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October 6, 2014

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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October 6, 2014

Reach to teach: Arts organizations make education a priority

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October 1, 2014

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…

October 1, 2014

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…

September 30, 2014

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…

September 19, 2014

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

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September 19, 2014

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

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September 18, 2014

The arts boost student learning,

September 17, 2014

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

September 16, 2014

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…

September 15, 2014

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…

September 14, 2014

National Arts in Education Week

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

September 12, 2014

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…

September 11, 2014

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,…

September 2, 2014

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…

August 27, 2014

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…

August 18, 2014

Artists Discuss Actions After Week of Protests in Ferguson

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August 12, 2014

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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