EdTA Advocacy Update
August 28, 2018
The Advocacy Update is where you can find current national and state news concerning arts advocacy and arts education.
NATIONAL NEWS
National Endowment for the Arts Releases 2019 Art Works Grant Guidelines
This NEA grant program provides funding for projects that investigate the value and impact of the arts for individuals and communities, with 2019 projects focusing across topic areas and on experimental or quasi-experimental design methods. NEA will host a public webinar at 3 p.m. EST Sept. 5 for potential applicants to learn more about the program and to engage with NEA staff. (National Endowment for the Arts)
STATE NEWS
Got state theatre and other arts education news you want to share? Send it to Katie: kferchen@schooltheatre.org
Alaska: Perseverance Theatre, Living Up To Its Name Again (American Theatre)
Arkansas: Drama Kids of Pulaski County Arkansas Announces New Grant-Funded Program with Little Rock School District (WMBF News)
California: For Youth, By Youth: Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, and Change; or How a Youth-led Arts Conference was Born (Americans For The Arts)
High School Students Invited to Apply for the Music Center’s Spotlight Arts Education Program (Press-Enterprise)
Colorado: Broadway Gala Fundraiser Sets Record… And Serves Brunch (Pagosa Daily Post)
Florida: Vet Voices: A Healing Journey into Theatre Arts (Americans For The Arts)
Illinois: Arts and Education Council Grants $45,000 to Arts Groups in Missouri, IL (St. Louis Public Radio)
Jazz on the Square Teams Up With Jamey Aebersold to Bring Jazz Education Resources to McHenry County Schools (Daily Herald)
Indiana: **Apply** Grant Funds Arts Education Programs (Herald Tribune)
Kansas: HHS Students Help Plan State Thespian Festival (Hutchinson News)
Michigan: Flint Youth Theatre Will Become Flint Repertory Theatre (ABC 12 Flint)
Minnesota: Minneapolis: At The Corner of Arts and Justice (Americans For The Arts)
Missouri: Regional Arts Commission Changes Leave Theater Troupes Concerned About Funding (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
New Mexico: Local Group Hands Out $100,000 to Non Profit Arts Programs for Youth (Albuquerque Journal)
Utah: A Utah Business “Not Throwin’ Away Its Shot” to Help Rural Students Experience “Hamilton” (Americans For The Arts)
Wisconsin: TBEY Fills the Gap in Milwaukee Arts Education (Shepherd Express)
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
New Zealand: $320,000 for Performing Arts Chance to ‘Get it Right’ (Otago Daily Times)
Delhi: College Professors Use Games, Music, Drama to Teach About Biz, Trade, Politics (Hindustan Times)
WORTH READING
3 Ways to Support a Child Who’s Interested in the Arts
Adding the “A” for the arts to extend STEM-related curriculum into STEAM reminds us that students are people with boundless creative and artistic potential. If your child is leaning in an artistic direction, here are three ways to support his or her interest. (CBS LA)
Risks Aren’t Just for Artists (We’re Looking to You, Government)
At the end of 18 months of conversation, debate, creation and synthesis, the City of West Hollywood had its cultural plan. Five principles guided The Plan’s recommendations, among them #5: Experimentation. (Americans for the Arts)
Tackling Male Violence Through Arts Education
Will McInerney disliked the formal education system as a child. “I would much rather have been outside playing basketball,” he says. “I struggled in school for a long time. I found it hard to square the job of learning with the process of school. I am an example of someone who had more potential than I was able to discover for a long time due to an outdated system that did not encourage creativity.” (Gates Cambridge)
How an Auction for a Wireless Frequency is Affecting High School and Amateur Theaters
About four years ago, the Federal Communications Commission decided that a specific slice of the radio spectrum would be reallocated for use in internet broadband services. The aim was to make mobile broadband services faster. The FCC then auctioned off this spectrum to a number of broadband companies that include T-Mobile, Comcast and Dish TV. (Marketplace)