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Rochester Chosen for Arts In Education Workshop Site
The New York State Alliance for Arts Education and the Association of Teaching Artists have selected Rochester as one of three statewide locations for a professional development workshop for artists, cultural education staff, and community arts-in-education programmers. The Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester is the Western New York cosponsor. Managing the Pieces: Successful Strategies for Teaching Artists will be presented at the Strong Museum, One Manhattan Square, Rochester, Wednesday, September 13, from 8:45 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
"Professional development is an important investment for artists who hope to share their art with students in educational settings," says Goldee Hecht-Meyer, Arts in Education Coordinator of the Arts & Cultural Council. "Experiences like this enable artists to learn more about their relationship to the schools and provide an opportunity for networking with peers. We are delighted to be able to cosponsor such a valuable workshop." The Arts & Cultural Council encourages partnerships between artists and teachers in all disciplines to increase the effectiveness of learning for all students, and convenes the Arts in Education (AIE) Roundtable and Higher Education Forum.
The workshop will be useful for both emerging and experienced teaching artists, as well as for arts majors considering a career as teaching artists, museum educators, and community arts providers. Participants will have the opportunity to discover the many ways their art forms can support, enhance and connect to school curricula and the NYS Learning Standards.
The accomplished faculty, award winning teaching artist Diane Gallo and language arts educator Warren Applegate, will team teach at a lively pace. Gallo recently was named by the Mid Atlantic Foundation as one of America's most talented community artists for her collaborative installation work. "Participants will sharpen their skills for the upcoming academic year and stay on the cutting edge by learning to integrate these proven strategies into teaching practice," Gallo notes. Topics include: Identifying one's greatest strength & clarifying one's mission; Understanding classroom culture and the language of education; Drawing rich lessons from challenging classroom experiences, and exploring new ways an art form can link to curriculum and the NYS Learning Standards.
The course will also address building partnerships on the run and making planning time when there is no planning time. The faculty will deliver practical classroom management strategies that can be put to immediate use: how-to judge time, manage traffic, design classroom work groupings for a variety of different activities.
The cosponsors encourage artists to "invest in your arts in education career by learning how to create a seamless transition from class-as-usual into class-as-extraordinary."
This program, piloted with rave reviews in the Capital Region, will also be presented in Syracuse and Manhattan September 12 and 15 respectively. The series is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency, and with additional support form Golden Artist Colors, Inc.
Registration fees include materials. August registrations discounted. Space is limited. Artists scholarships are available, call 1-800-ARTS-N-ED for availability. Members of the New York State Alliance for Arts Education or of the Association for Teaching Artists also receive discounts, a membership benefit.
For further information or to register, please call 1-800-ARTS-N-ED, or email nysaae@drisny.org.
The New York State Alliance for Arts Education is a statewide, non-profit service organization, dedicated to ensuring that the arts become an integral part of every young person's education in New York State. The Alliance creates networks and partnership opportunities for educators and arts Professionals and sponsors workshops and conferences across the state. The Alliance is a member of the Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network. Its programs are made possible with public funds from the NYS Council on the Arts, a State Agency. Additional support is provided by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the members of the NYS Alliance for Arts Education.
The Association of Teaching Artists (ATA) champions the professional status and the professional development of artists who teach in the schools. Led by a group of veteran teaching artists from across all regions of the state, ATA seeks to empower individual teaching artists by advocating for teaching artists at state and local levels, collaborating and communicating with cultural and educational institutions to create employment and professional development opportunities, and working to develop regional networks to support the professional development of teaching artists.
The mission of the Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester is to develop, promote, and strengthen the cultural industry for the benefit of the people of the Rochester region.
FACULTY
Warren Applegate has over 30 years experience as a high school English teacher. As coordinator of the Highly Able Learners program in his district, he supervised visiting artists programs from grades K-12. As Associate Director of the Capital District School Development Association, he co-authored, A View from the Inside: Arts in Education and worked with arts education grant writing projects.
Diane Gallo is an award winning writer and performance poet who was recently named by the Mid Atlantic Foundation as one of America's 250 most talented community artists for her collaborative installation work. A veteran teaching artist, she is co-director of the Association of Teaching artists (ATA), an advocacy and professional development organization for artists who work in the schools.
Contacts: Lynne Lekakis (518) 473-0823
Goldee Hecht-Meyer (716) 473-4000 x205
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