arts schools network 2013
arts schools network is the resource for arts schools leaders
issue 109  l  may 22 2014
Greetings Members and Friends,

Like you, I want to know things and people who know things. At last month's Arts Schools Network Board of Directors' strategic planning retreat, we generated two smart goals:
  1. Identify membership needs + provide resources to meet them.
  2. Be a valuable member of the arts learning ecosystem.  

Our members' top request of Arts Schools Network is for data about member schools. We plan to partner with a dynamic data collection firm, and will soon have a range of data, searchable by topic, level, region, etc., available to our members.  

 

We have some new information on our annual conference October 22-25 in Denver, CO. The conference will give us another opportunity to learn about arts career pathways from early childhood to work, and will also feature the most student exhibitions and performances in our 31-year history. We'll hear a jazz group from New Orleans Center for Creative Arts and an electronic-symphonic group from Idaho Arts Charter. We'll also showcase local schools, including Denver School of the Arts, Kunsmiller Academy, and Colorado Springs Conservatory. .

 

We have planned a 400-student fully staged performance of "Carmina Burana" conducted by Guest Conductor, Dr. Larry Livingston, Director of Orchestras, University of Southern California, with students from Denver School of the Arts, Duke Ellington School of the Arts, and Orange County School of the Arts.

 

In addition to our arts school leader professional development strands, we are developing a strand for students, which will include a mini college fair and sessions on finding the right school, refining portfolios/auditions for admissions, securing financial aid, and more.

We look forward to our conference in the fall, but now we celebrate this season! These are the days of endings and beginnings, graduations and acceptances, our ever-widening circles of knowledge, activities, and growth. Thank you for being a part of our world.  

 

Sincerely,  

Kristy Callaway 

Executive Director

 

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Have you renewed your ASN membership yet? If you renew by May 31, you'll be entered in our lottery, and could be one of several schools to win one free conference registration, a value of $588! We already have four winners...the next one could be you! 

asn spotlights
member spotlight on 
 
rutgers mason gross school of the arts, new brunswick, nj
dean, george b. stauffer

Mason Gross School of the Arts is a community of artists who study, teach, create, and perform together.

Our mission is to nurture creative talent and to instill the insights and skills needed by future generations of arts professionals, enabling them to contribute to the creative and scholarly activity so essential to the vitality of our culture and our society.

In addition to its professional arts training programs, Mason Gross offers the greater Rutgers community an opportunity to integrate the creative arts into its social and intellectual life to both embrace the practice of creative expression and to expose our community to the immeasurable richness of the human experience.

Learn more.

new member spotlight on

east los angeles performing arts academy
at esteban e. torres high school, ca
principal, carolyn mcknight
 
Our first Graduating Class of 2012 was extraordinary because many of the students helped create the school.  They served on the school site council, which hired many of the teachers and our principal. ELAPAA is also extremely proud of graduating over 90% of the senior class. With close to 30% of our seniors being accepted into a Cal state or UC university.

ELAPAA has been fortunate to have partnered with L.A. Opera in bringing opera to the East Side, and giving our students the opportunity to perform in an opera.

The Academy Award-nominated producer (A Better LIfe) and Director of the film Twilight, held a viewing of the film A Better Life and a symposium for our students.

The Huntington Library and Gardens have partnered with ELAPAA, allowing ELAPAA to perform Shakespeare at its facility, and has graciously granted free access to our students and families.

congratulations to asn member school presidential scholars!

Gabriela Campo, Theater - Spoken & Musical
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, CA

Joseph Ewatuya, Voice - Jazz
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing & Visual Arts, Dallas, TX

Paloma Izquierdo, Visual Arts
Design & Architecture Senior High School, Miami, FL

Reagan Lukefahr, Theater - Spoken
University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston Salem, NC

Isabella Pezzulo, Visual Arts
Alexander W Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach, FL

Michael Stromile, Dance - Modern
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing & Visual Arts, Dallas, TX

The National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts) congratulates the 50th class of U.S. Presidential Scholars, announced today by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. The 20 Scholars in the Arts, all 2014 YoungArts Winners, were nominated to The White House Commission on Presidential Scholars by YoungArts, and selected based on academic, civic and artistic achievement. The award, presented on behalf of the President of the United States, is the highest honor that can be bestowed upon an artistically talented graduating high school senior. Each year, up to 141 high school seniors are recognized as U.S. Presidential Scholars for their accomplishments.

"The National YoungArts Foundation is proud to honor and celebrate the 2014 U.S. Presidential Scholars and the 50th Anniversary of this remarkable program," said Paul T. Lehr, President & CEO of the National YoungArts Foundation. "YoungArts has a long and rich history with this high honor, and our role as the sole nominating organization for the art awards is a cherished responsibility."

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said, "The extraordinary young men and women being honored for the 50th anniversary of the Presidential Scholars have excelled in their educational, artistic and civic pursuits. They show all of us that when students challenge themselves and commit themselves to excellence, the results can be astounding. These scholars will help move our country forward and will have a lasting impact on their families, communities, and on our society. They represent the potential of all young citizens to lift up America."

southern states arts education research findings
regionally relevant data about access and quality in arts education research findings released   

South Arts has released the results of multi-year research investigating arts education in the South. The reports, Arts Education in the South Phase I: Public School Data and Principals' Perspectives and Arts Education in the South Phase II: Profiles of Quality, look at access to and quality of arts education in K-12 public schools in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee through a set of quantitative and qualitative research.

The reports were commissioned by South Arts with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and nine participating state arts agencies. The first phase of the research was compiled with data collected from 4,400 principals (29.3% of those in the region). The second phase of the research includes nine case studies of model programs conducted by the Southeast Center for Education in the Arts at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

Learn more.
 
special thanks to our renewing members!
   
Our membership drive for July 2014-June 2015 is in progress.

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A.W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts l Abbotsford School of Integrated Arts l AHB Community School l Alabama School of  Fine Arts l Alphonsus Academy & Center for the Arts l Anne Arundel Co. Public Schools l Argosy University/Sarasota l Arts and Academics.com l Arts Education Partnership
l Arts in Basic Curriculum Project l ArtsBridge, LLC  l ASIA North Poplar Elementary l Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design l Baltimore School for the Arts l Barbara Ingram School of the Arts l Better Learning Through Neuroscience l Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts l Boston Arts Academy l Cab Calloway School of the Arts l CalArts l California College of the Arts l Carol School l Catherine Thompson, ASN Past President l Chattanooga High School Center for Creative Arts l ChiArts - Chicago High School for the Arts l Chicago Academy for the Arts l Cho Benn Holback + Associates l Colorado Springs Conservatory l Columbia College Chicago l Cornish College of the Arts l Council of Arts Accrediting Associations l CREC Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts l Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences l Denver School of the Arts l Douglas Anderson School of the Arts l Duke Ellington School of the Arts l Durham School of the Arts l East LA Performing Arts Magnet l Educational Theatre Association l Edwin S. Richards Elementary School l EOBOE Curriculum Dept l Fillmore Arts Center l Fine Arts Center l Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts l Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy l Green Bay Area Public School District l Harlem School of the Arts l Harrison School for the Arts l Houston High School for the Performing and Visual Arts l Howard Middle School l Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts l Idaho Arts Charter School l Idyllwild Arts Academy & Summer Program l Inspire School of Arts & Sciences l Interlochen Arts Academy l Jayne Ellicott, Charleston County l Juilliard School l Kalamazoo RESA Education for the Arts l Kunsmiller Creative Arts Academy l Las Vegas Academy of the Arts l Long Island High School for the Arts l Los Angeles County High School for the Arts l Lusher Charter School K-12 l Magnet Schools of America l Mary Palmer & Associates, LLC, Consultants in Education and the Arts l Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University l McCallum Fine Arts Academy l McLaughlin Middle School l Memphis College of Art l Menlo School l Miami Arts Charter School l Miami-Dade County Public Schools l National Art Education Association l National Coalition for Core Arts Standards l New Mexico School for the Arts l New World School of the Arts l New York University, Tisch School of the Arts l NOCCA l North East School of the Arts l North Fort Myers Academy for the Arts l Oakland School for the Arts l Orange County School of the Arts l Osceola District Schools l Otis College of Art and Design l Oxbow School l Parsons The New School For Design l Perry Mansfield Performing Arts School & Camp l Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12 l Power APAC l Ram�n C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts
l Recording, Radio and Film Connection (RRF) l Riverside Unified School District l RJ Kinsella Magnet School of Performing Arts l Rotella Interdistrict Magnet School l Royal Conservatoire of Scotland l San Francisco Art Institute l Santa Fe University of Art and Design l Savannah Arts Academy l School District of Palm Beach County l School of the Art Institute of Chicago l School of the Arts, College of Charleston l Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences l Sidley Austin, LLP l Singapore School of the Arts l South Orange County School of the Arts Foundation l Strategic National Arts Alumni Project l Swarthmore College l Toledo School for the Arts l Tom Sherry, Architect, AIA, LEED, AP l UNC School of Arts l University of Toronto, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education l VSA and Accessibility Office, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts l Walnut Hill School of the Arts l Waterbury Arts Magnet School l Webster University l Wenger Corporation l Westminster College of the Arts-Rider University l William Paterson University l YoungArts- National YoungArts Foundation l Youth Performing Arts School

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Social Media 101:
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Friday, June 27

1:30pm EST | 12:30pm CST | 11:30am CMT | 10:30am PST

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Description:

For Arts Educators, Teaching Artists & Administrators with Jessica Wilt, founder of ArtsEdTechNYC

Twitter can be an engaging teaching tool inside and outside of the classroom with your students, and a strategy for program promotion and community engagement. This webinar is for those new to Twitter.
 
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Jessica Wilt is founder of ArtsEdTechNYC, a platform for artists, educators, techies and entrepreneurs.

A professional tap dancer by trade, Jessica also is a passionate arts educator, advocate, writer, and communications consultant living and working in NYC.

She enjoys contributing stories for the Huffington Post and the Clyde Fitch Report.  

Jessica is a VOICE Charter School Board Trustee and acting Chair of the Arts Education Council with Americans for the Arts where she is a guest ARTSblog contributor.

You can follow her on Twitter @JessicaLWilt and @ArtsEdTechNYC.

annual conference registration now open october 22-25

Think that Colorado is all about mountains? Think again.

Colorado's 5th leading industry is Creative Arts!

Come learn about the state's support of arts-focused business and its influence on arts education.

Join us as we explore career pathways in the arts and other vital topics:


Common Core Standards, Assessments, Teacher Evaluations

Creative Careers and Technical Education in the Arts

Working with Students with Disabilities in the Arts



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