arts schools network arts technology conference in seattle wa 2015
issue 116   l   january 21 2015 enews

Happy New Year!  

The fresh start of a new year brings a feeling of excitement, new possibilities, inspired creativity, and the hope of greater fulfillment in all that we endeavor to accomplish.

2015 - a year of celebrations, collaborations, and conventions will bring all of that and more to the Arts Schools Network. We have just finished one of our most successful years, and this new year, with your continued support and participation, will be even more amazing, beneficial, and inspiring!

ASN's Board of Directors has created a unique network that will feed your artistic growth. Our Membership Services and Resources include data analysis for school leaders, as well as guides to evaluate your school. We will continue to nourish your artistic yearnings through our diverse Programs that feature awards and recognition, exemplary schools, On Your Way, and Know More webinars.  We are expanding to provide Thought Leadership to engage our leaders on a national platform. 

And this is just the beginning!  You'll want your year to culminate with ASN's Annual Conference, "Technology in the Arts" in Seattle, WA on October 21-23; it will be hosted by Cornish College of the Arts.

Yes, 2015 - a year of celebrations, collaborations, and conventions!  A year for you and your arts team to be a part of something special; a year to network with the most creative and engaging arts personalities to ever assemble!

As President of ASN, I thank you in advance for making 2015 the best year ever!


Sincerely,
Rory Pullens
President, Arts Schools Network
Executive Director of Arts Education
Los Angeles Unified School District


asn spotlights

new school district member spotlight

Winton Woods City Schools, Cincinnati, OH
Dr. Terri Lynn Holden
Executive Director of Teaching & Learning

Located 15 miles north of metropolitan Cincinnati, the Winton Woods City School District serves approximately 3,500 students from the neighboring communities of Greenhills Forest Park and northern Springfield Township.

The Winton Woods City Schools Performing Arts Department serves approximately 1,000 students in grades 4-12. Each year students have the numerous opportunity to play in ensembles and groups that perform in concerts throughout the school year.


school member new facilities spotlight

hspva Houston ISD breaks ground on new campus for arts high school!

Construction has begun on a new five-story, 168,000-square-foot building for the Houston ISD's High School for Performing and Visual Arts.

The sleek, $80-million project will include a 200-seat mini-theater, 200-seat black box theater, 150-seat recital hall, rooftop garden, and outdoor art studio. The centerpiece will be an 800-seat main theater, complete with a balcony, that will accommodate the prestigious magnet school's entire faculty and student body with room to spare.

"We're downtown and so close to the arts district, you can just feel the energy down here. It's going to be amazing to have the kids down here," said HSPVA principal R. Scott Allen, who was among the dignitaries to help break ground Sunday at a celebration that included student and alumni performances. "We already have great partnerships with the [local] arts organizations, but being so much closer now makes it easier to make those [partnerships] even stronger. ... To be able to even connect with businesses that don't have an arts focus would give some kids some opportunities. That's a dream of mine."

The new space, approved by voters in a 2012 bond, will allow the school to move from its current Montrose campus. It will also provide room for the new creative writing program's students, who currently take classes in the library and portable trailers.

After the project was announced, designers and HISD officials took field trips to arts high schools and universities around the country for inspiration, including the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts and the Juilliard School in New York City, Booker T. Washington High School in Dallas, and the Baltimore School for the Arts, among others. The Frank Sinatra school had particular influence because, like HSPVA, it is a five-story school in a prime downtown location.

The school is designed by Gensler, a San Francisco-based architecture firm that also designed the Houston Ballet Center for Dance in Houston.

"It was not about making a grand space, it was more about making a space where students and faculty could run into each other and practice and learn and do projects," said Gensler designer Lester Yuen.

Brooke Wyatt, 14, a freshman studying jazz piano at HSPVA, will be in the first class in the new building when it opens fall 2017. She said she can't wait for the new school with this new practice space. "I'm going to look around and see everything. I love seeing new things, so seeing the new theater will be brilliant," Wyatt said. "With how big [the school is] going to be, [it will be] breathtaking." 





board member spotlight

Edward C. (Ted) Farraday, Vice President, Education Programs, Interlochen Center for the Arts, joined Interlochen in June 2008 and is responsible for oversight and leadership of the school's artistic and academic programs. He ensures that Interlochen is at the forefront of arts education nationally and internationally. He supervises nearly100 faculty and education staff during the Academy year, and nearly 350 during the summer Arts Camp. He also works closely with the student affairs office to integrate residence life, health, counseling, and parent services into the artistic and academic program.

Prior to coming to Interlochen,Ted spent ten years as director of the Upper School at Miami Country Day School. Previously, he served as the academic dean at the Walnut Hill School in Massachusetts and as the director of academic affairs at Isidore Newman School in New Orleans. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Princeton University with degrees in romance languages, and earned a master's degree in French from New York University.

Ted has traveled extensively and has a strong interest in international education. He received an NEH grant and French government grant for language study in France and Guadaloupe. He also studied in Spain and Ecuador and did additional graduate study at the Sorbonne in Paris. He has been a leader in the National Association of Independent School's People of Color initiative, and a champion of diversity issues in all of his positions.

Ted is a lover of all the arts and has a strong background in music with a huge passion for opera, and a particular interest in nineteenth century piano concerti.

call for proposals seattle 2015 conference:
technology and the arts

 

ASN requests proposals for performances and presentations at ASN's Annual Conference in Seattle, WA, October 21-23, 2015.

 

This 2015 conference theme, "Technology and the Arts", will combine Seattle's focus on the arts and innovative technical environment with compelling arts education topics, including curriculum, core standards, and new careers in the arts related to technical fields.

 

Members in good standing are invited to submit proposals for:

 

Student performances. These include short performances or participation in a collaborative project with other schools. Ideas include theater, visual, digital, dance, vocal, and other forms that will showcase your students and school. Please note: each school will be responsible for their students, financially and otherwise. (For more information on ASN's student talent recognition program, visit http://www.artsschoolsnetwork.org/student-talent-program.html.)

 

Sessions and workshops. Please submit your ideas and indicate your willingness to present or lead sessions or workshops. Teachers are highly encouraged to apply. Pre-conference workshops and school tours will take place on Wednesday, October 21.  Concurrent 60-minute conference sessions are scheduled for Thursday and Friday, October 22 and 23. Proposals also may be made for 120-minute sessions, which will be broken into Parts 1 and 2 of 60 minutes each. 

 

Technology. Please submit proposals for presentations, topics, or materials that enhance the conference theme of "Technology and the Arts," including film, animation, special effects, digital media, new equipment, and music technology.

    

The deadline for proposals is January 31, 2015. Click this link and complete the survey to submit your student performance and/or session presentation proposals:  
 http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07ea4dkxlsi2f07tf9/_tmp/questions

 

ASN is unable to compensate or pay expenses or registration fees for presenters or others whose proposals are accepted.

 

thank you, sponsors!
Denver School of the Arts, CO
Booker T Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Dallas TXDouglas Anderson School of the Arts, Jacksonville, FL Chosen columbia college chicago
Webster University, St. Louis, MO Semple Brown Design, Denver, CO University of Colorado Denver College of Arts & Media Denver, CO
Idaho Arts Charter School, Nampa, ID Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Washington, D.C. New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, LA
CalArts, Valencia, CA Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA
Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD) School of the Arts, College of Charleston, SC High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Houston, TX

patrons 
Acceptd Inc. 
Denver Center for the Performing Arts 
Dr. Denise Davis-Cotton 

Cleo Parker Robinson Dance 
Idyllwild Arts Academy 
Interlochen Center for the Arts 
Oakland School for the Arts 
Sidley Austin LLP 
The Office of VSA and Accessibility, a Jean Kennedy Smith Arts and Disability �Program, Education Division, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts


arts research
Every Child, Every School: The Politics and Policy of Expanding Arts Education in Urban School Districts

Tune in Wednesday, January 21 at 3:00 pm EST for an informative webinar. We'll look at the burgeoning arts education initiatives in the cities of Chicago and New York, and examine the political and policy conditions that catalyzed two big city mayors to make significant investments in expanding arts education opportunities. Amy Sue Mertens (Ingenuity, Inc.) and Doug Israel (The Center for Arts Education) will discuss key factors that propelled the initiatives forward. AEP Director Sandra Ruppert will moderate. 

VSA Webinar -  Tools and Techniques for Artists with and without Disabilities: How to Handle the Resistance in the Creative Process
VSA Webinar on 1/27 -  Tools and Techniques for Artists with and without Disabilities: How to Handle the Resistance in the Creative Process

Tue, Jan 27, 2015 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST

Register for this FREE Webinar.

** If you are unable to attend the live Webinar, by registering you will automatically receive a link to a recording following its completion. **

Content: Many creatives experience creative blocks due to the resistance that is part of the creative process. Too often, resistance stops the artist from making movement in their art work or out in their careers. This includes artists with disabilities and without disabilities - no artist is immune to this challenge. However, resistance can be a conduit for change when the artist uses techniques and strategies alongside their art making process. When someone attains a disability or goes through some changes in their lives or artistically this resistance can be stronger than normal. This is where developing a toolbox to handle the many changes that effects one's creativity becomes highly valuable to the artist. This presentation addresses the many ways in which to redirect one's creativity.

Takeaways:
* Resistance is a natural part of the creative process
* Basic understanding of creative blocks
* Employ techniques and tools to stay productive

Intended Audience: Artists, those that support artists, and also those interested in creativity and resistance

Level: Beginner

Presenter: Shaqe Kalaj, certified creativity coach and consultant, visual artist, educator

Real-time captioning will be available at http://www.streamtext.net/player?event=JFKCENTER during the Webinar presentation. To request an accommodation or receive these materials in an alternate format, contact: Lisa Damico at [email protected] by January 21, 2015.
student opportunities

  LYNX National Arts & Media Camp  June 14-26 2015
 
LYNX National Arts & Media Camp  
June 14-26 2015  

Creating Life Changing Experiences for High School Students
 

Presented By CU Denver College of Arts & Media
 
 

Virtual Course Begins February 9 

The Logan Arts Leadership Institute at Interlochen Center for the Arts helps high school students understand the kinds of experiences and study required for new leaders in the arts.

online portfolios


STUDENTS  

Access hundreds of universities, festivals, and scholarships in the performing and visual arts.

Showcase your talent and be recruited by hundreds of arts programs around the world.
 

TEACHERS

What do colleges want to see in your students?

Help your students get accepted this year with The Acceptd Guide to Digital Auditions.
 
arts school guide


A Guide to Assessing Your Arts School to help arts schools assess their mission, operations, and programs and serve as an introduction to the accreditation process. We hope that working through the Guide with your staff, faculty, and trustees will be an inspirational experience and will lead to a healthy future for your school.

strategic national arts alumni project (snaap)

snaap
The Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP), an online survey, data management, and institutional improvement system designed to enhance the impact of arts-school education. SNAAP partners with degree-granting institutions to administer the survey to their arts graduates View our interactive SnaapShot of findings from over 92,000 arts alumni in America

SNAAP is based at the Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research. Without the support of its original funders, led by Surdna Foundation, SNAAP would not exist. Revenue from participating schools provides core support, supplemented by public and private grants for specific research initiatives.

arts standards
nccas
CREATING
Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.
Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
Refine and complete artistic work.

PERFORMING, PRESENTING, PRODUCING
Analyze, interpret, and select artistic work for presentation.
Develop and refine artistic work for presentation.
Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

RESPONDING
Perceive and analyze artistic work.
Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.
Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

CONNECTING
Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.
Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.
asn calendar of events


december 2014
OPEN call for proposals to present session and/or bring a student performance national conference
october 21-24 2015
theme arts + technology
host, cornish college of the arts
seattle, washington


january 15 - 16 2015
board of directors' meeting 
douglas anderson school of the arts
jacksonville, florida

january 2015
 
OPEN awards nominations  
OPEN exemplary schools applications and renewals

january 31 2015  
DEADLINE proposals for sessions and/or student performances 

february 2015 
membership renewal campaign begins 
ADJUDICATION of student performances for national conference using getacceptd 
NOTIFICATION of national conference session and/or student performance acceptance

march 15 2015 
DEADLINE awards nominations
DEADLINE exemplary schools applications and renewals     

april 2015
NOTIFICATION awards nominations
NOTIFICATION exemplary schools applications and renewals

april 30 - may 1 2015
board of directors' board meeting
cornish college of the arts
seattle, washington


october 21 - 23 2015
annual conference
theme arts + technology
cornish college of the arts
seattle, washington

october 24 - 28 2016
annual conference
booker t. washington school of the performing and visual arts
dallas, texas

Learn more.


arts advocacy


Encourage Creativity

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

3:00pm to 4:00pm 

Advocating for arts education can be a challenge because of the complex nature of education reform within states or communities. Learn about our new toolkit, which arms advocates with videos and strategies for delivering an impactful message to decision makers. Learn how to use this toolkit and organize others in your community to do the same!


 

The Art of Storytelling: Crafting a Narrative To Support Your Brand

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

3:00pm to 4:00pm

As arts marketers, we are always searching for compelling ways to invite people to experience our products. While branding is how we shape others' ideas about our organizations or work, creating a compelling story and voice is one of the most powerful ways to instill authenticity in that image-crafting. 


 

This webinar will cover:

the importance of storytelling;

understanding your brand's unique and compelling qualities; developing a brand voice; crafting a narrative; and integrating social media.


 

You will learn step-by-step how to identify your organization's voice and values to help craft a story that will be consistent across all channels and marketing platforms. learn more


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