Deadline Extension for the
National Cherry Blossom Festival
The Deadline has been extended to Friday, March 1st!
Please drop off the artwork at one of the following locations:
Amanda Rogers Jefferson Middle School
801 7th Street SW
Washington, DC 20024
Kristen Hayes
Savoy Elementary School 2400 Shannon Place SE Washington, DC 20020
Karen Daniels Fillmore Arts Center (East)
915 Spring Road, NW (3rd Floor)
Washington, DC 20010
Cheryl Jones
EW Stokes PCS 3700 Oakview Terrace, NE Washington, DC 20017
Tracey Alperstein DC Arts & Humanities Education Collaborative 1001 G Street, NW, Suite 1000W (10th floor) Washington, DC 20001
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Arts Education featured in the
Washington Post Magazine on Friday
Savoy Elementary School Featured
Congratulations to Savoy Elementary School, Principal Patrick Pope, and some of our Members for being featured in the Washington Post Magazine for enriching the lives of students and providing access to high-quality cultural programs!
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UMD NEW Study Abroad Opportunity:
International Approaches to Drama in Education
(July 15 -July 30)
This exciting two week trip to Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland will provide daily hands-on workshops for educators/facilitators interested in broadening their knowledge of how to use drama in education strategies and conventions to maximize their work with participants in diverse learning environments. The international focus of this course includes multiple opportunities for cultural exchanges, theatre outings, and dialogue around transnational priorities in arts education. This graduate course (4 credits) sponsored by the University of Maryland will be delivered in hybrid form as a combination of on-line modules and meetings, as well as intensive classroom instruction led by prominent international figures in the field.
For more information please contact:
Linda Krakaur- [email protected]
Application deadline- March 1 at http://ter.ps/suirdramaedu
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Conversations in Jazz with
DC's Own Bassist Ben Williams
Master Class
Co-presented by the DC Jazz Festival and THEARC
Location: THEARC
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Duration: 60 minutes
Grades: 4-12
Students learn about jazz through the music and storytelling about life as a jazz musician. This one-hour, interactive session will focus on rhythmic, melody, harmony, jazz history and improvisation. Q and A session will follow. Teachers that wish for their students to play should contact: Anu Thapa [email protected]
Tickets are FREE but transportation is not provided.
Click HERE to register. Please register by March 11th.
Jazz Meets Hip Hop
Concert/ Workshop
Presented by the DC Jazz Festival
This interactive concert/workshop demonstrates the musical and historical connections between jazz and hip hop music and gives students and teachers an understanding of the unifying American musical forms. Q and A session will follow.
Location: THEARC
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Duration: 75 minutes
Grades: 4-12
Tickets are FREE but transportation is not provided.
Email Anu Thapa, [email protected] to register!
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