The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation Board of Trustees approved 32 grants totaling $350,305 at its March 16 meeting on the distribution for its Arts, Culture and Education Cycle. The Arts, Culture and Education Cycle is the first grant cycle for 2011. Those wishing to apply for a grant during one of the remaining cycles in the areas of health, human services, land use and recreation, should visit the Foundation's website at www.tgkvf.org.
ENGLEWOOD -- The Bergen Performing Arts Center is expanding its arts education programs to go beyond what's available to students in schools and community programs. The beyondEDUCATION program allows the non-profit to bring together students who are interested in all aspects of performing arts -- on the stage, behind the curtain and in the studio.
The 2008 Arts Education Performance Indicators Report shows an increase in the number of school districts that are building infrastructure in this area, demonstrating a long-term commitment to improving arts education. The report is issued periodically by the Arts Commission as part of the county's regional Arts for All initiative to return quality, sequential arts education to the county's 81 school districts. Overall progress includes: The AEPI report shows that the initiative is working: Arts for All districts are significantly more likely than other districts in the region to adopt arts education policies and plans and hire arts coordinators. Between 2005 and 2008 Arts for All districts adopted policies at 2.5 times the rate of other districts and plans at 1.6 times the rate of othe...
Strength-based approaches, originating in juvenile justice as early as the late 1800s, situate the work of juvenile correctional facilities as assisting youth in utilizing their strengths and competencies to understand how they can be applied their lives to affect change and growth. While strengths-based approaches might have originated philosophically in juvenile justice they have not persisted in practice. In this qualitative case study of an art program in a juvenile correctional facility, visual arts acts a bridge between philosophy and practice to demonstrate how strength-based practices can affect change and growth with incarcerated youth. Specifically, this study demonstrates how visual arts education as a strength-based practice in juvenile correctional facilities offers youth t...
While California schools are slashing funding for their arts programs amid budget shortfalls, nearly 20 local institutions have joined a county arts initiative to help them retain and enhance arts- based learning. Several school districts in the San Gabriel Valley and Whittier areas have joined the Arts for All collaborative, a county program designed to help restore standards-based arts education - including dance, music, theater and visual arts - into the K-12 public school core curriculum.
Most K-12 schools in Arizona offer students some sort of arts instruction, but the vast majority of those schools spend less than $1 per student per year in supporting those classes, according to a report released in July. The results show a remarkable dichotomy," says Robert Booker, executive director of Arizona Commission on the Arts. "On one hand, we know that there are opportunities for students across the state to access arts education programs, but at the same time limited or no funding exists to support these programs.
PETERSBURG - There was a lot of looking back Friday night at the Appomattox Regional Governor's School's graduation ceremony, at good times and shared experiences and the ups and downs of student life in a learning environment that many described as "unique." And even the keynote speaker - appropriately, a former governor - reminisced about a regretted moment at his own high school commencement exercise. But the real message from former Gov. Tim Kaine, and in the speeches delivered by some of the graduating students, was that the school's program of arts-focused education has given them some exceptionally valuable tool for going forward in life.
Partners in Arts Education Program supports collaborations between community arts education organizations and public schools NEW YORK, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- MetLife Foundation and the National Guild for Community Arts Education announced the winners of the MetLife Foundation Partners in Arts Education Program. Grants totaling $215,000 were awarded to 12 nonprofit arts education organizations that will partner with K-12 public schools to provide sustained, quality arts instruction to nearly 6,000 students during the 2010-2011 academic year. An expert review panel also found that each of the grantees will employ partnership practices that can increase public schools' capacity and commitment to provide arts education.
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