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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
English or visual art teachers (who intend to teach in 2011-12) are invited to apply for a 4-week summer 2011 fellowship at the Vermont Studio Center in the Learning in the Art and Culture Program. Download the information flyer Fellowship Information Vermont Art Center (12)
Selection Criteria:
• The applicant’s commitment to developing his or her own artistic or writing practice,
• The merit of the applicants work (JPEGs/slides for visual artists and writings samples for writers),
• The applicant’s interest in developing new creative curricula.
How to Apply:
• Step 1: Call VSC to discuss your interest in a residency! You can reach Grants Program Manager
Zelda Alpern at (802) 635-2727 x 218. Please call by September 28, 2010.
• Step 2: Those who receive approval from VSC to apply will be invited to submit applications that will
be reviewed by a panel of VSC’s distinguished visiting artists and writers. The application deadline is
October 1, 2010 (postmarked). The application fee for this award has been waived.
Governor Deval Patrick has signed an economic development bill that has made Massachusetts the first state to call for a creativity index aimed at rating public schools statewide based on their ability to teach, encourage and foster creativity in students. Earlier this summer Newsweek magazine has called the current state of schools a “creativity crisis”. Early reports suggest that the creativity index scores will libely be based on, but not limited to, the availability of arts education, debate clubs, science fairs, theatre performances, filmmaking and independent research. Read the whole story at http://www.gazettenet.com/2010/08/18/new-law-aims-measure-school-creativity
Alaska State Council on the Arts
Statewide Arts Education Grant Programs
Artists in Schools: (AIS) is the residency activity of the Arts in Education Program. K-12 students and teachers work with professional artists through a full-time residency in their school. Any school district or individual school in Alaska is eligible to apply. Further details & grant applications are available online at: eed.state.ak.us/aksca.
Deadlines for applications: March 1 and Nov 1.
The Artists in Schools Program is made possible through partnership between the Alaska State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional support from the Rasmuson Foundation.
Cultural Collaborations This program is created and funded by the Rasmuson Foundation and administered, under contract, by the Alaska State Council on the Arts.
Access Grants fund short-term arts/cultural activities for grades K-12 during the school day. Grant amounts up to $1,000. Deadlines for grant submission is Sept 1 & Feb 1 .
Project Grants fund arts/cultural activities held before or after the school day or during school vacations for periods longer than 2 weeks. Any nonprofit organiza-tion or schools is eligible to apply. All grants must provide a 1:1 match of up to $6,000. Deadline dates are: June 1 & Dec 1.
Arts Excursions fund transportation and admission costs for K-12 students to an arts or cultural event. Title I schools may apply for up to $1,000; Non-Title I may apply up to $600. One grant per school per school year. Deadlines: Sept 1, Dec 1, March 1
Information: Go to www.eed.state.ak.us/aksca under Arts Education for specific in-formation and guidelines for these grants. Download applications from the above website. Please read all guidelines carefully before applying as there are limitations per year for each grant.
Questions? Call (907) 269-6682, toll-free in Alaska at 1-888-278-7424, or email: ruth.glenn@alaska.gov.
 The Alaska Arts Education Consortium, in collaboration with the Lower Kuskokwim School District, Association of Alaska School Boards and UAS. hosted a two-week institute for 36 teachers from 13 AAEC school districts July 25 – August 6, 2010. The Teachers experienced daily lectures and demonstrations abaout brain theory and multiple intelligences rsearch along with skill sessions in Visual Arts, Movement, Music, and Native & Cultural Arts. The goal of the Institute is to increase capacity of K-12 teachers to provide high quality arts education, linked to improved literacy.
You are invited to come and witness one of Alaska’s best professional development activities (in its seventh year) August 5, 2010 from 5:30 – 8:00 p.m. in the Glacier View Room on the University of Alaska Southeast campus. This showcase event is designed to show the teachers in action through dramatic performance, song, dance, and a gallery of their visual artwork. The work is impressive and exemplifies what the teachers will take to their students and colleagues.
This Basic Arts Institute is funded in part by a U.S.Dept. of Education grant.
The 21st Century Skills Map for the Arts was released last week and demonstrates how the three Rs and four Cs (critical thinking and problem solving, communication, collaboration and creativity and innovation) can be fused within arts curriculum. The map provides educator-created examples of how art subjects (dance, music, theatre, and visual and media arts) can create engaging learning experiences that promote 21st century knowledge and skill acquisition. In addition to aligning teaching and learning to the demands of today’s world, the map cites specific student outcomes and provides project examples for grades four, eight and 12.
The 21st Century Skills Map for the Arts is the fifth in a series of core content maps designed for educators, administrators and policy-makers. All of the Partnership’s resources are freely available at www.P21.org.
The map was released at a Capitol Hill Briefing by representatives from P21, the American Alliance for Theatre & Education, the Educational Theatre Association, the National Art Education Association, MENC: The National Association for Music Education, the National Dance Association, and the National Dance Education Organization. http://www.menc.org/news/view/press-release-p21-and-arts-associations-release-21st-century-skills-map
Alaska Arts Education Association (AAEA) will hold their annual State Conference
“Art in Motion” Fall Conference October 1 – 3, 2010 in Anchorage at the UAA Arts Building
Keynote Speakers/Presenters: David Mollett, Painter, UAF Professor of Art, and Gina Holloman, Paper Clay Artist
 Information at their website: http://alaska-aaea.org/?page_id=5
Schedule of Events and Accommodations included in the Conference Preview article located on the Home page. Click on the above blue Conference Preview link for more information and the telephone number of the hotel: Marriott Suites at University Lake.
Wednesday: July 14, 2010:
Unfortunately, an insufficient number of participants signed up for this course, and we find it is necessary to cancel. Those who registered early are being directed to alternative courses and can sign up on Sunday evening at the UAF campus. (We apologize for the late announcement. We continued advertising and hoped that more participants would have registered as the course start date approached.)
AAEC will continue to design and offer arts education courses in venues around the state. If you have ideas for courses you are interested in, please contact us at ccrooks@gci.net.
Questions? Contact Barbara Short, barbshort@gmail.com OR Cristine Crooks, ccrooks@gci.net
Doris Duke Leaders in the Arts Fund
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation has approved a 2-year grant in the amount of $50,000 to the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation. The purpose of the Grant is to support the creation of the Doris Duke Leaders in the Arts Fund, which will subsidize the participation of leaders in the fields of dance, jazz, presenting and theatre in the James P. Shannon Leadership Institute.
For more information, or instructions on how to apply, please contact Paul Robinson at the James P. Shannon Leadership Institute atppr@wilder.org or 651-280-2491.
The Surdna Foundation is pleased to announce the 11th round of the Surdna Arts Teachers Fellowship Program, a national initiative to support the artistic revitalization of outstanding arts teachers. Eligibility guidelines now include arts teachers working in specialized public arts high schools AND arts-focused magnet and charter high schools*. Eligible teachers can apply for grants of up to $5,500 in support of artistic growth, with a complementary grant of $1,500 provided to each Fellow’s school for post-fellowship activities.
Surdna’s goal is to help arts teachers in public arts high schools increase their effectiveness as they guide and train young people for careers or advanced study in the visual, performing, and literary arts. The Foundation believes that if teachers can immerse themselves in their own creative work and interact with professional artist/colleagues, they will bring new ideas and practices into the classroom. Twenty awards of up to $5,500 each will be made.
Letters of Intent to Apply will be due by November 12, 2010. Complete program information is available at: www.surdna.org/artsteachersfellowship.
Online applications for 2011 will be available on the website after June 30, 2010. Interested applicants may also contact: Kimberly Bartosik, Program Director, at artsfellowship@surdna.org.
The Alaska State Council on the Arts (ASCA) recently completed the first year of the New Visions Grant Initiative. The initiative consists of ASCA providing three pilot school districts – Bering Strait School District, Copper River School Districtand Kodiak School District – $10,000 matching grants for a three year period to develop new models of arts integration and residency programs.
 The initiative focuses on professional development for staff, curriculum writing, leadership training and bringing Alaskan teaching artists to work with students. The New Visions Initiative responds to the results of On Thin Ice: Arts in Alaska’s Schools, a statewide comprehensive survey of arts education conducted through a collaboration of ASCA, the Alaska Arts Education Consortium and the Alaska School Administrators Association. In August 2009, after consulting with administrators from the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development, the three diverse Alaskan districts were targeted and approached to participate in the program. The Superintendents all agreed to participate and dedicate matching funds. Annie Calkins, a consultant working with the initiative, is in the process of evaluating its first year. Noteworthy developments include: all three districts exceeded the required financial match; new collaborations have formed to support professional development; the Bering Strait District is integrating the arts into its summer school curriculum and assessing its impact on attendance; Copper River is hosting its first Artist in School Residency and Kodiak is pioneering the use of video teleconferencing to teach music. For more information about the New Visions Initiative or the On Thin Ice: Arts in Alaska’s Schools report please contact ASCA Executive Director Charlotte Fox or ASCA Arts Education Consultant Annie Calkins.
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“The arts can help students become tenacious, team-oriented problem-solvers who are confident and able to think creatively. These qualities can be especially important in improving learning among students from economically disadvantaged circumstances."
- U.S. Secretary of Education Arnie Duncan
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