January 12 Registration Deadline for Arts Education Workshop

(1-6-2011) Powerful Partnerships: Sustaining Arts Education Through Collaboration is a hands-on workshop designed and facilitated by John McCann, Partners in Performance, and presented by the National Guild for Community Arts Education. It will be presented January 18 and 19 at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York City.

The Institute will explore how nonprofit arts education providers can more deeply engage their communities; gain access to a broader array of resources including expertise, credibility and funding; and increase sustainability through internal and external collaboration.

Collaborating effectively may require the acquisition of new skills and a profound shift in perspective. To take maximum advantage of this opportunity, arts education organizations are therefore encouraged to register three person teams.

Each team will receive a set of tools for assessing institutional and programmatic assets, identifying prospective partners and "lessons learned," planning collaborations, and developing an action plan.

Faculty

  • John McCann, Designer & Lead Faculty, President, Partners in Performance, Blacksburg, VA
  • Beth Vogel, Director, Partners in Arts Education Institute, National Guild, New York
  • Sarah Calderon, Executive Director, Casita Maria Center for Arts and Education, New York
  • Aviva Davidson, Executive & Artistic Director, Dancing in the Streets, New York
  • Magda Martinez, Director, Arts Education and Community Engagement, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia
  • Antoine O'Karma, Teacher, George Washington Elementary School, Philadelphia
  • Julie Simpson, Executive Director, Urban Gateways, Chicago
  • Ernest Sanders, New Communities Program Manager and Director of Communications, The Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation, Chicago, IL

This event is reported to be near its capacity. The organizers are now giving priority to teams of three or more from your organization and/or a partner organization. If you plan to register fewer than three individuals please first contact Jay Samios.

Complete event details are here.