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CAC Update - November 17,
2005
Table of Contents:
1. From the Director's Desk
2. Marilyn Nielsen Joins the CAC as Deputy Director
3. National Poetry Program Available for Sacramento-Area High Schools
4. Californian Awarded National Medal of the Arts
5. Opportunities
6. Artist Calls Page on CAC Website Now Automated
7. California Arts Council to Meet in Sacramento November 29
8. Santa Cruz Voters Support Arts and Music Programs in Schools
9. Sacramento and San Diego Top List of Growing Creative Cities
10. Arts and Education Info
11. Casino-Style Fundraising Events Illegal in California
12. Reports and Surveys
13. Bits and
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From the Director's Desk
This has been the most beautiful fall season I can remember in
Sacramento. Even the red and yellow leaves are mostly still on the
trees.
Update on the Strategic Planning Process
The Council Members and staff are mid-strategic plan and will bring the ideas they have been working on to the next CAC meeting in Sacramento on November 29th for discussion.
Following a vigorous two-day strategic planning session in September in Los Angeles, planned and directed by Cecilia Lynch of Focused Momentum, the Council Members determined there were three main topics to be studied: Marketing, Advocacy and Programs (currently Arts in Education is the focus). Team leaders are Melissa Feruzzi Shriver, Marketing; Eunice David, Advocacy; and Michael Rubel, Programs. Chair Marcy Friedman challenged the Council to find new ways to be relevant under current budget constraints in California and to create new ways to fulfill our mission.
California Arts Council Mission: To advance California through the arts and creativity.
The staff is planning the CAC's outreach to communities all over California regarding the Strategic Plan sometime after the November meeting. The Update will bring the specific outreach information to you, and it will also be on our website at http://www.cac.ca.gov .
There is still much work to be done as well as absorption of public input. Nevertheless, we are hoping to have a good draft put together by our meeting in late January or February. This is a dynamic process; it's exciting to see new ideas come into play, but in depth planning takes concentration, time and patience. We'll keep you posted.
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Other staff members will be writing articles about CAC projects on a monthly basis. For now, do have a Happy Thanksgiving and a Happy Holiday season.
-- Muriel
Update on the Strategic Planning Process
The Council Members and staff are mid-strategic plan and will bring the ideas they have been working on to the next CAC meeting in Sacramento on November 29th for discussion.
Following a vigorous two-day strategic planning session in September in Los Angeles, planned and directed by Cecilia Lynch of Focused Momentum, the Council Members determined there were three main topics to be studied: Marketing, Advocacy and Programs (currently Arts in Education is the focus). Team leaders are Melissa Feruzzi Shriver, Marketing; Eunice David, Advocacy; and Michael Rubel, Programs. Chair Marcy Friedman challenged the Council to find new ways to be relevant under current budget constraints in California and to create new ways to fulfill our mission.
California Arts Council Mission: To advance California through the arts and creativity.
The staff is planning the CAC's outreach to communities all over California regarding the Strategic Plan sometime after the November meeting. The Update will bring the specific outreach information to you, and it will also be on our website at http://www.cac.ca.gov .
There is still much work to be done as well as absorption of public input. Nevertheless, we are hoping to have a good draft put together by our meeting in late January or February. This is a dynamic process; it's exciting to see new ideas come into play, but in depth planning takes concentration, time and patience. We'll keep you posted.
* * * * *
Other staff members will be writing articles about CAC projects on a monthly basis. For now, do have a Happy Thanksgiving and a Happy Holiday season.
-- Muriel
Marilyn Nielsen Joins the CAC as Deputy
Director
Marilyn Nielsen, a government executive with over 30 years
experience in governmental relations and business management, recently
joined the California Arts Council as Deputy Director. Governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger announced her appointment on September 15, 2005, and
she joined the California Arts Council in early November, 2005.
Marilyn came to the CAC after ten years as the Executive Officer of the California Acupuncture Board and Oriental Medicine Regulatory Agencies. Prior to her position with the Acupuncture Board, she served as the Assistant Deputy Director of Board Relations for the Department of Consumer Affairs. She held a variety of accounting and business positions, including running her own small business for five years, before her service to the state.
"I believe that my experience in budgets, legislation, regulation, enforcement, and overall administration and government can be a serious asset to the California Arts Council," she said.
Marilyn said her main objective as Deputy Director is to be a good compliment to Director Muriel Johnson. She believes her extensive experience in government and management will benefit the Council and help take it to the next step: making arts programs available to children and communities of California.
Marilyn says she is a quiet supporter of the arts, one of the millions of Californians who appreciates creativity and culture in their daily lives as an appreciator rather than an arts administrator or artist. Her husband graduated from college with minor in visual arts and they own an extensive collection. She helped ensure her children receive a broad exposure to the arts through family outings and her assistance with school field trips to local arts venues. Antiques, literature, and live theater are three of her favorite artistic genres, and she was a promoter of cultural events and exhibits when she was on the Yolo County Fair Board.
Marilyn came to the CAC after ten years as the Executive Officer of the California Acupuncture Board and Oriental Medicine Regulatory Agencies. Prior to her position with the Acupuncture Board, she served as the Assistant Deputy Director of Board Relations for the Department of Consumer Affairs. She held a variety of accounting and business positions, including running her own small business for five years, before her service to the state.
"I believe that my experience in budgets, legislation, regulation, enforcement, and overall administration and government can be a serious asset to the California Arts Council," she said.
Marilyn said her main objective as Deputy Director is to be a good compliment to Director Muriel Johnson. She believes her extensive experience in government and management will benefit the Council and help take it to the next step: making arts programs available to children and communities of California.
Marilyn says she is a quiet supporter of the arts, one of the millions of Californians who appreciates creativity and culture in their daily lives as an appreciator rather than an arts administrator or artist. Her husband graduated from college with minor in visual arts and they own an extensive collection. She helped ensure her children receive a broad exposure to the arts through family outings and her assistance with school field trips to local arts venues. Antiques, literature, and live theater are three of her favorite artistic genres, and she was a promoter of cultural events and exhibits when she was on the Yolo County Fair Board.
One of Marilyn's contributions to the arts was in her own community of Woodland, a small semi-rural community outside Sacramento. The community came close to losing an artistic and historic gem: the Woodland Opera House, a facility that was originally built in 1885 (rebuilt in 1892 after a city-wide fire) and host to hundreds of theater companies in the early 1900s. The facility was boarded up for over half a century--from 1913 to 1971--when the Yolo County Historical Society purchased the building, and then turned it over to the State of California ten years later. The facility went through a $2-million restoration, and Marilyn contributed to the fundraising efforts for the building during the decade-long restoration.
"It was important to me as a member of the community," said Marilyn of the Woodland Opera House. "It was part of restoring the integrity and history of the community." (More information on the Woodland Opera House can be found at http://www.wohtheatre.org/tours.htm .)
While arts administration is new to Marilyn, she emphasized that she's always had a strong appreciation and recognition of the importance of the arts and creativity in daily life. Coming to the California Arts Council brought the underlying ideals to the forefront. "I believe that the arts keep us civilized," she said. "It brings cultures together, brings civility to us, and to me that's really important."
Marilyn has a Bachelor of Technology degree in Business Administration from the Oregon Institute of Technology. She resides in Woodland with her husband, former State Senator (1978-1990) and Minority Leader (1983-1987) James W. Nielsen and their three sons: Jim, Adam and Bryan.
National Poetry Program Available for
Sacramento-Area High Schools
Students from Sacramento-area high schools will have a different
kind of competition to participate in the winter in 2006: poetry
recitation contests. The California Arts Council has joined the
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the Poetry Foundation to
promote a national program entitled Poetry Out Loud: National
Recitation Contest, the expansion phase of a pilot program that
encourages high school students to learn about poetry through
memorization, performance, and competition.
Starting in early 2006, schools in each of the states' capital regions are invited to participate in classroom and school-wide contests and advance to state competitions in April. Winners from each state will then move to the national finals, hosted by the NEA on May 16, 2006, in Washington, DC. Financial backing for the program is available to participating high schools.
Poetry Out Loud is an expansion of the NEA/Poetry Foundation pilot phase launched in 2004 in Washington, DC and Chicago, IL. The 2006 program includes the capital regions of all states with an eye towards potential growth of the program in the future. More information can be found at http://www.poetryoutloud.org/ .
The national initiative is part of an attempt to bring literary arts to students--a critical need in U.S. schools, according to a 2004 NEA report Reading at Risk that found a dramatic decline in literary reading, especially among younger readers. The Poetry Out Loud program seeks to foster the next generation of literary readers by capitalizing on the latest trends in poetry-recitation and performance. A summary of the NEA Reading at Risk report can be found at http://www.nea.gov/news/news04/ReadingAtRisk.html .
A press release announcing the Sacramento program can be found on the CAC website at http://www.cac.ca.gov/?id=155&press=121 . Interested administrators from Sacramento-area high schools can contact the California Arts Council staff: Ray Tatar, Literature Coordinator, at 916-322-6395 and rta...@caartscouncil.com; or Wayne Cook, Arts and Education Coordinator, at 916-322-6344 and wc...@caartscouncil.com. The NEA's press release announcing the nationwide program can be found at http://www.arts.gov/news/news05/POLAnnounce.html .
Starting in early 2006, schools in each of the states' capital regions are invited to participate in classroom and school-wide contests and advance to state competitions in April. Winners from each state will then move to the national finals, hosted by the NEA on May 16, 2006, in Washington, DC. Financial backing for the program is available to participating high schools.
Poetry Out Loud is an expansion of the NEA/Poetry Foundation pilot phase launched in 2004 in Washington, DC and Chicago, IL. The 2006 program includes the capital regions of all states with an eye towards potential growth of the program in the future. More information can be found at http://www.poetryoutloud.org/ .
The national initiative is part of an attempt to bring literary arts to students--a critical need in U.S. schools, according to a 2004 NEA report Reading at Risk that found a dramatic decline in literary reading, especially among younger readers. The Poetry Out Loud program seeks to foster the next generation of literary readers by capitalizing on the latest trends in poetry-recitation and performance. A summary of the NEA Reading at Risk report can be found at http://www.nea.gov/news/news04/ReadingAtRisk.html .
A press release announcing the Sacramento program can be found on the CAC website at http://www.cac.ca.gov/?id=155&press=121 . Interested administrators from Sacramento-area high schools can contact the California Arts Council staff: Ray Tatar, Literature Coordinator, at 916-322-6395 and rta...@caartscouncil.com; or Wayne Cook, Arts and Education Coordinator, at 916-322-6344 and wc...@caartscouncil.com. The NEA's press release announcing the nationwide program can be found at http://www.arts.gov/news/news05/POLAnnounce.html .
Californian Awarded National Medal of the
Arts
Ollie Johnston, a film animator and artist from Burbank, was
announced on November 8, 2005, as one of ten recipients of the
national Medal of the Arts, the nation's highest artistic honor. From
the NEA press release:
"Ollie Johnston is renowned for his role in pioneering film animation with the Walt Disney Studios. He created, drew, and developed story lines for some of the most endearing characters on screen. Born in 1912 in Palo Alto, California, Ollie Johnston attended Stanford University and the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles, studying under Pruett Carter...."
"Johnston has inspired and helped train a new generation of animators to continue the Disney tradition and serves as a senior ambassador for the art form he helped pioneer and popularize. The concepts he developed are the basis for animation courses taught in schools today."
For more information on Mr. Johnston, go to http://www.arts.gov/news/news05/medals/Johnston.html . Information on the other 10 winners can be found at http://www.arts.gov/news/news05/Medals.html .
"Ollie Johnston is renowned for his role in pioneering film animation with the Walt Disney Studios. He created, drew, and developed story lines for some of the most endearing characters on screen. Born in 1912 in Palo Alto, California, Ollie Johnston attended Stanford University and the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles, studying under Pruett Carter...."
"Johnston has inspired and helped train a new generation of animators to continue the Disney tradition and serves as a senior ambassador for the art form he helped pioneer and popularize. The concepts he developed are the basis for animation courses taught in schools today."
For more information on Mr. Johnston, go to http://www.arts.gov/news/news05/medals/Johnston.html . Information on the other 10 winners can be found at http://www.arts.gov/news/news05/Medals.html .
Opportunities
Surdna Foundation Fellowships to HS Arts Teachers--DEADLINE
SOON!
The Surdna Foundation has announced the sixth round of the Surdna Arts Teachers Fellowship Program, a national initiative to support the artistic revitalization of outstanding arts teachers in specialized, public arts high schools. 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 Surdna Arts Teachers Fellowship Program will enable selected teachers to create art with professionals in their fields, stay current with new practices and resources, and create new bodies of work. Twenty awards of up to $5,000 each will be made. A complementary grant of $1,500 will be awarded to the Fellowâ*™s school to support post-fellowship activities.
Letters of Intent to apply are due by November 18, 2005. For more information and application materials, go to http://www.surdna.org/programs/artsteachersfellowships.html . (From the CAAE "ArsEdMail" newsletter)
School Band and Orchestra Magazine Scholarship
School Band and Orchestra Magazine is sponsoring scholarship opportunities for students in grades 4 - 12. The essay question is "How Playing a Musical Instrument Made Me a Better Student..." Ten $1,000 scholarships are awarded in two categories. Equal merchandise prizes awarded to schools of winning entrants. Equal merchandise prizes contributed by Alfred Publishing Co., Hershey Fund Raising, Yamaha Corporation of America and Avedis Zildjian Co. awarded to schools of winning entrants. The awards are also supported by SupportMusic.com and NAMM.
Essays must be submitted by December 31, 2005. For more information, visit http://www.sbomagazine.com/Essay/
"Coming Up Taller" Award Applications Available
Applications are available for the 2006 "Coming Up Taller" Awards, a national program that honors excellence in after-school and out-of-school arts and humanities programs for young people. The award--a joint project of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Humanities--helps promote creative, engaged, skilled, and confident generation of young people. Award recipients receive $10,000 each, an individualized plaque, and an invitation to attend the annual Coming Up Taller Leadership Enhancement Conference.
Deadline: Monday, January 30, 2006
For more information and link to the application, go to http://www.cominguptaller.org/new.html .
Irvine Announces Leadership Awards--Nominations Welcome
The James Irvine Foundation has announced a new Leadership Awards program to recognize individual California leaders who are advancing innovative and effective solutions to significant social issues facing the state. Providing up to $2.25 million over three years, the foundation seeks nominations for individual leaders or leadership groups working in any field, including the arts, in the public, private or nonprofit sector.
The Surdna Foundation has announced the sixth round of the Surdna Arts Teachers Fellowship Program, a national initiative to support the artistic revitalization of outstanding arts teachers in specialized, public arts high schools. 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 Surdna Arts Teachers Fellowship Program will enable selected teachers to create art with professionals in their fields, stay current with new practices and resources, and create new bodies of work. Twenty awards of up to $5,000 each will be made. A complementary grant of $1,500 will be awarded to the Fellowâ*™s school to support post-fellowship activities.
Letters of Intent to apply are due by November 18, 2005. For more information and application materials, go to http://www.surdna.org/programs/artsteachersfellowships.html . (From the CAAE "ArsEdMail" newsletter)
School Band and Orchestra Magazine Scholarship
School Band and Orchestra Magazine is sponsoring scholarship opportunities for students in grades 4 - 12. The essay question is "How Playing a Musical Instrument Made Me a Better Student..." Ten $1,000 scholarships are awarded in two categories. Equal merchandise prizes awarded to schools of winning entrants. Equal merchandise prizes contributed by Alfred Publishing Co., Hershey Fund Raising, Yamaha Corporation of America and Avedis Zildjian Co. awarded to schools of winning entrants. The awards are also supported by SupportMusic.com and NAMM.
Essays must be submitted by December 31, 2005. For more information, visit http://www.sbomagazine.com/Essay/
"Coming Up Taller" Award Applications Available
Applications are available for the 2006 "Coming Up Taller" Awards, a national program that honors excellence in after-school and out-of-school arts and humanities programs for young people. The award--a joint project of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Humanities--helps promote creative, engaged, skilled, and confident generation of young people. Award recipients receive $10,000 each, an individualized plaque, and an invitation to attend the annual Coming Up Taller Leadership Enhancement Conference.
Deadline: Monday, January 30, 2006
For more information and link to the application, go to http://www.cominguptaller.org/new.html .
Irvine Announces Leadership Awards--Nominations Welcome
The James Irvine Foundation has announced a new Leadership Awards program to recognize individual California leaders who are advancing innovative and effective solutions to significant social issues facing the state. Providing up to $2.25 million over three years, the foundation seeks nominations for individual leaders or leadership groups working in any field, including the arts, in the public, private or nonprofit sector.
The new program will reward four to six recipients annually with $125,000 of flexible resources to support the work of their organizations and to allow them to engage in professional-development activities. The program is designed both to support effective leaders and to advance solutions to the social issues that the leader's project or organization is addressing. Third-party nomination forms
are available online. Nominations must be received by January 20, 2006. For more information, go to http://www.irvine.org/irvine_news/press_releases/current/11-01_leadership_awards.shtml .
W.K. Kellogg Foundation Grants
The goal of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Youth and Education Program is to improve learning outcomes for vulnerable children and youth. These grants focus on innovation-supporting new ideas about how to engage children and youth in learning and new ways to bring together community based systems that promote learning. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations with 501c(3) status. There are rolling deadlines for this grant. More information is available online at http://www.wkkf.org/Grants/Default.aspx . (From the CAAE "ArtsEdMail" newsletter)
Auditions for San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival
The new audition application for the 2006 San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival can now be accessed at: http://www.worldartswest.org/audition/application.asp . Ethnic dance groups and individual artists from Northern California are eligible. Full guidelines are available at: http://www.worldartswest.org/edf/auditions/guidelines.html . If you would like to receive a hard copy of the application in the mail, please call 415/474-3914, or e-mail them at in...@worldartswest.org . The audition application fee is $30.
Deadlines:
December 1, midnight for online audition applications, and December 1, 2005 (postmark) for hard copies.
2006 Dance Lab--San Francisco Bay Area Artists
The 2006 Dance Lab, a project of the Regional Dance Development Initiative, is an annual program for dance artists whose work is rooted in and inspired by traditional, ethnic and folk dance. The program is for San Francisco Bay Area dance artists who want to share, present and tour their work outside of their current communities and audiences. Dance Lab artists will work with a faculty of artists, presenters, managers, dance writers and other specialists from the Bay Area and the country. The curriculum will be refined based on the needs of the Dance Lab artists and includes four components: One-Day Retreat; Artists Intensive; Dance & Media Conference; and Artist/Presenter Exchange. Dance Lab artists will receive a modest honorarium, as well as individual consultation opportunities.
The Dance Lab is designed for dance artists living in the eleven-county San Francisco Bay Area who:
--define their work as ethnic, folk and traditional dance, or whose work is inspired by and draws from ethnic, folk and traditional dance forms;
--are at a juncture when sharing/presenting their work outside of their current communities and audiences would help their art and careers;
--have achieved local, regional or greater recognition; and
--can commit to all the dates of the Dance Lab.
Application Deadline: Wednesday, December 7, 2005.
Dates of the Dance Lab: February 16-20 & 23-26, 2006 (plus, one day in January 2006 to be confirmed) at the ODC Theater, 17th & Shotwell Streets in San Francisco, CA. For application and information contact: San San Wong, Project Director, at region...@pacbell.net .
Cultural Resources Diversity Internship Program from the National Park Service--Applications Available
The National Park Service recently announced that it is accepting project proposals for the Cultural Resources Diversity Internship Program for the summer of 2006 and the academic year 2006-2007. Interns (undergraduate or graduate students) working with sponsoring organizations gain experience in historic preservation and cultural resources work, and the sponsoring organization's cost is supplemented by the program.
The cost is shared on a 50/50 basis between the National Park Service and the host intern sponsor. Selected intern sponsors are expected to contribute $5,250 toward the cost of a summer intern; $7,050 toward the cost of a semester intern. Each amount will be matched by the National Park Service and all funds will be deposited at the Student Conservation Association, which handles intern recruitment, intern application processing, payroll, and career mentoring.
Deadline for sponsor organizations: December 15, 2005
For more information, go to http://www.cr.nps.gov/crdi/internships/intrnCRDIP.htm .
Artist Calls Page on CAC Website Now
Automated
The latest improvement of the California Arts Council website
helps arts organizations announce Artist Call opportunities. Using an
automated posting system like our Job Board (http://www.cac.ca.gov/?id=157), the Artists Call page is for short-term opportunities for artists,
such as commissions, competitions, publication, corporate fellowships,
artist retreats, etc. To post an opportunity on the Artists Call page
or search for opportunities, see: http://www.cac.ca.gov/?id=257
California Arts Council to Meet in Sacramento
November 29
The California Arts Council will meet publicly in Sacramento at
the California Secretary of State building at 1500 11th Street,
Sacramento, CA, 95814, on Tuesday, November 29, 2005. The meeting will
begin at 8:30 a.m. and conclude approximately 5:00 p.m.
The Council will be introduced to newly appointed Deputy Director Marilyn Nielsen and continue with the strategic planning process under the direction of Cecilia Lynch from Focused Momentum. There will be a time for public testimony at the beginning of the meeting.
The Council will be introduced to newly appointed Deputy Director Marilyn Nielsen and continue with the strategic planning process under the direction of Cecilia Lynch from Focused Momentum. There will be a time for public testimony at the beginning of the meeting.
Santa Cruz Voters Support Arts and Music
Programs in Schools
The City of Santa Cruz Measure B passed with 80% of the vote.
Voters overwhelmingly passed a reauthorization of a parcel tax that
will generate more than $2 million annually for Santa Cruz City
Schools over the next seven years (beginning on July 1, 2006). The
measure required a two-thirds majority approval in order to pass.
Measure B, allows for a tax of property owners in the City of Santa
Cruz at $70 per parcel to pay for teachers, art and music programs,
and librarians and counselors in elementary and middle schools. School
officials strongly supported the tax in light of recent funding cuts
at the state and federal levels.
Sacramento and San Diego Top List of Growing
Creative Cities
When Fast Company--a business magazine started during the
dot-com boom and emphasizes the creative and technology side of
business--asked Richard Florida (Rise of the Creative Class)
which cities have the biggest "creative boom," two
California communities rose to the top: Sacramento and San Diego.
While major metropolitian areas like San Francisco/San Jose, Los
Angeles and New York are already known for their "creative
class," Florida found significant growth in these mid-sized
cities. See the article and other arts-related pieces by scrolling
through the California Arts Council's news postings at http://www.cac.ca.gov/?id=154
.
Arts and Education Info
A number of interesting tidbits involving Arts Education came in
to the California Arts Council. Scroll through and see what relates to
you.
CAAE Introduces "Quality, Equity, and Access" Report
The following is excerpted from the California Alliance for Arts Education (CAAE) newsletter
The Californian Alliance for Arts Education (CAAE) announces the release of a crucial "Quality, Equity, and Access" report on the state of visual and performing arts education in California's K-12 schools. The briefing paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the status of arts education and recommends stronger policies to support arts instruction in all schools in California. Politicians, arts and education leaders enthusiastically endorse the briefing paper, including:
CAAE Introduces "Quality, Equity, and Access" Report
The following is excerpted from the California Alliance for Arts Education (CAAE) newsletter
The Californian Alliance for Arts Education (CAAE) announces the release of a crucial "Quality, Equity, and Access" report on the state of visual and performing arts education in California's K-12 schools. The briefing paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the status of arts education and recommends stronger policies to support arts instruction in all schools in California. Politicians, arts and education leaders enthusiastically endorse the briefing paper, including:
-Assemblywoman Jackie Goldberg
-Senator Jack Scott
-Brenda J. Davis President, California State PTA
-William Habermehl, Orange County Superintendent of Schools
-John Hughes, President, Rhythm & Hues
-Muriel Johnson, Director, California Arts Council
-Sheila Jordan, Superintendent, Alameda County Schools
-Scott P. Plotkin, Executive Director, California School Board Association
-Dr. Larry Reider, President of the California County Superintendents Association
-Darline Robles, Ph.D., Superintendent, Los Angeles County Office of Education
-Mark Slavkin, Vice President for Education, Los Angeles Music Center Education Division
-Glen Thomas, Ed.D., Executive Director, CA County Superintendents Educational Services Association
-Harold M. Williams, President Emeritus, The J. Paul Getty Trust
Other notable politicians, organizations and educators have expressed interest in supporting this effort and are in the process of reviewing the briefing paper.
The briefing paper reports that despite support from the public, various policies and occasional positive developments, the reduction or elimination of arts programs continues in schools throughout California. CAAE recommends broad policy changes in the areas of qualified teachers, updated curricula, standards-based instruction during the school day, student assessment, school accountability and funding.
To download a copy of the full report and to access a list of quotes from supporters, go to http://www.artsed411.org/involved/bppressrelease.stm .
California Coastal Art & Poetry Contest--for Children K-12
All California students--kindergarten through 12th grades--are invited to participate in the California Coastal Commission's Coastal Art and Poetry Contest. Entries must have a California coastal or California marine theme. Artwork must be original and should be no larger than 11" by 17". Acceptable media are paint, pencil, markers, ink, crayon, chalk or pastel (fixed), and collage. Three-dimensional pieces or printouts of scanned art are not acceptable. Winners will be selected in each of four grade-level categories (K-3rd, 4th-6th, 7th-9th, and 10th-12th) in both art and poetry to receive a gift certificate for $100 to an art supply or book store. The sponsoring teachers will receive a gift certificate for $40 for educational materials.
Deadline: postmarked by January 31, 2006. For an application and complete instructions, go to http://www.coastal.ca.gov/publiced/pendx.html .
Schools Transformed When Arts Included in Curriculum, New Book Reports
Third Space: When Learning Matters, a new book published the national Arts Education Partnership (AEP), shows that schools with large populations of economically disadvantaged students can be successful centers of learning and community life when the arts are infused into the curriculum. Third Space is based on a three-year research study that observed changes in ten elementary, middle, and high schools serving economically disadvantaged students. The book also draws on current research in cognitive science, student engagement, and youth development to explore how the arts had an impact on these schools and students. For more information on the book, go to http://www.aep-arts.org/ThirdSpacehome.htm .
Teaching Artist Journal Invites Contributors
The Teaching Artist Journal (TAJ) seeks individuals to read and summarize recent research in arts education and related fields, with an eye toward practical applications for teaching artists. Reviews are 1000 - 3000 words in length, and are written in an accessible voice. Ongoing quarterly deadlines enable flexible participation. All contributions are voluntary, and each author receives a complimentary copy of the TAJ issue in which the review appears. For more information about the Teaching Artist Journal, visit: http://www.leaonline.com/loi/taj or contact Dana Powell, Ed.D., Research Review Editor, email: da...@powellrussell.net, tel: 408-283-8508. (From ArtEdMail Newsletter.)
Arts Education Advocacy DVD Available Soon
Arts Education Partnerships (AEP) has produced a new 10-minute DVD entitled Visions of the Future: Education and the Arts featuring key arts and education voices envisioning the nationâ*™s future and the role of arts education for all students. AEP will make this DVD and another--The Arts and Children: A Success Story--available on one DVD starting in December. Details will be available on the AEP website at http://www.aep-arts.org later this year.
Arts Education Resources from Public Television
The sites below are good resources from the Public Broacasting Service (PBS) for educators, parents, and students.
TeacherLine http://teacherline.pbs.org/teacherline/ . Professional development courses for teachers, online distance education for study any time, anywhere--available for district or graduate credit.
Learner.Org http://www.learner.org . Annenberg Media's multimedia resources help teachers increase their expertise in their fields and assist them in improving their teaching methods. Many programs are also intended for students in the classroom and viewers at home. Look at "The Art of Teaching the Arts" and "The Arts in Every Classroom" listed on left.
PBS's "Arts in the 21st Century" http://www.art21.org . Geared specifically towards the arts, viewers can explore over 100 activities in the online lesson library, order or download educators' guides, post images of student art projects, and further art education through professional development.
Other resources ....
Local PBS Stations and Websites. Public television stations offer educational resources for teachers and students on their websites. Major PBS stations in California include:
-- KCET-Los Angeles ( http://www.kcet.org )
-- KQED-San Francisco ( http://kqed.org )(view the "EdNet" page)
-- KPBS-San Diego ( http://www.kpbs.org )
-- KVIE-Sacramento ( http://kvie.org )
Brouse through the websites and view their activities for kids, educational resources, and other useful guides. A map of other PBS stations and links can be found at http://www.pbs.org/aboutpbs/content/annualreport2001/stations/regions/calnev.html .
Casino-Style Fundraising Events Illegal in
California
While many nonprofit organizations have used "Monte Carlo"
night or "casino night" themes for fundraising events, that
might not be possible in California now. Because this kind of event
makes use of gambling type games--using play money and/or gaming
chips--the California Department of Justice (DOJ) has declared that it
is probably illegal under current law. The Modesto Bee reported
in mid-October that the DOJ makes it clear that casino night or Monte
Carlo-style fundraising are not permitted under the law, and only
licensed card rooms or tribal casinos are permitted to host
"controlled games." Legislation to exempt charity events
from this ruling has not had much success in the Legislature.
To see the Modesto Bee article, go to: http://www.modbee.com/local/story/11348401p-12095796c.html . To comment on legislation regarding "Monte Carlo" style charity events, try Assemblyman Alberto Torrico of Newark, author of AB 839, a bill that would exempt fundraising events: http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a20/ .
To see the Modesto Bee article, go to: http://www.modbee.com/local/story/11348401p-12095796c.html . To comment on legislation regarding "Monte Carlo" style charity events, try Assemblyman Alberto Torrico of Newark, author of AB 839, a bill that would exempt fundraising events: http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a20/ .
Reports and Surveys
The Arts Strengthen Rural Economies
The latest issue brief from the National Governors Association shows how states are turning to arts-based economic development strategies to revive rural economies. By tapping their distinctive cultural assets, numerous states are creating new jobs, stimulating business development, improving quality of life and attracting visitors to rural areas.
Also available
Arts Help Governors Achieve Global Trade and Tourism Goals
The latest issue brief from the National Governors Association shows how states are turning to arts-based economic development strategies to revive rural economies. By tapping their distinctive cultural assets, numerous states are creating new jobs, stimulating business development, improving quality of life and attracting visitors to rural areas.
Also available
Arts Help Governors Achieve Global Trade and Tourism Goals
Arts Education Improves Workforce Development and Student
Success
The Role of the Arts in Economic Development
For more information and a link to the reports, go to the NASAA site at http://www.nasaa-arts.org/nasaanews/nga.shtml .
MIT Students Study Love of Music
Do we learn to love music, or is it innate? An Internet-based study being conducted by two MIT students may help answer that question. The Music Universals Study, created by doctoral students Mary Farbood and Josh McDermott, is an effort to determine to what degree musical appreciation is a factor of culture versus an innate part of human behavior. In the study, web participants listen to different sounds and then answer questions about them. Was the chord pleasing or annoying? Did it make you happy or sad?
To find out more about the study, go to http://news.com.com/Is+the+affinity+for+music+innate/2100-1008_3-5836298.html .
Museums After School Report
The Museums After School: How Museums Are Reaching Kids, Partnering with Schools, and Making a Difference report explores the experiences of ten California museums who participated in the Museum Youth Initiative, an Irvine Foundation effort supporting the museums to develop after-school programming for young people. The report presents key evaluation findings, explores how museums are approaching after-school work, and identifies lessons they learned about effective practice. To download a PDF of this report, go to http://www.irvine.org/publications/by_topic/youth.shtml .
Americans for the Arts State-by-State Funding Analysis
In an effort to better understand the health of the field, Americans for the Arts has gathered the following state arts agency appropriations data for FY 2006. A summary of the details of the 2006 Preliminary State Arts Agency Appropriations is available online at http://ww3.artsusa.org/get_involved/advocacy/saan/state_legislation/001.asp .
Paper on Disability Access for Performing Arts Presenting Organizations
The Association of Performing Arts Presenters recently published a new white paper on providing access for patrons with disabilities entitled Beyond the Ramp: Accessibility as an Organizational Asset. Data on why accessibility is important, how presenters can help their patrons, and other information is included. To download a copy, go to http://www.artspresenters.org/members/pdf/beyondtheramp.pdf .
New MENC Resource for Music Educators--UPDATE Yearbook
Containing the collected 2004-2005 issues of the online journal UPDATE: Applications of Research in Music Education, the UPDATE Yearbook presents hard facts and statistical data in a style that can be easily understood and appreciated by music researchers, teachers, graduates, and undergraduates alike. Topics include advice to first-year music teachers, instrument preferences in children, setting an appropriate learning pace, and the practices and procedures at adjudicated orchestra festivals. The publication also provides educators with ammunition when defending the importance of music education in the form relevant facts and data. The publication is available for a fee. For more information call 1-800-336-3768 or visit http://www.menc.org.
The Role of the Arts in Economic Development
For more information and a link to the reports, go to the NASAA site at http://www.nasaa-arts.org/nasaanews/nga.shtml .
MIT Students Study Love of Music
Do we learn to love music, or is it innate? An Internet-based study being conducted by two MIT students may help answer that question. The Music Universals Study, created by doctoral students Mary Farbood and Josh McDermott, is an effort to determine to what degree musical appreciation is a factor of culture versus an innate part of human behavior. In the study, web participants listen to different sounds and then answer questions about them. Was the chord pleasing or annoying? Did it make you happy or sad?
To find out more about the study, go to http://news.com.com/Is+the+affinity+for+music+innate/2100-1008_3-5836298.html .
Museums After School Report
The Museums After School: How Museums Are Reaching Kids, Partnering with Schools, and Making a Difference report explores the experiences of ten California museums who participated in the Museum Youth Initiative, an Irvine Foundation effort supporting the museums to develop after-school programming for young people. The report presents key evaluation findings, explores how museums are approaching after-school work, and identifies lessons they learned about effective practice. To download a PDF of this report, go to http://www.irvine.org/publications/by_topic/youth.shtml .
Americans for the Arts State-by-State Funding Analysis
In an effort to better understand the health of the field, Americans for the Arts has gathered the following state arts agency appropriations data for FY 2006. A summary of the details of the 2006 Preliminary State Arts Agency Appropriations is available online at http://ww3.artsusa.org/get_involved/advocacy/saan/state_legislation/001.asp .
Paper on Disability Access for Performing Arts Presenting Organizations
The Association of Performing Arts Presenters recently published a new white paper on providing access for patrons with disabilities entitled Beyond the Ramp: Accessibility as an Organizational Asset. Data on why accessibility is important, how presenters can help their patrons, and other information is included. To download a copy, go to http://www.artspresenters.org/members/pdf/beyondtheramp.pdf .
New MENC Resource for Music Educators--UPDATE Yearbook
Containing the collected 2004-2005 issues of the online journal UPDATE: Applications of Research in Music Education, the UPDATE Yearbook presents hard facts and statistical data in a style that can be easily understood and appreciated by music researchers, teachers, graduates, and undergraduates alike. Topics include advice to first-year music teachers, instrument preferences in children, setting an appropriate learning pace, and the practices and procedures at adjudicated orchestra festivals. The publication also provides educators with ammunition when defending the importance of music education in the form relevant facts and data. The publication is available for a fee. For more information call 1-800-336-3768 or visit http://www.menc.org.
Bits and Pieces
County Superintendents Association Needs Presenters for
Conference
California County Superintendents Association is looking for presenters at the annual conference at Asilomar on February 22-24, 2006. The theme is "Visionary Leadership for the 21st Century: Closing the Gaps that Matter," using the Mathematics and Visual and Performing Arts Frameworks. Please send an email to lmacd...@ocde.us or call (714) 966-4448 for more information and an application form. (from CAAE newsletter)
VSA Arts International Conference Seeking Presenters
California County Superintendents Association is looking for presenters at the annual conference at Asilomar on February 22-24, 2006. The theme is "Visionary Leadership for the 21st Century: Closing the Gaps that Matter," using the Mathematics and Visual and Performing Arts Frameworks. Please send an email to lmacd...@ocde.us or call (714) 966-4448 for more information and an application form. (from CAAE newsletter)
VSA Arts International Conference Seeking Presenters
The VSA Arts International conference is seeking professionals in the arts, education, and disability fields committed to growing inclusive communities and taking bold steps to expand opportunities for all people to learn through, participate in, and enjoy the arts. The theme is "Exploring Accessibility, Inclusion, and Arts Education" in Washington, DC June 9-10, 2006. VSA Arts is an international nonprofit organization founded to create a society where all people with disabilities learn through, participate in and enjoy the arts. Visit http://www.vsarts.org/x1500.xml for more information.
National Salary Survey of Presenters of the Performing Arts
The Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP) has launched the first National Salary Survey for presenters in more than a decade. Results from the survey will be analyzed in a report that will allow employees from presenting organizations to compare their compensation to others in the field, based on like-sized budget, geography and other metrics. Arts Presenters developed this survey with partner, AMS Planning & Research Corporation (headquartered in Connecticut). The survey is seen as a baseline tool for presenting organizations to use in setting compensation for practitioners and as a foundation for advancing compensation for practitioners in the performing arts field. To access the survey, visit http://www.artspresenters.org/salarysurvey . Participation in the survey is free and open to members and non-members.
Deadline for presenters participating in the survey: January 31, 2006.
Congratulations for Californians Winning Princess Grace Awards
The Princess Grace Foundation identifies and assists young talent in theater, dance and film through grants in the form of scholarships, apprenticeships and fellowships. Bonnie Oda Homsey, former Artistic Director of California-based American Repertory Dance Company, is the Chair of the Dance Panel for the Foundation. Californians winning awards in the field of dance include Joseph Wiggan of Lynn Dally's Jazz Tap Ensemble, Drew Jacoby of LINES Ballet and Alex Ketley of Robert Moses' Kin (Chris Hellman Award for Choreography). The Cary Grant Film Awards went to Californians Cary Joji Fukunaga and Jasmin Gordon, both of Berkeley, and Ian Olds of Sebastopol. The Grace Le Vine Theater Award went to Sarah Cameron Sunde of Palo Alto. For more information on the Foundation see: http://www.pgfusa.com/ .
The Art Institute of California to Open Branch in Inland Empire
The Art Institute of California--currently with schools in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Santa Ana and San Diego--is opening a branch in San Bernardino. The Art Institute-Inland Empire will begin classes in January of 2006 and initially offer bachelor's degree programs in graphic design, interactive media design, and interior design; as well as an associate's degree program in graphic design. For more information, go to http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/11-14-2005/0004215098&EDATE= .
Artists with Disabilities--A First Annual Exhibit
The statewide Arts and Disability Network (ADN) and Long Beach's Arts and Services for Disabled, Inc. (ASD) present the first-annual "Core: Defining Ourselves" exhibition featuring work from artists with disabilities from throughout the state. Opening November 17 in Long Beach. For more information go to http://www.artsdisabilitynetwork.ucla.edu/calendar.htm .
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