 Common Arts
Assessments Training
Arts|Learning happily reports that we have had an overwhelming response to our December 5th (Northampton) and December 6 (Malden) all-day professional development sessions on implementing the CT Common Arts Assessments. Within a few days of our last email, both dates had filled to capacity, and we now have waitlists for 20+ people! We hope we can schedule a third day of training soon to accommodate those of you who wish to obtain this training. For more info about the Common Arts Assessment project, visit the Arts|Learning website here. Our thanks to our partners in this project: the MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, the MA Cultural Council, and the CT State Department of Education; with special thanks to Hunt Alternatives Fund for the grant to support this work! |
MassCreative  to be Launched Over the past
20 months, a
representative group from the field has conducted research, convened stakeholders, surveyed the field and crafted a finely-tuned arts and culture advocacy organization for the 21st century. With support from the Boston Foundation this team has created a strong institutional framework for MassCreative comprised of three key elements:
- An Action Network - a coalition of advocates representing 12 regions spread across Massachusetts that will serve as grassroots organizers.
- An Advisory Board that will guide the organization through its startup stage as it sets an agenda, build membership, and widen a base of support.
- Staff, led by an executive director, to serve as MassCreative's chief executive officer.
This structure reflects a powerful foundation and vision for MassCreative and ensures a sustainable advocacy organization that will build upon our sector's strengths and values.
Through the creation of an Action Network, the goal is to work side-by-side with the MA Cultural Council and other stakeholders to build and maintain a vital statewide network of arts and cultural organizations as well as businesses and creative entrepreneurs, while building strategic alliances across sectors; and working with public agencies at local, state, and federal levels to increase and expand public and private resources.
Later this week MassCreative will publicly launch a search for the executive director. Additional information will be released on the roll out of this initiative. Stay tuned for the public announcement, and please contact F. Javier Torres with any questions in the meantime.
Mass Creative Implementation Team Members:
Irene Buck, Susan Halter, Veronique LeMelle, Greg Liakos, Charlie McDermott, LZ Nunn, Catherine Peterson, Jonathan Rappaport, Troy Siebels, Zakiya Thomas, F. Javier Torres, Jason Weeks, Anita Walker, Megan Whilden, Erin Williams
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National Symphony Orchestra Summer Music Institute
Arts|Learning is pleased to partner once again with the MA Music Educators Association to identify outstanding orchestral student musicians for nomination to participate in the 2012 Summer Music Institute in Washington DC.
This program is open to students ages 16 through 20. NEW this season - All applicants will submit their applications online via ArtsApp.com (including solo and excerpts recordings) through www.kennedy-center.org/smi. ArtsApp is an independent company and is not affiliated with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. There is a charge of $10 to use the ArtsApp site, which is a registration fee for the site itself and is collected through PayPal. Please contact Carole Wysocki, NSO Director of Education, cjwysocki@kenendy-center.org for further information if you are unable to complete the online application process for any reason.
Deadline for Application: January 27, 2012.
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