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October 21, 2014

National Core Arts Standards

[youtube= The National Coalition for Core Arts Standards (NCCAS) will be joined by singer-songwriter and arts education activist, Ben Folds to host a formal launch of the new National…

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October 20, 2014

Ten Things I’ve Learned from Poetry

Jonathan Katz. Photo courtesy of NASAA October 7, 2014By Jonathan Katz, CEO, National Assembly of State Arts Agencies As a young faculty member in the English department of Wichita…

October 13, 2014

WOMEN IN THE ARTS & MEDIA COALITION ANNOUNCES VintAGE

The Women in the Arts & Media Coalition is producing VintAge, one of its two Signature Events, supporting the voice and vision of women in the arts & media as…

October 9, 2014

Art Teachers or Security Guards?

Heather Mullinix

October 9, 2014

Celebrate National Arts and Humanities Month!

President Barack Obama declared October 2014 as National Arts and Humanities Month! "Cultivating the talents of our young people and ensuring they have access to the arts are critical to…

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 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 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…