Start planning now for March is Arts Education Month! This is a great opportunity to celebrate the arts at your school and champion arts education. For event planning ideas, download the Alameda County Alliance for Arts Learning Leadership's Toolkit. |
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| SMARTS is California State PTA's program to encourage arts education. Please spread the word about the benefits of arts education for all of California's K-12 students. |
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Arts/Learning at the Core of Education video
The film, "Enlivening the Senses: Arts|Learning at the Core of Education," was created through a partnership between the nonprofit organization Arts/Learning and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. This 14-minute film does a great job detailing the impact of arts education on children's cognitive, artistic, social and psychological development. Arts/Learning encourages active engagement of students from preschool through college in developing their highest artistic and academic competence by promoting practices, programs and partnerships to achieve a new level of excellence in teaching and curriculum development.The video is also available to watch and share online. |
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Integrating dance into the curriculum The idea of integrating the arts into the broader curriculum is not new, but it does appear to be gaining a stronger foothold in schools. This resurgence is happening as arts education advocates struggle to ensure adequate time and support for the arts in schools - whether music, visual arts, theater, or dance - among the budget cuts and other challenges most schools are facing. "It's a way of keeping arts in the classroom," said Laura M. Smyth, a senior associate at the Washington-based nonprofit Arts Education Partnership. Read more. |
Two summer arts institute opportunities for teens
National Symphony Orchestra Summer Music Institute
Every summer, approximately 70 students (ages 15-20) from all over the nation meet in Washington, D.C., to attend the National Symphony Orchestra's Summer Music Institute. The institute offers four weeks of private lessons, rehearsals, coaching by National Symphony Orchestra members, classes, and lectures to prepare aspiring musicians for their futures in music. The Summer Music Institute is coordinated by the National Symphony Orchestra Education Program, which is a component of the Kennedy Center Education Department. Young people, teachers and families take part in innovative and effective education programs initiated by the center, including performances, lectures, demonstrations, open rehearsals, dance and music residencies, master classes, competitions for young actors and musicians, backstage tours and workshops. These programs have become models for communities across the country, as educators and government leaders recognize what the center has known for years: The arts can unlock the door to learning for young people, fostering creativity, teaching discipline, improving self-esteem, and challenging students to think in new ways, as well as offering them experiences in the joy of the performing arts. Click here for more program information and application instructions.
California State Summer School for the Arts
For 25 years, the California State Summer School for the Arts (CSSSA) has sought the most talented high school-aged visual, literary, media and performing artists in California. The teenagers who are selected are designated California Arts Scholars and attend one of the country's premier summer arts institutes on the campus of the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, Los Angeles County, July 9-August 5, 2011. For more information about CSSSA or to obtain application forms, please click here. Applications are due February 28, 2011. |
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