19 Days 

asn chicago conference October 16-19, 2012

 school visits 

2012-2014

exemplary schools

Douglas Anderson School of the Arts

Jacksonville FL

Washington DC 

Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts

Huntington Beach, CA 

Idaho Arts Charter School 

Nampa, ID

Interlochen Arts Academy

Interlochen, MI 

Exemplary School designation is issued to individual schools in recognition of excellence in their efforts to evaluate strategically their purpose, operations, and educational programs. The design of the evaluation for Exemplary School designation is based on the short version of the Guide to Assessing Your School, a document jointly created by the Arts Schools Network and the Accrediting Commission for Community and Pre-collegiate Arts Schools (ACCPAS) as a way to assist arts school personnel with important responsibilities for planning, evaluating, and implementing effective organizational development. The Guide is an assessment tool that uses questions based on ACCPAS accreditation standards.

When a school is designated as an Exemplary School, it is not only recognized for improvement efforts, but it also gains positive exposure that helps in fundraising, advocacy, and networking. The selection process builds on the ASN partnership with ACCPAS.

 Learn more. 

asn calendar of events and gatherings

October 16-19 2012

CONFERENCE Chicago IL
Chicago Academy of Arts, ChiArts, Columbia College

January 24-25 2013

ARTS EDUCATION SUMMIT and

BOARD OF DIRECTORS' MEETING
High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Houston, TX

May 2-3, 2013 

ARTS EDUCATION SUMMIT and BOARD OF DIRECTORS' MEETING 

NYU Tisch School of the Arts, New York City  

November tbd 2013

CONFERENCE New York City NYU Tisch, NYU Steinhardt, Laguardia

November tbd 2014

CONFERNCE Denver, CO
Denver School of the Arts, Kunsmiller Creative Arts Academy 

jobs 

check all job listings on artsschoolsnetork.org/jobs.  

email job posting information by clicking here. 

Thank you sponsors! 

Our sponsors empower our schools to create tomorrow's artists and patrons! Click here to review our sponsor benefits, visibility options, and opportunities with Arts Schools Network. 

$75K and higher

Columbia College Chicago, IL

$65K

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

$15K

Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, Jacksonville, FL

$5K

$2.5K

Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design, Providence, RI

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

$1K

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

Interlochen Center for the Arts, MI

NYU Tisch School of the Arts, New York, NY

Orange County School of the Arts, Santa Ana, CA

executive director's message

central visual and performing arts high school

st. louis, mo

Central Visual and Performing Arts High School creates an environment in which students receive an exemplary academic and artistic education that showcases their talents and prepares for the challenges of our dynamic global society.

The vision of Central Visual and Performing Arts High School (CVPA) is to raise to the highest level possible the academic and artistic achievements of all its students. The educational program is designed to create a nurturing environment where students receive quality academic and artistic education that prepares them to compete successfully at the post-secondary level or to perform competently in the world of work. In addition to the development of academic and artistic knowledge and skills, students will be provided an environment where they learn to communicate effectively, enhance their physical and emotional well being, acquire a passion for life-long learning and demonstrate the ability to do critical thinking and be creative. 

Visit CVPA. 

long island high school for the arts

Nassau BOCES Long Island High School for the Arts offers world-class training and preparation for students in Nassau and Suffolk counties who are interested in exploring and pursuing careers in the arts. Over the past four decades, our school has been a home and training ground for 2012-2013 LIHSA Catalog talented young artists who are actively and passionately exploring the exciting worlds of dance, drama, film, music, musical theatre, theater technology and visual arts.

Our beautiful campus is conveniently located in Syosset, New York and features a 350-seat, fully equipped theater, a state-of-the-art digital media production lab, bright and inviting dance and art studios, and specialized music and art classrooms.

Our dedicated faculty is made up of experienced professionals in their fields who constantly introduce fresh, exciting, real-life experiences into their classrooms and studio sessions.

With more than 98% of our students going on to colleges and conservatories, and earning millions of dollars in scholarships each year, college and post-secondary planning and preparation is a top priority. Our students have gone on to study at such institutions as The Juilliard School, Yale University, Syracuse University, Parsons School of Design, Cooper Union, and New York University/Tisch School of the Arts. 

Visit LIHSA. 

"The most exciting thing is the moment when students realize that they're the masters of this instrument," says Kim Stroud, arts director of the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts in Hartford, Connecticut, a magnet school for grades 9-12. "Not that they necessarily have mastery of their bodies-but they can be the masters. I love it." A former Martha Graham Dance Company member for 11 years, Stroud teaches a Graham-based modern class at the school in addition to overseeing the faculty and curriculum planning.

Since joining the faculty in 1993, Stroud has helped the program grow from 200 to 700 students. (A middle-school program is also slated to open this fall.) She also leads community classes for at-risk youth in Hartford and directs the dance program at the Center for Creative Youth at Wesleyan University, a summer program for high-schoolers. In 2002, she pioneered a summer arts residency in Cape Verde, Africa, active for four summers.

"I took five teachers and 10 students the first year," says Stroud. "But I told my teachers, 'We're not going to be the Americans who tell you how it's done. We're going to collaboratively teach each other,'" she says.
Stroud paired each American teacher with an African teacher, and together they taught their cultures' different approaches to dance, music, art and theater. The dance program highlighted improvisation and composition. "We'd show what our aesthetic looks like when we create dances, then they showed us theirs," she says. "Then we'd collaborate. The students had to take each other's movement and make it work together."

Stroud says that living in Africa was a shock to her students. "Electricity was iffy," she says. "We sat without air-conditioning in August and washed our clothes in the sink. But it was the most amazing experience."
By the final summer in 2008, the program had grown to include 30 American and 50 African students. But little did Stroud know the program she built would help unite communities on Cape Verde's 10 islands. "When we auditioned for the program, we took the most talented kids, from both the lower and upper classes," she says. "Later we were told that it was the first time that these people worked together and families allowed it to happen."

Regardless of her teaching environment, Stroud's mission remains the same: Help students feel empowered through dance. "Some students make decisions because they don't think that they have options, or power over anything," she says. "But it's as simple as learning that your right leg is totally in your control, that you have power over something. And that's what dance did for me. I'm the first person in my family to go to college. I'm the first to travel outside the United States -- because of dance."   

 Visit Greater Harford Academy of the Arts

Exploring arts education in a creative cityscape
Connect, explore, and be inspired in one of the most thriving creative cities in the nation - Chicago!

Check out the schedule in detail! 

• Arts Integration (elementary & middle schools)
• Fund Development for Arts Schools
• Holistic Admissions, Everyone's Role (high schools)
• Using your SNAAP Data (high schools), Strategic National Alumni Arts Project 

Wednesday, Oct 17: School visits

Friday, Oct 19: Member sessions; by members for members; general session  

Get into On Your Way

On Your Way is the student talent recognition program designed by Arts Schools Network to help students get ready for their futures in filmmaking, musical theater, visual arts, or classical voice. Students apply with online portfolios and uploaded media files of their work. These online portfolios also prepare students for admission to colleges and conservatories, which increasingly require online applications. 

Meet the judges:  

The 2012 On Your Way Judges, renowned professionals from prestigious colleges and conservatories, will give students valuable written feedback, insight, and advice. Click here to read more about our esteemed panel of judges.

Winners in each category: 

• Receive a cash scholarship minimum of $500 toward further training
• Have their work showcased on our website and in our communications
• Appear either in person or via video at our annual conference
• Meet (in person or virtually) with member college and conservatory representatives, who can help them decide on their choices for higher education.

So get on it!

Let your students know the application portal is open:

https://onyourwayasn.slideroom.com

Download a poster for display in your school.

Extra bonus...

On Your Way winners automatically bypass the preliminary round in the national YoungArts program and get access to YoungArts online portal for portfolio submission. 

Eligible winners from ASN's last On Your Way competition are on their way in this year's YoungArts program. Congratulations and good luck to Visual Arts winner, Marie Sommers from ChiArts and Leah Mattfield, winner in Musical Theatre from Interlochen. 

*YoungArts is the signature national program that identifies, recognizes and supports America's most talented young artists in the visual, literary, and performing arts. It is the sole pathway to the U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts awards. Applicants must be between the ages of 15-18 or in high school grades 10-12. For more information, visit, www.youngarts.org.