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P.S. Art 2014: Student Artworks at The Met

P.S. Art 2014: Student Artworks at The Met

 As a teacher I have witnessed firsthand the transformative powers of The Arts.  Students learn to express themselves in ways that could never be accomplished through an algorithm or literary…

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P.S. Art 2014: Student Artworks at The Met

P.S. Art 2014: Student Artworks at The Met

 As a teacher I have witnessed firsthand the transformative powers of The Arts.  Students learn to express themselves in ways that could never be accomplished through an algorithm or literary…

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A Work Based Learning Program at Vital Theatre

A Work Based Learning Program at Vital Theatre

“What I learned is I can’t go through my life silent. Everybody has something in them.” Caitlin Perkins, Grade 11 Brooklyn Theatre Arts High School

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How Theater for Young People Could Save the World

How Theater for Young People Could Save the World

Windmill Theatre's Wizard of Oz. Jude Henshall. Photo by Tony Lewis.Dramatist and theater essayist

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Every Child in Every School: A Vision for Arts and Creativity

Every Child in Every School: A Vision for Arts and Creativity

Eliza Shapiro More than 90 influential arts and culture groups are pushing Mayor Bill de Blasio to stick to his promise of providing arts education to every public school child…

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Art and Music Are Professions Worth Fighting for

Art and Music Are Professions Worth Fighting for

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Art and Music Are Professions Worth Fighting for

Art and Music Are Professions Worth Fighting for

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Nelson Mandela’s legacy: Theater that can inspire social change

Nelson Mandela’s legacy: Theater that can inspire social change

Playwright/director/McCarter Theatre Artistic Director Emily Mann in the L.A. Times, 12/5/13 Many people know that Nelson Mandela’s life inspired novels, poems, plays and films, but few people know how powerful…

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What Bill Gates is Blind to

What Bill Gates is Blind to

Terry Teachout, The Wall Street Journal, 11/21/13 Bill Gates, in a recent interview, an argument advanced by moral philosopher Peter Singer. Gates questions why anyone would donate money to build…

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Staying Clean: Starting the Conversation with GRACE, the movie

Staying Clean: Starting the Conversation with GRACE, the movie

GRACE: elegance; kindness; blessing; adorn; dignify.

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National Arts in Education Week

National Arts in Education Week

Over the past year, arts education has been the subject of news stories across the nation featuring both the opportunities and the obstacles to ensuring the arts are an essential…

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Art for Art’s Sake: The Impact of Arts Education Report

Art for Art’s Sake: The Impact of Arts Education Report

The Arts are Extra-Curricular and Disposable July 23, 2013 by Guest author Following the publication of

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Every Child Needs This: Learning Bravery with Compass Creative Dramatics

Every Child Needs This: Learning Bravery with Compass Creative Dramatics

By Cathlyn Melvin, Development Director Compass Creative Dramatics My summer vacations as a kid were a whirlwind of gymnastics practice, camping across mosquito-infested Wisconsin, and terrifying just-after-dark sessions of “Ghost…

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National Arts in Education Week

National Arts in Education Week

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…

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First Online with Fran Series Trailer

First Online with Fran Series Trailer

[youtube 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…

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