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Arts News 2009-2010 _______________________________________________________________ District and Community News Last Update: November 21, 2009 _______________________________________________________________ SAVE THE DATE: SAINT PAUL PUBLIC SCHOOLS' ARTS FOR ALL CONFERENCE Saturday, March 20, 2009 Presenter Request for Proposals will be posted next week. For more information see: http://www.thecenter.spps.org/Arts_for_All_Conference.html ______________________________________________________________ Kalpulli de Difusión Cultural Atlachinolli A.C. “Oral Tradition of the Nahua Nation” with Young Master: Akaxe Gomez Kwalli Tonalli We are honored to announce that Maestro Akaxe will be coming to MN for the next two weeks. Akaxe comes not to "teach" but to share the knowledge and wisdom of the Nahua Nation that has been passed on to him by recognized teachers such as Arturo Meza Gutierrez. I have attached his biography to give you more information about his work. Most of his lectures are in Spanish and Nahuatl, and English translation can be provided. He is trilingual :) We invite you to come and learn more about the Nahua tradition. We look forward to seeing you and please feel free to pass the word out about this great opportunity. Es un honor anunciar que el Maestro Acaxe estará visitándonos en Minnesota las siguientes dos semanas. El Maestro no viene a “enseñar” sino a compartir el conocimiento y sabiduría de la Nación Nahua que se le ha transmitido por maestros reconocidos como Arturo Meza Gutiérrez. Encontraran adjuntado la biografía del Maestro Acaxe para que tengan más información sobre su trabajo. La mayoría de sus platicas son en español y nahuatl. Habrá traducción en ingles disponible. Lo invitamos a que aprenda más sobre la tradición nahua. Esperamos que nos pueda acompañar y por favor comparta esta información con aquellos interesados en aprender sobre la Nación Nahua. Please see the downloadable attachments with more information and a schedule of events below. MEXICA TIAHUI Cenoch and Maryanne Quiroz Kalpulli Yaocenoxtli 651-366-0006 612-203-5690 mexica.cenoch@gmail.com _____________________________________________________________ Out on a Limb Dance Company and School Announces Two Free Dance Performances of ALADDIN With the generous support of private and corporate funding; The students of your school are invited to attend a FREE performance! Join us for this very special production of the beloved classic Aladdin Two performances: Thursday, March 4 and Friday March 5, 2010, 10:30 am The c, College of St. Catherine This charming production has a cast of nearly 70 metro area dancers ranging in age five through adult. Our productions have a reputation for bringing together the Twin Cities best in choreographers and dancers who will be sure to delight and entertain your students of any age, while introducing them to Dance Theatre. The performance will begin at 10:30 and last approximately 90 min. Schools are responsible for arranging and paying for buses or other transportation. INTERESTED? We certainly hope so! To make a reservation or to receive more information, contact our school performance liaison: Kris Petrini at kris.petrini@msn.com. Please include the following in your request for tickets: • Name of your school and students’ grade level • Your name and contact information. Include a phone number and good time to contact you • Number of tickets you need for your students and chaperones • Your preferred date of attendance Tickets are available on a first come, first served basis. Contact us now to reserve tickets! Out On a Limb Dance Company is a 501 (c) (3) non profit Organization. Our mission is… • To provide a healthy, supportive, and creative atmosphere for young dancers. • To offer a well-rounded dance program as well as professional performance opportunities for dancers and audiences. • To foster the self-esteem that is crucial to developing resilient children • To bring the transforming experience of dance to at-risk and underserved youth by encouraging them to explore their unique abilities outside of the traditional classroom curriculum. Learn more about our company and programs at www.outonalimbdance.org. Out on a Limb Dance Company & School, 1535 West Larpenteur, St Paul, Minnesota 55113 ________________________________________________________ Highland Park Senior High Presents Arsenic and Old Lace The Highland Park Thespian Society will present Joseph Kesselring's Arsenic and Old Lace next week on Nov. 19, 20, and 21. The performance will be in the auditorium at Highland Senior High beginning at 7:30 pm each evening. Tickets are $5.00 for students and $7.00 for adults. Boris Karloff lives!!! Kris Petrini Out on a Limb Dance Company and School School Show Coordinator kris.petrini@msn.com _______________________________________________________________ Kenwood Station students mix music, art, gym and computers (Louisville, Kentucky) By Sara Cunningham • November 18, 2009 Related arts are busting out of classrooms and onto center stage at Kenwood Station Elementary School as music, art, gym and computer teachers challenge students to show what they've learned at schoolwide assemblies. As part of a unit on Native Americans, second- and third-graders spent the last couple of weeks creating rattles and paintings depicting Native American culture in art classes, learning related dances during gym and practicing their songs during music classes. They also assembled Power Point presentations and magazines about Native Americans in computer classes. All of their hard work came together during an assembly Nov. 11 where the rest of the school enjoyed their performances and presentations. The new approach to music, art, gym and computers, which are called related arts at Kenwood Elementary, comes following the passage of Senate Bill 1 earlier this year, said principal Phillip Moore. In March, Kentucky's General Assembly passed the bill, which scrapped the statewide school testing system known as CATS and called for creating a new test for the 2011-12 school year. In the meantime, students are being tested in subjects like math, reading and science but not arts and humanities or practical living, which were part of the old test and were used to check for related-arts knowledge. While some Kentucky schools shifted resources away from classes like music and art, leaders at Kenwood Station wanted to take a different approach, Moore said. “We still think these areas are important, and we think there's a chance that the state will come back in 2011 and say that we should start testing on them again,” he said. “However, we want to take advantage of the fact that these are not subjects that are paper-and-pencil-only subjects. We should be testing for them on performance.” Teachers developed the idea of splitting up the year's units and letting students perform for their classmates, Moore said. “I love having kids perform for other kids,” Moore said. “It builds up their confidence and gets them used to public speaking and being in front of their peers in a fun way.” The related arts assemblies will be held on monthly early-release days. Oldham students are released two hours early one Wednesday a month to give teachers extra time to train and plan together. “It's exciting for us and for them,” said gym teacher Christy Higdon. “This is supposed to be about what we can do as teachers to get the content to them in a way that allows them to actually use it when it comes to music, art, computers and gym. It means more to be able to actually play an instrument or perform in a dance, right?” The related-arts teachers started with grades two and three, but other students also will get a chance to participate in the school assemblies in other units during the year, Higdon said. “I'm having a lot of fun, and I like that the whole school will see us,” said second-grader Malka Churchill, 7, as she practiced part of the group's wind dance Nov. 6. Down the hall from the gym, second-grader Madeline Gardner, 7, was putting the finishing touches on her rattle. Madeline decorated the rattle with pictures of deer and a tepee. “I think it's really exciting because we'll be dancing and singing together to show people what we learned,” Madeline said. ______________________________________________________________ ArtStart ArtGallery Gift of Art dates are November 7-December 28, 2009 "The Gift of Art" Opening Saturday, November 21, 2009 10 - 5:00 p.m Find a gift for family and friends made by local artists, no two gifts will be the same! Come and visit with the artist on this Saturday while we serve refreshments. Artist include: Tom Nelson - Home and Garden Sculptures from Recycled Objects TaCoumba Aiken - Painted Recycled vases, vessels and more Anna McCulloch - Drawing and Paintings Megan Patry- Paintings and Prints Lois Eliason - Recycled Jewelry from the Julian Capelle Line Jodi Trotta - Colorful Hats, Totes and Bags for all Seasons Stacie Forbes - Beaded Coat Pins, Bracelets and Necklaces AND FOR THE YOUNG AT HEART Duckie Uglings - Imaginative Stuffed Animals and Objects from Recycled Yarns/Fabric Maggie Dayton - Original Cloting Desigs for Children and Adults LOCATION: ArtStart ArtScraps 1459 St. Clair Ave St. Paul, MN 55105 651-698-2787 _______________________________________________________________ Executive Director of Young Audiences, Inc. SEARCH ABOUT YOUNG AUDIENCES: Founded in 1952, Young Audiences Arts for Learning is the nation's first and largest producing and presenting arts-in-education network. Through its national network of 30 affiliates and roster of close to 5,000 artists, Young Audiences has introduced the arts to tens of miliions of young people across the country. In 2008 alone, more than 7,000,000 students experienced the arts through 89,000 YA programs in nearly 7,000 schools. With core assets including unmatched outreach to children and youth, and expertise in arts learning, education, research, and product and service design, Young Audiences now seeks to position itself to become the nation's leading voice for the arts in education. Through innovation, advocacy, and program delivery, Young Audiences will change the national conversation about the arts' role in children's lives. Young Audiences is grounded in the belief that the arts are important for both their intrinsic value and their unique role in enhancing creativity, critical thinking, cultural awareness and learning in children and youth. Young Audiences, Inc. (YAI), is the New York City based organization that coordinates, convenes and augments the national network. An infrastructure of affiliates, committees and national staff supports YAI's work. YAI seeks a dynamic leader with the vision, capability and passion to leverage the network's vast resources to elevate and extend the role of the arts in education. THE POSITION: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, YOUNG AUDIENCES.INC. Key Responsibilities: Lead the effort to realize Young Audiences' vision of achieving access for all young people to outcome-based, quality arts learning experiences that nurture creativity, cultural awareness, critical thinking and learning skills. Establish Young Audiences as the leading advocate for the inclusion and expansion of arts in education experiences for young people throughout the country. Strengthen and enhance relationships with existing affiliates, and establish new affiliate partnerships throughout the country. Lead fund-raising efforts, creating a diverse portfolio of sustainable revenue sources for Young Audiences and affiliates. Oversee research and development for the Young Audiences network to create innovative products and services for use by affiliates, partners and others in the field. Develop local and national partnerships with leading individuals and organizations throughout the arts and education communities. Build and sustain the Young Audiences brand. Candidate Profile: A known individual who is respected by the arts and education communities for a track record of leading and advancing organizations in the field of arts, education or youth development. -OR- An individual from the corporate world with a proven track record of leadership, including leading sales, branding, business development, fund-raising and talent acquisition initiatives. Qualifications: An exceptional communicator who inspires trust and confidence and who possesses the ability to lead a diverse group of constituents. A relationship builder and manager par excellence. The candidate must have an existing network that can accrue to the benefit of YAI and the affiliates and must further possess the ability to build and manage new relationships with key influencers and decision makers. Proven ability to direct, participate and contribute to an organization's growth and success. Ability to maximize resources and work with a small and efficient office. Experience or interest in the arts, education or youth development. The Executive Director will be based in New York City and will travel as needed for the position. Compensation and benefits will be competitive. The Executive Director will begin in the summer of 2010. FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO APPLY: For more information about Young Audiences, Inc., and the Young Audiences Network, please visit www.youngaudiences.org. To apply, please send electronic copies of resumes and cover letters to resume@ya.org by December 1, 2009. _______________________________________________________________ Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra Concert Vänskä Plays Mozart / MSO Plays Vänskä,
_______________________________________________________________ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more Information Contact: Rayanne Ganuelas sac@indianeducation.org (866) 259-0060 www.kauffmaninc.com Music 2010 Native American Student Art Competition (SAC) Announced by the Office of Indian Education Bringing Honor Through Education is the theme for the U.S. Department of Education, Office Indian Education’s 2010 Native American Student Art Competition. The competition, which celebrates the values and successes of education in Native American communities, is open to all American Indian and Alaska Native students in grades Pre-K through 12. The deadline for submissions is January 29, 2010. By supporting this competition, the Office of Indian Education hopes to inspire students to explore the connection between their education and culture through art and writing. Entries for the 2010 Native American Student Art Competition should relate to the theme Bringing Honor Through Education and reflect the promise and importance of pursuing an education for Native youth. Submissions will be judged in six different grade levels, and prizes will be awarded to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners in the artist and writing categories. In recognition of the students’ artistic talents, the 2009 Native American Student Artist winning entries were exhibited at the U.S. Department of Education, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, Oklahoma History Center, and the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture. The Student Art Competition rules require that a student register their entry online or over the phone prior to submitting their entry. For additional information, rules, and entry form, please visit http://kids.indianeducation.org, email sac@indianeducation.org, or call (866) 259-0060 _______________________________________________________________ SPPS Multicultural Resource Center The MRC offers free professional development opportunities to support staff in their cultural proficiency journeys. Professional development at the MRC is intended to provide a window in to the experience of another and a mirror to one's own experiences. The philosophy behind our workshops is that through developing a better understanding of ourselves and our communities, participants will use this new understanding in interacting with students and families who have different experiences from them. Staff who have been exposed to multiple understandings are better able to represent this pluralism in their teaching styles and curriculum. You can register on our website at http://mrc.spps.org/On-Line_Registration_for_2009-10_Events.html or, SPPS staff may use PDexpress. Also...Just a reminder about a valuable resource available to you. The Multicultural Resource Center (MRC) is an innovative lending library located inside of Arlington High School in Saint Paul. It is a FREE resource available to staff in Saint Paul Public Schools (SPPS) and other East Metro Integration District (EMID) member districts. The MRC houses an extensive collection of professional resources, literature, films, cultural artifacts, and learning trunks to support staff in their cultural proficiency journey. Staff are also available to assist in finding and putting together materials as well as offering suggestions for their use for both professional development and in the classroom. The MRC library catalog is available on-line at http://mylibrary.spps.org. To search the MRC catalog, click on our link on the lower right hand side FOR NPOSof the page. Information about delivery to suburban districts can be found at http://mrc.spps.org/Delivery_Service.html. _______________________________________________________________ Your information could be here!! Send info to jan.spencer@spps.org _______________________________________________________________ Your information could be here!! Send info to jan.spencer@spps.org _______________________________________________________________ Your information could be here!! Send info to jan.spencer@spps.org _______________________________________________________________ Your information could be here!! Send info to jan.spencer@spps.org _______________________________________________________________ Your information could be here!! Send info to jan.spencer@spps.org _______________________________________________________________ Your information could be here!! Send info to jan.spencer@spps.org _______________________________________________________________ Your information could be here!! Send info to jan.spencer@spps.org _______________________________________________________________ |
