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• MASSACHUSETTS ARTS EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP INSTITUTE: Making the Case for Arts Education: Research, Advocacy and Policy May 29, 2008 Lesley University, Cambridge In partnership with Massachusetts Cultural Council, VSA arts of Massachusetts, Lesley University, and funding partner Hunt Alternatives Fund. Registration is open through May 19th. Early registration ends on May 9th. LEARN MORE AND REGISTER ONLINE click here. Past Events
Jump to: Agenda:Keynote Address: Dick Deasy, Executive Director, Arts Education Partnership bio Break-out Sessions: A look at local models that have received national funding Download break-out session information Presenters:
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Panel: What gets funded and why? Moderator: Richard King, Director of Fine and Performing Arts, Natick Public Schools Panelists:
Research Panel: What does quality arts education look like? Moderator: Martha McKenna, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, Lesley University Panelists:
Champion of Arts Education Awards:For over 20 years, Massachusetts Alliance for Arts Education has recognized Massachusetts' outstanding arts educators and patrons in an annual awards ceremony. Candidates are nominated by their colleagues and communities. To view a list of past awardees, visit MAAE at www.massartsalliance.org. • A “Conversation” with Doug Herbert on National Education Priorities, the No Child Left Behind Act, and Implications for Arts Education in K – 12 Public Schools. (Boston Public Library, March 2005). Doug Herbert is Special Assistant on Teacher Quality and Arts Education, U.S. Department of Education, and former Education Director of the National Endowment for the Arts. • Passion & Industry: Reflecting on Practice Workshop Series and Theory to Practice Conference. (March – April 2004). In collaboration with the Harvard Graduate School of Education's Arts in Education Program, the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the International NETWORK for Performing and Visual Arts Schools. Reflecting on Practice Workshop Series: Passion and Industry, research on the characteristics of arts-focused schools conducted by Harvard Professor Jessica Hoffmann Davis, provided a foundation for the events. Participants reflected on developing, managing, and sustaining schools that prioritize the role of the arts in the curriculum. The series included presentations by school leaders involved in the research, representing the Boston Arts Academy, the Conservatory Lab Charter School, and Walnut Hill School. Theory to Practice Conference: Workshop findings were shared in the broader context of the Passion and Industry research by Jessica Hoffman Davis. Ellen Winner and Lois Hetland of Harvard Project Zero shared preliminary findings of their investigation of student learning in the visual arts. "Best practices" panel presentations were offered by Massachusetts Cultural Council’s Creative Schools programs, e.g., the Cambridgeport School Visual Arts Initiative, the Worcester Arts Magnet School, the Fitchburg Museum School, and Revere Public Schools. • Passion & Industry: School that Focus on the Arts Conference. (November 2002). In collaboration with the Arts in Education Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Educators, teaching artists, arts and school administrators, and funders considered research by Professor Jessica Hoffman Davis of Harvard University on the distinguishing features of schools that focus on learning in the arts. Other presenters included Carol Feinberg, arts education consultant and author, on her publication, Planning an Arts-Centered School, published by Dana Press, and members of NALC's Arts and Literacy Mentorship program on how arts-focused schools can reach beyond school walls to provide mentor and community service opportunities to students in urban public schools. Click here for the conference report. • Connections between Effective Arts Education and Academic Research. (The Juilliard School, NY, April 2002) Panel presentation on research of student learning during arts engagement, and on programs that provide such opportunities. Panelists: Lois Hetland, Researcher, Harvard Project Zero; Jim Woodside, Visual Art Department Head, Walnut Hill School; Arts Education Researcher Barry Oreck; and Hollis Headrick, Director, Center for Arts Education. • Leading with the Arts: The State of Arts Education in the Commonwealth and Across the Nation. (Lesley University, Cambridge, November 2001). In collaboration with the Massachusetts Cultural Council, Lesley University, and the Massachusetts Alliance for Arts Education. Presenters included: Ben Canada, Superintendent, Portland (OR), on A Superintendent's Case for the Arts; preliminary results of the Massachusetts Arts Education Survey; Doug Herbert (Arts Education Director, National Endowment for the Arts) on A National Survey on the Conditions of Arts Education; arts education partnerships in Massachusetts, e.g., Artworks for Schools Project, The Museum Partnership School; panel on Perspectives and Possibilities: Arts Education Past, Present and Future; and Maxine Greene, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, on Education, the Arts, and Social Change. Research • Passion & Industry: Schools that Focus on the Arts, Harvard University With support from NALC, Professor Jessica Hoffman Davis of Harvard Graduate School of Education's Arts in Education Program conducted research on the commonalities and unique characteristics of schools that focus on learning in the arts. To order the report, click here. And, read more about the Passion and Industry work in Jessica Hoffmann Davis's latest book, Framing Education as Art: The Octopus has a Good Day. • Massachusetts Arts Education Survey In collaboration with the Massachusetts Department of Education, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Massachusetts Alliance for Arts Education, NALC developed an arts education survey (Spring 2001), which sought baseline data on arts education in K – 12 public schools. Goals included informing policy decision making, supporting arts education advocacy, and ultimately, ensuring equal access to the arts for all Massachusetts school children. 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