on your way portfolio due nov 15
issue # 86 november 14 |   2012
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winter retreat arts ed summit
life in the arts master series
in memory roger jacobi
asn happenings
sponsors thank you
jobs
aepr journal article music teacher evaluation
why museums suck
member spotlights: new, school, teacher
chicago 2012 conference wrap up
parents' role in arts ed webinar
new york times video blog elections as reality tv
life in the arts fall video series
edweek on arne duncan
americans for arts on election results
teaching channel on common core
visual arts world in miami
wall street trader invests in arts schools
harvard on future of books
interlochen on the future of arts
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Life in the Arts Season 3 Premiers
 November 28!

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Careers in the Arts
from College of Charleston School of the Arts.

Stay tuned! Upcoming episodes from:
  • Centro Mexico
  • Gstar School of the Arts for Motion Pictures and Broadcasting
  • Duke Ellington School of the Arts
  • Orange Grove Middle Magnet School of the Arts
  • Oakland School for the Arts

 

 

in memory - asn founder

remembering roger jacobi
jacobi
ROGER E. JACOBI
April 7, 1924 
Saginaw, Michigan 
-- 
November 4, 2012 
Farmington Hills, Michigan


Roger E. Jacobi studied at The University of Michigan, receiving his bachelor of music degree in 1948 and master of music degree in 1951. His entire professional life was dedicated to music and arts education. 
Roger was associated with the Ann Arbor Public Schools as a teacher of music from 1948-1956, and as music coordinator from 1959-1968. 
In rapid succession he added summers on the Interlochen staff, teaching at the University of Michigan, directing its popular annual Midwestern Conference and planning the new School of Music building on North Campus, and active participation in state and national arts education associations. 
Roger rose in rank at the University from lecturer in 1957, to assistant professor in 1959, associate professor in 1963, and professor in 1966. 
He was also a lecturer in the School of Education from 1959-1971. 
Roger became associate dean of the School of Music in 1971, a position he held briefly prior to his appointment to the presidency at Interlochen.
Roger served Interlochen beginning in 1953 as head of the program office for the National Music Camp, which eventually became Interlochen Center for the Arts. 
From 1956 through 1959 he was personnel director for the Camp and secretary to the board of trustees. He led the Intermediate Training (Cadet) Orchestra 1957-1965, directed the University Division at Camp 1969-1971, and served as Interlochen's third President for 18 years, 1971-1989.


asn calendar of events and gatherings

January 24-25 2013
ARTS EDUCATION SUMMIT & BOARD OF DIRECTORS' MEETING
High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Houston, TX
 
May 2-3, 2013 
ARTS EDUCATION SUMMIT & BOARD OF DIRECTORS' MEETING 
NYU Tisch School of the Arts, New York City, NY  
 
October 22 - 25, 2013 
CONFERENCE
New York City, NY 
NYU Tisch, NYU Steinhardt, Laguardia

November tbd 2014
CONFERENCE
Denver, CO
Denver School of the Arts, Kunsmiller Creative Arts Academy

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arts education policy review journal 

music teacher assessment
AEPR Journal arts education policy review journal
volume 113, issue 4, 2012

communication of expectations between principals and entry-year instrumental music teachers: implications for music teacher assessment

by scott edgar

ABSTRACT
Assessment of arts educators, including music educators, has evolved into a high-stakes situation that drives teacher pay, promotion, and retention. This assessment process is driven by federal policy advocating for a value-added model based on student performance.

Principals, who are often charged with assessing artistic musical performance, traditionally conduct these evaluations but may be underprepared to do so. This disconnect between evaluator expertise and teacher assessment expectations poses a challenge for arts educators, administrators, and policymakers.

This article presents a policy model for music teacher assessment based on findings from a study of principals' expectations of entry-year instrumental music teachers (EYTs) and how these expectations are communicated. I first outline this study and then explain how these findings are relevant for music teacher assessment, especially within a value-added model.

Principal expectations are especially important to articulate, given the high-stakes nature of teacher assessment and the direct connection between expectations and assessment. After speaking with both principals and EYTs, I derived the following conclusions: (a) principals' expectations largely focus on interpersonal and general teaching skills such as engaging students and classroom management, not on musical expertise; (b) principals' expectations are often not adequately conveyed to EYTs, and assessments are conducted primarily through official reviews; and (c) increased communication of principal expectations would benefit the EYT's induction process.

I suggest that principals and music teachers increase communication and dialogue to define "musical success" and determine adequate methods for music teacher assessment. Finally, I conclude by presenting a new model linking policy with music teacher assessment.

Learn more.
why museums suck
la youth
l.a. youth magazine
november 10 2012 
by howard 
hwang, 15, marshall high school

Why museums suck
Howard, 15, always hated museums, and visiting six of them didn't change his mind.

Most museums suck. Really they do. Museums always have that cold feeling. Very adultish and professional, it makes you uncomfortable. And museums are filled with old people. I don't have anything against old people, but I've noticed that when there are old people around, it's usually boring.

This summer, as I set out to visit six museums, I dreaded it, but then I'd have a sudden surge of happiness when I remembered that I would be able to bash them in this article. I like making fun of things because I like laughing. When you go to museums, you don't get to laugh, unless it's at the stupid paintings and how much they cost. The artist will put some blotches of paint on a canvas, give it some stupid name, and the painting will end up costing around $1 million. I don't get it. Why do they do stuff like that?

executive director's message


Dear   

 

Greetings! 

 

This week, I have the enjoyable and educational experience of answering questions about our student talent program, On Your Way. Savvy students and teachers from our member schools have not only posed good questions, but they've also offered excellent feedback and made recommendations. This has been a great opportunity for me to improve the protocol as well as the process for the program as we head toward the Thursday, November 15 deadline. Thank you for this valuable input.

Here's one last recap of On Your Way talent recognition program for high school students talented in classical voice, filmmaking, musical theater, and visual arts. 

 

Students apply and audition by November 15 -- this Thursday -- with online portfolios and uploaded media files of their work. The work will reviewed by judges, individuals selected from prestigious colleges and conservatories.  Students not only have a chance to win scholarships, but they'll also get valuable exposure, advice, and a jump on creating online portfolios for college applications or auditions. 

 

On Your Way winners also automatically bypass the preliminary round in the national YoungArts program and can access the YoungArts online portal for portfolio submission. YoungArts is the exclusive nominating agency for the U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts, the country's highest honor for high school seniors. Note: Applicants for the YoungArts program must be between the ages of 15-18 or in high school grades 10-12.

Good news! The number of applications we've received so far this year has already exceeded the number of entries last year, so students are either more aware or more prepared, or both.  

 

There's still time for students to participate! Last year, we received more than 60% of the applications within three days of the deadline. Applying to On Your Way only takes 5-10 minutes if the media files are ready. I hope you'll take a few minutes to help your talented students on their way. 


Good luck and Godspeed.  

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Sincerely,

Kristy Callaway 

Executive Director

Arts Schools Network 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

on your way! deadline nov 15

 

Calling all arts schools leaders & teachers:  

Help your students apply!   

 

There's still time. It's easy & fast.
But hurry - entries are due by November 15!

 
Students not only have a chance to win scholarships, but they'll also get valuable exposure and advice -- and they'll create online portfolios that get them ready for college applications or auditions. Students apply and audition with online portfolios and uploaded media files of their work, which will be judged by renowned individuals from prestigious colleges and conservatories.
 

Just go to https://onyourwayasn.slideroom.com 

And, if the student's don't complete the applications in one visit, the information they entered will be saved for later. 

  

See the requirements for each category at http://www.artsschoolsnetwork.org/student-competition.html 



NEW MEMBER  SPOTLIGHT

savoy elementary school, washington, dcsavoy 

principal, patrick pope

 

With at least five computers in every classroom, Promethean Boards for grades 3-5, a library media center with more than 10,000 volumes and an additional computer lab with 25 computers, our dedicated faculty is constantly incorporating technology into the classroom. Our vision is for our students to be life-long learners and we help them achieve this goal by providing a nurturing and supportive academic environment that fosters achievement. We also provide our students with tutoring and other activities that supplement their classroom lessons. Our students say that they love their new building as well as their caring, committed teachers.  

 

Visit Savoy.

SCHOOL SPOTLIGHT

capa pittsburgh school for the creative and performing arts, pa
principal, melissa pearlman
director joan murphy 

 

The vision of the Pittsburgh School for the Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA) is to establish a "best in class" teaching and learning environment that will enable all students in grades 6-12 to study the arts for their intrinsic, aesthetic, historical and cultural values. This environment will include the interaction and input of all stakeholders: parents, teachers, students, and community. It will be enhanced by collaborations with local arts organizations and universities to give students myriad opportunities to explore the relationship among the worlds of school, family and work. It is an environment that allows students to become adults with lifelong involvement in and appreciation of the arts.  

 

Visit CAPA. 

TEACHER SPOTLIGHT
jessica
meet the incoming chair for americans for the arts' 
education council 
 
jessica wilt, director of arts education, flamenco vivo carlota santana, new york, ny


Jessica Wilt began her career as a dancer and musician. She eventually realized she wanted to contribute to the arts world not just as a performer, but also as an educator, arts administrator and advocate. Wilt earned her BA in modern dance with a dance education emphasis from the University of South Florida and her MFA in choreography from The Ohio State University.

Wilt quickly learned all aspects of the arts education field working as a full time K-12 dance specialist and adjunct college professor in both Ohio and Florida. She is currently completing her K-12 Dance Teacher Certification in New York.

Wilt previously served as the Education and Outreach Manager for Dance Theatre of Harlem's Dancing Through Barriers program and is currently the Director of Arts Education for Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana. Actively involved in arts and education advocacy, Wilt currently sits on the Board of Directors with the New York City Arts in Education Roundtable, is a VOICE Charter School Board Trustee and sits on the Arts Education Council with Americans for the Arts where she is a guest ARTSblog contributor. 

 

Meet Jessica. 

We want to hear from you, the teacher, about best practices in your classroom! Share your practices with other arts educators across the country.
chicago 2012 conference wrap up
modern wingrecognizing excellence at asn national conference   

speakers, performers and venues shine in chicago
 


Awards, presentations, performances, Chicago arts venues and sponsor Columbia College Chicago were among the highlights at the recent Arts Schools Network National Conference, held October 16-19 in Chicago, Ill. read more
 
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americans for the arts education webinar
understanding parents' role in arts education
november 15, 2012 at 3:00 PM EST guide

Supporting arts education starts at home. A parent's strongest role supporting arts education should be as a local advocate. Parents can levy expectations onto school boards and their child's principal and teachers, which can translate into a better environment for arts education. This kind of parental advocacy takes the form of votes, public opinion, volunteerism, fundraising and donations. Participate in this webinar to learn from our panel of experts how you can involve parents in your programs.

Presenters: Doug Israel, Director of Research and Policy, The Center for Arts Education; Neola Young, Program Coordinator, Parents for Public Schools

Moderated by: Kristen Engebretsen, Arts Education Program Coordinator, Americans for the Arts and Narric Rome, Senior Director of Federal Affairs and Arts Education, Americans for the Arts

new york times video arts blog
election as reality show
november 2 2012, by gabe johnson
sweet spot
The Sweet Spot (arts blog): In this week's episode, David Carr and A. O. Scott discuss political theater, comparing "the pageant of democracy ... to a buddy movie."

life In the arts video series
Want to participate? life in the arts - learn how!
Here's how!  

Please click on the play button and watch this brief, instructional, student-created video on how to participate, create your piece, and submit.  

 

 

 

edweek blog, 5 issues facing arne duncan 2nd term
edweek 
In President Obama's second term, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will oversee implementing NCLB waivers, among other big-ticket programs. (Education Week)

americans for the arts
post-election impact on the arts webinar
elec
November 16 
2:00 PM EST, 1:00 PM CST, 12:00 PM MST, 11:00 AM PST
(60 minutes)

Americans for the Arts Action Fund staff will provide a comprehensive post-election analysis of federal, state and local election results and ballot initiatives, and will describe the anticipated impact that those results will have on the future of the arts and arts education in America.

Presented by Americans for the Arts Action Fund Presenters: Bob Lynch, President and CEO; Nina Ozlu Tunceli, Executive Director; Narric Rome, Senior Director of Federal Affairs and Arts Education; Gladstone Payton, Director of Federal Affairs; Jay Dick, Senior Director of State and Local Government Affairs.

teaching channel chat about common core
teaching channel
Let's Chat Core: Learning to Read the Core. New Series to Answer Your Questions.

Sarah Brown Wessling is a high school English teacher in Johnston, Iowa. She is the 2010 National Teacher of the Year and is the Teacher Laureate for Teaching Channel. She also hosts "Teaching Channel Presents" on public television stations around the country. We hear from teachers every day here at Teaching Channel. Without fail, the most frequent questions and requests have something to do with the Common Core State Standards. In a recent Tchers' Voice survey we asked you to share your most pressing questions about the Core. (Teaching Channel)

 

Learn more.

visual arts world will be in miami  
art basel
From December 6 through 9, Miami Beach, Florida, will host the 11th edition of Art Basel, the most prestigious art show in the Americas. More than 260 leading galleries from North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa will take part, showcasing works by more than 2,000 artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.

The exhibiting galleries are among the world's most respected art dealers, offering exceptional pieces by both renowned artists and cutting-edge newcomers. Special exhibition sections feature young galleries, performance art, public art projects and video art. The show will be a vital source for art lovers, allowing them to both discover new developments in contemporary art and experience rare museum-caliber artworks.

Top-quality exhibitions in the museums of South Florida and special programs for art collectors and curators also help make the event a special time for encountering art. And every year, a greater number of art collectors, artists, dealers, curators, critics and art enthusiasts from around the world participate in Art Basel - the favorite winter meeting place for the international art world.

Learn more.

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wall street trader invests his fortune in free art schools around the world
dominicanbloomberg business week
november 9 2012
by zeke faux 
  
  
 
Tim Reynolds, who made his fortune at Jane Street Capital, has a new obsession: teaching poor students to master photorealistic painting. Reynolds stepped aside in September from the multibillion-dollar-a-day arbitrage operation he co-founded in 2000. He's already donated more than $10 million to endow free art schools in Anguilla, the Dominican Republic, Sri Lanka and Thailand, and he's developing luxurious hotels nearby to bring in potential collectors. "It will change the art world in a way," Reynolds, 46, said. "You're going to see very specific art movements come out of the schools and develop on their own."
 
On Anguilla, in the eastern Caribbean, local students are already practicing charcoal shading at one of Reynolds's schools, called the Ani Art Academies. The studio is about 150 yards from an Ani resort, where hedge-fund managers and sports-team owners pay $42,000 a week to rent five-bedroom glass villas perched on a cliff above the sea. Profits will help fund the academies, and the villas will be decorated with student art that's for sale. "People want to bring back a keepsake from a dream vacation," Reynolds said. " Now the $2,000 that goes to that artist, that's transformative and that's one transaction." Students are given free materials and meals at the Ani schools and Reynolds said he plans to provide food for their families as well so they can concentrate on completing the 6,000-hour program: "Over 10 years, we're going to have several hundred great artists coming out of a small community in a place that happens to be an exotic tourist destination. I believe that's going to start a virtuous cycle."

history and future of the book
new york times, november 6 2012book, by jennifer schuessler

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Every day in lecture halls across the country students sit quietly taking notes on laptops and in old-fashioned notebooks, or at least pretending to. But last Friday some 250 academics and civilians gathered at Harvard for a more self-conscious exercise: a chance to take notes on note-taking.

The occasion was "Take Note," a conference concluding a four-year initiative to explore the history and future of the book, sponsored by the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study here. The event attracted historians, literary scholars, psychologists and computer scientists, including more than a few "note-makers" (as the current terminology would have it) eager to play with the possibilities of paper and screen.

symposium proves art lives at interlochen and beyond
october 18 2012 ica

Ask any of the more than 800 students, educators and artists who attended Interlochen's recent Symposium what the theme was, and they'll probably smile and tell you that #artlives.

This diverse group joined together Oct. 10-13, 2012, to ask some hard questions and discuss the future of the arts. Leadership, the environment, teaching and learning, and the future of the book and the ensemble were topics discussed in heated panels, while artists like Billy Childs, Carolyn Forch� and Tony Kushner spoke about their own accomplishments and life lessons. Performances by Jack Ferver and Andrea Gibson caused attendees to question the very definition of performance art, and at times, moved the audience to tears.

Cory McAbee and Liz Lerman brought laughter, with McAbee's advice to "pull up your pants and go" when questioned how young artists could make a difference, to Lerman's choreography of Swan Lake involving everyone in Corson Auditorium (and we mean everyone!). Ford Futurist Sheryl Connelly, conservation biologist Steven Goodman and musician and composer Guillermo Figueroa encouraged their audiences to look at the arts with a different perspective, with Judith Burton daring attendees to "take knowledge in art and knowledge in science and reconcile them to create solutions to today's issues."

And visual artists, writers, dancer, singers, musicians, filmmakers, actors and more worked together to do just as Burton instructed. Because as one attendee tweeted, "When all arts align #artlives."

 

Learn more.