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A look at where the presidential candidates stand on arts education and the National Endowment for the Arts. Read more at Michigan Radio Arts and Culture.
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Archive for October, 2008
DISNEY LITTLE EINSTEINS™ CHARACTERS JOIN NATIONAL PSA CAMPAIGN
On October - 30 - 2008
ENCOURAGING KIDS’ PARTICIPATION IN THE ARTS
WASHINGTON, DC — October 30, 2008 — Americans for the Arts, The NAMM Foundation and the Ad Council announced today an additional phase to their national public service advertising (PSA) campaign, entitled “The Arts. Ask for More.” designed to promote the benefits of arts education for children. Created in collaboration with Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, the new television PSAs help inspire children to play music, dance and draw together with their family and friends by featuring characters from the popular Disney Little Einsteins franchise engaged in the arts. For more information on this campaign, please click here.
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Artcast Episode 9: ArtsVote and the Upcoming Election
On October - 24 - 2008
Bob Lynch, President & CEO of Americans for the Arts, discusses the upcoming election and how the ArtsVote initiative can help you make an informed decision when you place your vote on November 4th.
ArtCast related resources:
- Summary of 2008 Presidential Candidates Arts Positions
- Candidate Arts Policy Links
- 2008 Congressional Arts Report Card
- ArtsVote Audio/Video Page
- Arts Action Fund Website
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What Arts Education Leadership Sounds Like
On October - 15 - 2008
The following is a passionate and eloquent call-to-action that summarizes much of the working conditions of arts education advocates. It comes from the conference brochure (pdf, 1.5 MB) of the Vermont Alliance for Arts Education (VAAE). VAAE and its director, Thomas Stevens, is hosting a one-day conference and a town hall meeting on arts education, workforce development, and making change. They call it Leap of Faith: The Future of Arts Education.
We have the dream.
Are the arts in your school considered a luxury, either by your administration or, worse, your school board? Is your morale lowered when you hear rumors of a so-called “half position” being cut, either because it’s your job or a friend’s? How am I, after all, half a position? Or less? Read the rest of this entry »
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Tagged with: Arts Education
Dual-Career Relationships: Tips and Traps
On October - 15 - 2008
An emerging leader listserv post by John Abodeely tapped into a subject that has been on my mind lately. Namely, how to navigate job decisions as part of a dual-career couple. Abodeely linked to a post on GeekDad about a nonprofit arts couple who made the decision to move to Kansas, only to see the wife’s job fall through, leaving the couple with limited options that could satisfy their mortgage obligations. Small towns are more affordable, but big cities (as Richard Florida points out in his latest book) offer the long-term security of suitable employers for both people in a relationship, even when something doesn’t work out as expected. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tagged with: Relationships
Summary of 2008 Presidential Candidates Arts Positions
On October - 6 - 2008
Last Friday ArtsVote2008 released a Summary of 2008 Presidential Candidates Arts Positions. Information about Senator Barack Obama’s comprehensive arts policy proposal that he issued in February 2008 has been on the ArtsVote2008 website, along with those from other former candidates like Governor Huckabee, Governor Richardson, and Senators Clinton and Edwards. Last week Senator McCain issued a short statement on his position on arts education which is now also featured at ArtsVote.org. It was initially reported in an article in the Salt Lake Tribune. Read the rest of this entry »
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