Arts Advocacy

Testimonial #40: Jennifer Lavern, CEO of AURAA UNLIMITED

Testimonial #40: Jennifer Lavern, CEO of AURAA UNLIMITED

“These women, I give voice to, because their voice is my voice.  Their voice is our voice. They have broken traditions, fought to express themselves and because they're fierce like…

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Reach to teach: Arts organizations make education a priority

Reach to teach: Arts organizations make education a priority

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Re-Defining the Teaching Artist: the Marriage of Pedagogy and Artistry

Re-Defining the Teaching Artist: the Marriage of Pedagogy and Artistry

By Sobha Kavanakudiyil   What does it mean to be a practicing artist?   I started as a teaching artist in the spring of 2001.  I didn’t even know what a…

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Re-Defining the Teaching Artist: the Marriage of Pedagogy and Artistry

Re-Defining the Teaching Artist: the Marriage of Pedagogy and Artistry

By Sobha Kavanakudiyil   What does it mean to be a practicing artist?   I started as a teaching artist in the spring of 2001.  I didn’t even know what a…

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Testimonial #39: David McGinnis, Theatre Professor

Testimonial #39: David McGinnis, Theatre Professor

“I would never have finished high school without it. Period. I have no idea what I would be doing without theatre.” How has your life been indelibly touched by a…

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Can Children Deprived of Arts Education Still Grow Up to Be Innovators?

Can Children Deprived of Arts Education Still Grow Up to Be Innovators?

September 8, 2014, 9:00 AM by

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Can Children Deprived of Arts Education Still Grow Up to Be Innovators?

Can Children Deprived of Arts Education Still Grow Up to Be Innovators?

September 8, 2014, 9:00 AM by

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The arts boost student learning,

The arts boost student learning,

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Arts Integration Works: Right Brain Initiative

Arts Integration Works: Right Brain Initiative

John M. Eger Become a fanDirector of the Creative Economy Initiative at San Diego State University (SDSU) is also the Van Deerlin Endowed Chair of Communications and Public Policy

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Josh Groban on Why Art Matters

Josh Groban on Why Art Matters

Josh Groban.Photo by Olaf Heine "Art matters because it is the one true great connector in a world that seems to be very unconnected, and it's important now more than…

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The First 100 Stories Campaign

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…

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National Arts in Education Week

National Arts in Education Week

  In July of 2010, the U.S. House of Representatives passed

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The Survivor Tree Poem: Arts Advocating Healing

The Survivor Tree Poem: Arts Advocating Healing

"There is nothing so bad that we cannot survive it." The Survivor Tree is a children's poem on behalf of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. It's the story…

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Commemorating the 13th Anniversary of 9-11

Commemorating the 13th Anniversary of 9-11

[youtube= Today, we honor the thousands of innocent men, women, and children who were taken from us too soon thirteen years ago. At the 9/11 Memorial in New York City,…

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At STEAM Schools, Arts Are Woven Into The Curriculum

At STEAM Schools, Arts Are Woven Into The Curriculum

The idea behind STEAM - science, technology, engineering, arts and math - is to find ways to integrate the “A” into all class subjects, believing the fusion of arts and…

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Real farm life, at the intersection of arts and agriculture

Real farm life, at the intersection of arts and agriculture

by Amy Mayer, Harvest Public Media “Art is to stop and make you think,” she said. “That’s the goal of what we do, right? Is to put something out there…

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Artists Discuss Actions After Week of Protests in Ferguson

Artists Discuss Actions After Week of Protests in Ferguson

Artists Gather at RAC to Discuss Possible Actions.Credit Willis Arnold/St. Louis Public Radio  By

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Mayor De Blasio Gives $23 Million Boost to Arts Education in NYC

Mayor De Blasio Gives $23 Million Boost to Arts Education in NYC

Mayor Bill de Blasio at arts education press announcement at the Bronx Museum of the Arts (July 1, 2014). Photo: Ed Reed, courtesy the Office of Mayor Bill de Blasio.New…

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