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DESE Professional Development
DESE invites BPS Arts Specialists to participate in several professional development events. Please see attached and below for more details. The Arts Department is interested in identifying arts teachers from each discipline to attend the workshops being held on June 23, 24, 25. If you would like to attend these meetings or any of the other workshops, please reply to nprefontaine@bpsarts.org Learn more...
Urbano's Free Artists Workshops / Summer 2010
Teens are encouraged to apply online at www.urbanoproject.org. Download workshop information and application here.
This summer:
• Acoustic Guitar: Theory and Recording (Mondays, 1:00 – 4:00pm)
• Creating Comics: The Graphic Narrative (Mondays, 1:00 – 8:00pm)
• Film Making and Special Effects (Tuesdays, 5:00 – 8:00pm)
• Mixed-Media: Sculpture and Beyond (Tuesdays, 1:00 – 4:00pm)
• Installation: Public Sculpture and Performance (Wednesdays, 1:00 – 8:00pm)
• Arts in the City: Transforming Space Through Public Art (Wednesdays, 1:00 – 8:00pm)
• JazzMosis: an Intro to Jazz and Blues (Thursdays, 1:00 – 8:00pm)
• Performance Art: Exploring Self, Space, and Audience (Thursdays, 1:00 – 8:00pm)
The Examined Life: Greek Studies in the
Schools (ExL) encourages educators, K-12,
to apply for Greek Study Fellowships.
A time for reflection and renewal
A time to step away from teaching to ask such questions as:
Why do we teach? What do we hope to impart? A time to explore the quality of our own lives and the legacy we choose to leave to our children.
Apply Online:
For detailed information about both onsite and online (distance learning) opportunities, and online applications: http://www.teachgreece.org/fellows_introduction.html
For more information please visit ExL’s website, teachgreece.org, or contact Connie Carven, Teacher Specialist and Liaison with school districts, connie_carven@teachgreece.org, 781-405-6094.
The program provides: graduate course, study tour of Greece, curriculum development, outreach, and resources. ($1,000 stipends available)
IHOB Foundation®-Boston Folk Art Tours and Activities
The International House of Blues Foundation (IHOBF) is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing the arts to schools and communities through programs that promote cultural understanding and encourage creative expression. VISUAL ARTS TOURS AND WORKSHOPS TAKE PLACE AT the House of Blues, and include an art tour/presentation of works from the House of Blues art collection and a related hands-on art activity based on the work of an artist featured in the collection. Students learn about art and individual folk artists, consider some of the methods and materials used by self-taught artists, and reflect upon what might inspire artists to create artworks, while creating their own works of art. Folk Art Tours are available free-of-charge to Boston Public Schools and to other groups for a fee. Contact IHOBF-Boston to schedule a tour at 617.960.8380 or ihobfboston@livenation.com. Art tour information & IHOB Foundation Overview.
Eight Boston Arts Teachers Have Received the Prestigious Teachers as Artists Fellowship!
On April 6, 2010, Boston Art Academy’s Center for Arts in Education announced eight new Teachers as Artists Fellows in a special event at the Curley Upper School in Jamaica Plain. Teachers as Artists (TAA) is a competitive fellowship program that awards up to eight $5,000 grants to Boston Public School arts teachers. The funding allows arts educators to explore their artistic goals and connects them with new practices and professionals in their disciplines. An additional $1,500 is awarded to each recipient’s home school to support the work of the fellow in his/her classroom during the following school year. In a time of mostly negative news on many fronts, this represents terrific news on many fronts, including the arts, children, education and the City of Boston. TAA is made possible by Leadership Grants from the Surdna and Barr Foundations. The Boston-based Barr Foundation envisions a city with deep connections to nature and community, rich cultural expression and hopeful futures for children. New York’s Surdna Foundation focuses its support on the environment, community revitalization, effective citizenry, the arts, and the nonprofit sector. Boston Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Carol S. Johnson, The Barr Foundation Special Advisor to Arts, Culture, and Education Klare Shaw, and Boston Arts Academy Headmaster Linda Nathan joined together to announce the eight TAA Fellows.
"Carnival" at the Edison K-8 School
What an incredible production. Congratulations to the Edison K8 School's Performing Arts Department. Special congratulations to all 8th grade performers and their arts specialists, Emily Culver and Gilberto Rivera for a magnificent job.
2010 Summer Job Registration / Hopeline Information
Visit www.BostonYouthZone.com for information about Summer jobs. You must be registered with the Hopeline to be eligible to work for the Boston Youth Fund. Read more.
The Wallace Foundation Awards $750,000 for BPS Arts Expansion
Congratulations! The Wallace Foundation awarded a $750, 000 grant to the BPS for arts expansion planning. Mayor Thomas M. Menino, Superintendent Carol Johnson, EdVestors' Executive Director Laura Perille and Wallace Foundation representative Daniel Windham announced EdVestors has received an "Arts for Young People" planning grant of $750,000 on behalf of the BPS Arts Expansion Initiative. On behalf of the collaborative effort, EdVestors will seek an additional $1.4 million in grants for the local implementation effort, as well. Read more...
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Important message from DESE in support of arts education. Learn more...
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