Welcome to the Advocacy Update
February 27, 2018
The Advocacy Update is where you can find current national and state news concerning arts advocacy and arts education.
NEWS
Approved for First National Endowment for the Arts Grant
The Educational Theatre Association has been approved for a $36,000 National Endowment for the Arts grant in support of the Model Curriculum Framework Project. The year-long initiative will pair 10 two-member teams of high school theatre educators and teaching artists who will create a standards-based curriculum framework and instructional units in targeted areas of theatre. Complete guidelines and the application are available here. Applicants do not need to be members of the association.
NATIONAL NEWS
Students Who Lived Through Florida Shooting Turn Rage into Activism
"The crescendo has hit its point. It's enough and it's over," he says. "I haven't got a shred of doubt that this is going to be our change." (NPR)
STATE NEWS
Got state theatre and other arts education news you want to share? Send it to Shea: shaney@schooltheatre.org
Alabama: Mood Spotlight Presents Their First Full-Student Production ‘Peter Pan’ (St. Clair News)
Alaska: Progress: Rasmuson Foundation (Anchorage Press)
California: Fremont Mariachi Prepping for DC Gig (Recordnet.com)
‘That’s How You Develop Good People’ - Livianu Makes the Case for Music with the Rotary Club of China Lake (Taft Midway Driller)
SB Arts Council Launches Arts Now (Benito Link)
D.C.: Peggy Cooper Cafritz, Parton of Washington Arts and Education, Dies at 70 (Afro)
Idaho: Drama Teacher Taught Students Compassion, Leaves Theatre Legacy (Magic Valley)
Indiana: Indiana Arts Organizations Receive NEA Grants (Indiana Daily Student)
Dragon Tales to Revitalize Arts Education (Purdue Exponent)
Maryland: Community Foundation of Washington County Accepting Applications for Arts Grant (Herald-Mail Media)
Michigan: Crooked Tree Arts Center Accepting Youth Scholarship Applications (News-Review)
Nevada: Nevada Educators Plan How to Get Art Back in Schools (Reno Gazette-Journal)
New Jersey: Paterson Hosts Statewide Event as National El Sistema Leader (Tap Into Paterson)
New York: RBTL Arts Education Programs Host over 1,000 Local Students for ON YOUR FEET! (Broadway World Central New York)
An Arts School for Harlem (Amsterdam News)
North Carolina: Marci Harvey: Class Size Chaos and Arts Funding for Winston-Salem (Winston-Salem Journal)
Oregon: Commissioner Fish’s Statement in Support of Arts Education (The City of Portland Oregon)
Tennessee: DeltaARTS Among 14 Nonprofits to WIN CFGM Grants (Memphis Daily News)
Texas: Dallas Children’s Theatre’s ‘How I Became a Pirate’ Enhances Education Through Arts Experience at CCPA (Cerritos Community News)
Utah: Artists Mini-Grant Applications Due by February 28 (Iron County Today)
Virginia: Budding Artists Learn in the Spotlight (C-Ville)
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Canada: Student-Led Drama Investigates Fairytale Plot (Richmond News)
WORTH READING
The Spring Awakening of the Stoneman Douglas Theatre Kids
For former high-school-theatre kids, it’s a point of pride to see one of our own elevated to civic hero. “All these kids are drama kids, and I’m a dramatic kid, so it really meshes well,” Emma González, one of Kasky’s compatriots, told Emily Witt. (The New Yorker)
PODCAST: Three Cheers for the Drama Club
We’re celebrating theater kids of all ages and rediscovering how skills developed on or around the stage can translate to fascinating career moves. You’ll hear from Dan Maccarone of Charming Robot, playwright Lauren Gunderson, educator and designer Bryan Cooperrider, and Janett Martinez of Loomia. (Forbes)