Alaska Arts Education Consortium

Lasting Impact II

Cristine — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:22:23 +0000

Lasting Impact 2nd Edition, just released, details the sustainable transformational impact on teaching and learning, curriculum and professional development for 65 teachers, four years after their participation in the Juneau Basic Arts Institute. They now teach and integrate the arts on a daily basis noticeably more than they did before the Institute. Teachers perceive increases in student motivation and interest in schooling, improvements in behavior, growth in knowledge, skills and perception of the arts and transfer of positive attitude and knowledge to other subject areas. The performing arts (drama, movement, music) component of the Institute made the biggest impact on instruction.

Background: In 2003 the Lower Kuskokwim School District, in partnership with the Alaska Arts Education Consortium, was awarded a federal grant that changed the face of arts education in Alaska. Since that time 282 teachers from 24 districts have participated in intensive two-week Basic Arts Institutes in Juneau, Anchorage or Fairbanks. Subsequent annual evaluations from participating teachers report that at least 11,800 Alaskan students are now receiving more arts education, integrated routinely into their school experiences, as a result of their participation in Basic Institutes. Educators have presented formal workshops, credit courses and in-services, and informally modeled arts strategies to hundreds of teaching team members and colleagues across Alaska. As teachers gain confidence and skills and begin integrating the arts on a regular basis student performance is affected.

You can download and read the complete report, Lasting Impact II (5) or contact Cristine Crooks, ccrooks@gci.net for a copy.

High School Students invited to POETRY OUT LOUD!

Cristine — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:00:57 +0000

The National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation present Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest, in partnership with the Alaska State Council on the Arts and Juneau Arts & Humanities Council. Poetry Out Loud encourages high school students to learn great poetry through memorization, performance, and competition. Starting in December schools and students participate in classroom, school, and regional contests. Finalists advance to a state competition in Juneau on Tuesday, February 22, 2011. The state champion will then travel to the Poetry Out Loud National Finals in Washington on April 27-29, 2010. The National winner receives a $20,000college scholarship.

General information on Poetry Out Loud is available from Poetry Out Loud at www.poetryoutloud.org, or call JAHC at 586-ARTS (2787) for more information about the Alaska program.

The deadline for schools to register their students for this opportunity is November 12,2010. Regional Finalists will be selected no later than February 10, 2011. Statewide final will be February 22, 2011.

English or Visual Art Teacher Fellowships

Cristine — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:58:20 +0000

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 (17)

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.

Measuring Creativity

Cristine — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:24:03 +0000

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

Art Grants Available

Cristine — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 03:36:55 +0000

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.

7th Juneau Basic Institute Gallery Walk Aug 5

Cristine — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:27:48 +0000

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.

21st Century Skills Map for the Arts

Cristine — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:37:28 +0000

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

Arts in Motion Conference Oct 1-3, Anchorage

Cristine — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:58:24 +0000

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.

Developing Minds Course Cancelled

Cristine — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 01:21:38 +0000

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

Art Leaders sought

Cristine — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:51:30 +0000

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.