Welcome to the EdTA Advocacy Update
February 21, 2017
The Advocacy Update is where you can find current national and state news concerning arts advocacy and arts education
EdTA NEWS
2017 International Thespian Festival: Registration is now open! Event coordinators anticipate 4,500 delegates at this year’s event, taking place June 19-24 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Festival’s home for more than 20 years. Register by May 1, 2017!
NATIONAL NEWS
Arts Groups Draft Battle Plans as Trump Funding Cuts Loom: Listeners across the country were warned that many of the radio stations they were tuned in to were facing serious cuts, along with the NEA. (New York Times)
STATE NEWS
Got state theatre and other arts education news you want to share? Send it to May mhetzer@schooltheatre.org
California: Event showcases district’s theater arts programs (Los Angeles Wave Newspaper)
Data project aims to paint a detailed picture of arts education in LA County (89.3 KPCC)
Florida: Community Foundation of Tampa Bay boosts arts access in South Shore through major grants (Observer News)
Georgia: Despite storm, Albany Museum of Art continues reaching out to children (Albany Herald)
Indiana: Students step up to send message to Congress to continue supporting the arts (Dubois County Free Press)
Maryland: Harford County Cultural Arts Board Seeks Applications for Artists in Education Grants (Cecil Whig)
New York: New arts education partnership (WXXI News)
North Carolina: Arts Education (Wilkes Journal Patriot)
Triad Stage to expand learning program, increasing access to theatre education (Greensboro News & Record)
Pennsylvania: Facing cuts under Trump administration, arts community prepares to fight funding battle (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Texas: How the arts boost the Texas economy (The Dallas Morning News)
Vermont: What will President Trump do to the arts? (Rutland Herald)
Wisconsin: Night of the Arts highlights music, dance in Meadowood (Madison.com)
WORTH READING
Arts programming may help lower stress in economically disadvantaged preschoolers: A new study has found that intensive arts programs–music, dance, and visual arts–may lower the stress levels of economically disadvantaged preschoolers, as measured through cortisol. (Science Magazine)
VP Pence’s wife aims to raise awareness about art therapy: Karen Pence wants people to know that art therapy isn’t exactly arts and crafts. (PBS Newshour)