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What is the Difference between Knowing and Understanding?
Rosie Kerr, MEd Blogger – The Artistic Edge I recently read a discussion on LinkedIn about this question and it reminded me of why the arts are so important to preparing children for their future. Knowing in its traditional North American definition, means being familiar with something. Having the facts in your mind. You know […]
WAM COALITION, INC. (WOMEN IN THE ARTS & MEDIA) ANNOUNCES THE 2013 COLLABORATION AWARD: WOMEN WORKING WITH WOMEN
Request for Submissions… WOMEN IN THE ARTS & MEDIA COALITION, INC. will present the 2013 Collaboration Award recognizing Women Working with Women. The $1,000 award is designed to encourage professional women in the arts and media from different specializations to work collaboratively on the creation of a new work. The aim of the award is […]
The Madrid’s Edie Falco on Carmela, Jackie and the High School Musical That Launched Her Career
By Kathy Henderson Twitter @KatH_NY February 27, 2013 Broadway.Com Before Edie Falco donned mob wife couture as Carmela in The Sopranos, she won a Theatre World Award for her harrowing performance as the embittered wife of a jazz musician in Warren Leight’s Tony-winning drama Side Man. Falco continued to make stage acting a priority while […]
National Arts in Education Week
First Online With Fran: The First 100 Stories Campaign National Arts in Education Week September 9-15, 2012 In July 2010, Congress designated the second week of September as National Arts In Education Week to promote and showcase the immense role arts education has in producing engaged, successful, and college and career-ready students. To that end, […]
First Online with Fran Series Trailer
The Arts continue to be cut from school curriculums across the nation. Despite arts advocacy groups’ efforts to prevent the decline of arts inclusion, the budgetary solution remains to be that the arts are perceived as extra-curricular and disposable. First on Line with Fran will offer opportunities for other artists to join me in discussions […]
The First 100 Stories Campaign
First Online With Fran: The First 100 Stories Campaign National Arts in Education Week, September 11-17. In July 2010, Congress designated the second week of September as National Arts In Education Week to promote and showcase the immense role arts education has in producing engaged, successful, and college and career-ready students. To that end, First Online with Fran is launching The First 100 Stories Campaign. The Arts continue to be cut from school curriculums across the nation. Despite arts advocacy groups’ efforts to prevent the decline of arts inclusion, the budgetary solution remains to be that the arts are perceived as extra-curricular and disposable. In Chris Cleave’s novel Little Bee, the central character decided to right a wrong by collecting stories: “One story makes you weak. But as soon as we have one-hundred stories, you will be strong.” Similarly, we can do the same for the Arts. Here’s how: Let’s hear it from you: Teachers! Students! Graduates! … Submit Your Testimonial...
