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Barry Hessenius has a new panel and a new topic, Field building, to talk about for week 2 of his 4-week examination of Arts Education. Todays question:
From U.S. News & World Report:
From Tucson Citizen:
The Nathan Cummings Foundation awarded TPAC $75,000 and the Open Society Institute $150,000. Both awards support the Arts in Tucson P.L.A.C.E initiative launched by TPAC two years ago with $200,000 from The Kresge Foundation. P.L.A.C.E stands for People, Land, Arts, Culture and Engagement.
The Nathan Cummings Foundation announced today the selection of Simon Greer as its new President and CEO. Simon will succeed Lance Lindblom, who is retiring from NCF after more than a decade at the helm of the family foundation. Greer will be coming from the Jewish Funds for Justice where he has served as president and CEO since 2005. He brings more than 20 years of experience as a leader in the movement for social change.
The first week (theme: practice) of a four-week focus on Arts Education is wrapping up with follow-up questions. See the latest post at http://blog.westaf.org/2011/07/arts-education-blog-forum-follow-up.html.
Starting Monday, the focus shifts to field building, with a new panel including
Please join us next Tuesday, August 2, at 2:00 EST/11:00 PST for Beyond Cash: Supporting Individual Artists through Promotion, Validation, and Recognition, a web-based presentation by Irene Borger, Jayson Smart, and Ute Zimmermann, moderated by Amber Hawk Swanson.
About this webinar:
For arts grantmakers that want to support individual artists through means outside of cash grants, this presentation provides a perspective on why artists consider the promotion and validation of their creative process just as important as receiving grants. The panelists will offer ideas, suggestions, and feedback on how artists can be empowered through means outside of financial assistance and the need for such services.
"The median wealth of white households is 20 times that of black households and 18 times that of Hispanic households, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of newly available government data from 2009."
Today Barry Hessenius poses the third and final question of the first week in a month-long examination of Arts Education. Today's question: What is the role of artists and arts organizations in the wider arts education paradigm?
The rest of the week will allow for discussion on the three questions already posed and their responses. Be sure to join in. The focus of next weeks discussion will be “Field Building” with an all-new panel of respondents.
Keep up with the discussion at Barry's Blog.
The White House Champions of Change blog features statements from advocates of Arts Education this week. Among the featured advocates is Aaron Dworkin, a keynote speaker from the 2010 GIA conference in Chicago. Here is the statement from the White House on Arts in Education:
From Christopher Levenick at PhilanthropyRoundtable: