strong impression. Mr. Kerekes, who studies with Martin Bresnick at Yale, was inspired by the tradition of woodsmen in German music. The eerie brass and wind textures created darkly surreal soundscapes.

 

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baseball memorabilia exhibition opens 
baseball 1craft and folk art museum

los angeles

may 26 2012 

 

LOS ANGELES, CA - Opening at the height of baseball season, the Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM) presents Baseball: The All-American Game from May 26 through September 9, 2012. For the first time in Los Angeles, the public will have access to the largest exhibition of baseball-related traditional folk art since the American Folk Art Museum's historic The Perfect Game: America Looks at Baseball in 2003. This exhibition will explore baseball's impact on American folk art made between the late-1800s to present day. Approximately 75 works of baseball-inspired folk art and memorabilia will be shown from the private collection of Gary Cypres, owner of one of the largest sports memorabilia collections in the world.

 

No other sport is more ingrained within the American national consciousness than the great game of baseball. Baseball became the first organized sport in the United States in 1857. After the Civil War ended in 1865, the sport became increasingly important in uniting a population that was previously divided. As baseball's popularity grew throughout the country, its imagery emerged in all mediums of popular culture.

 

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colleges for profit are growing, with federal help
nyt logonew york times

by floyd norris

may 24 2012

 

loans 1There are a lot of government subsidies, and in the current fiscal atmosphere many are shrinking by necessity. What appears to be lacking is any rational way of deciding which should shrink.

 

The volume of federally guaranteed student loans to students at so-called proprietary colleges - the ones that intend to operate at a profit and get nearly all their revenue from the government - continues to grow.

 

At the same time, state and local governments across the country are slashing spending on higher education, and community colleges - the ones most likely to offer alternatives to the students recruited by the far more expensive proprietary schools - are suffering some of the largest reductions.

 

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juilliard and connections academy partner for online learning

baltimore logo

baltimore sun blog post

by gus g. sentementes

may 16 2012

 

Online education is a hot trend at the moment. But within that trend, there's an increasingly hotter sub-trend: online music education.

 

Baltimore's Connections Academy, one of the bigger players in online K-12 education in the country, today announced that it's partnering with the Juilliard School in New York City to deliver online music education to pre-college students beginning this fall. The program is called Juilliard E-Learning.

 

[My observation: This is a heckuva smart move by Juilliard, to extend its brand online to youngsters in K-12. I wonder if Baltimore's Peabody Institute would consider doing something like this?]

 

Connections operates its own network of private virtual schools around the country, and it also runs online education programs for public school systems. (I profiled the company in December.)

 

Connections and Juilliard will offer the online music education courses to the 40,000-plus students in its network. But it will also market the courses directly to students and educational institutions interested in partaking in an online Juilliard education experience, the company said in a news release today.

Connections and Juilliard will develop courses at first based on the national standards in elementary, middle and high school music. And Juilliard has left open the possibility that more courses and features will be added in coming years, such as music theory, music history, drama history, or dance history. And live online music lessons and virtual "master classes" could come to the platform too.

 

Connections is a growing Baltimore company that was bought for $400 million last year by Pearson Plc, a British publishing conglomerate.

 

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Tuesday, Oct 16 All Day Intensives
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  • Arts Integration (elementary & middle schools)
  • Fund Development
  • Holistic Admissions, Everyone's Role
  • Using your SNAAP Data (high schools)

Wednesday, Oct 17 School Visits, opening general session

 
Thursday, Oct 18 Core-Conference member sessions, by members for members, awards ceremony, general session

 

Friday, Oct 19 Core-Conference member sessions, by members for members, general session  

surdna foundation's arts teacher fellowship program moving to boston arts academy 

boston arts academy

 transition of surdna foundation's arts teacher fellowship program

from the surdna foundation

may 2012

 

The Surdna Foundation (New York, NY) announces the transition of its national and longstanding Surdna Arts Teachers Fellowship Program (SATF). As of July 1, 2012, this signature program will be known as the National Arts Teachers Fellowship Program (NATF), and will be under the direction of the Center for Arts Education at the Boston Arts Academy in Boston, Massachusetts.

 

Led by Executive Director Linda Nathan, The Center for Arts Education is focused on promoting best practices concerning the integration of the arts and academics.  It is closely aligned with the Boston Arts Academy, a specialized public arts high school with a national reputation for its artistic and academic innovation.

 

The arts teachers' fellowship program was launched by Surdna's Arts Program in 2001 to support the artistic revitalization of outstanding arts teachers in specialized, public arts high schools.  It helps them develop their own creative work and expand their interaction with professional artists and colleagues.

 

The Surdna Foundation, a national family foundation established in 1917, seeks to foster just and sustainable communities in the United States-communities guided by principles of social justice and distinguished by sustainable environments, strong local economies, and thriving cultures.

 

Its arts program was established in 1994 under the direction of Ellen B. Rudolph, Program Director from 1994-2011.  Surdna's commitment to the arts continues under the Thriving Cultures program, directed by newly appointed, Judilee Reed.

 

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