Second Saturdays at the Hawaiʻi State Art Museum are free family events featuring hands-on arts activities and educational programs. These events, presented by the Hawaiʻi State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (HSFCA) and the Friends of the Hawaiʻi State Art Museum (HiSAM), are designed to engage families in the arts and to create opportunities…
According to a study recently released by the Missouri Alliance for Arts Education, students who receive instruction in the arts achieve significantly higher standardized test scores in math and communication arts. Funded by the Missouri Arts Council (MAC), Arts Education Makes a Difference in Missouri Schools also reports better attendance, graduation and discipline rates for…
The Alaska State Council on the Arts (ASCA) recently completed the first year of the New Visions Grant Initiative. The initiative consists of ASCA providing three pilot school districts—Bering Strait School District, Copper River School District and Kodiak School District—$10,000 matching grants for three years to assist in developing new models of arts integration and…
The Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA), through its New Leaders Arts Council of Michigan (NLACM) advisory group, recently offered the Retention and Engagement Youth Grant Program to Michigan nonprofit organizations. The program, designed to provide opportunities for young people to engage each other and their communities, supports youth-based projects within organizations as…
The Utah Arts Council (UAC) has a strong partnership with the Utah PTA (Parent-Teacher Association). In 1997, under the leadership of UAC’s arts education program, Utah PTA expanded state Reflections program to include dance choreography, film and theatre. Utah PTA served as a model for the new categories for other states and the National PTA…
The results of three arts education surveys are available on the Louisiana Division of the Arts (LDOA) Web site. The Louisiana Arts in Education surveys, commissioned by the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism and conducted by KID smART, a nonprofit arts education organization based in New Orleans, resulted in three separate reports: Public…
Creative Transitions is a project of the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) and the Hampshire Educational Collaborative (HEC) that linked arts groups with the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services (DYS) facilities. A recent report and evaluation of the Creative Transitions project by the Center for Youth and Communities at Brandeis University found that the project was…
The Colorado Council on the Arts (CCA) has made Ties That Bind: Folk Arts in the Colorado Classroomavailable on-line. The multimedia toolkit helps teachers incorporate Colorado’s folk arts and traditional art forms into the K-12 curriculum. The comprehensive toolkit contains written essays, lesson plans, lists of additional resources and audio and video content to help students…
The New Jersey State Council on the Arts (NJSCA) is using a new Artists-in-Education (AIE) Residency Handbook. Funded by The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the handbook contains information, tools and resources for sponsor sites and artists in residence to consult throughout the residency process. It expands on the components present in the Artists-in-Education Residency Guidelines…
The Mississippi Arts Commission is sponsoring Museum on Wheels, a traveling exhibit and lesson in visual art. Funded by the Wallace Foundation, the goal of the project is to bring communities together through the inspirational power of visual art and to serve as an educational tool for local residents and students. By providing instruction in…
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