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Uncover the intricacies of arts education organizations’ partnerships with schools. Engage in interactive discussions, role-playing, and case studies to gain valuable insights that explore the dynamics, motivations, and solutions crucial for enhancing programming and fostering stronger relationships. Register at bit.ly/F2F2024.

I am really amazed this is free! Awesome lineup of speakers and topics from the Smithsonian Institution for educators!! For my #sustainability educators and #GreenSchools, check out the following sessions you can attend virtually for free: 💚Educating for sustainable development: a teacher’s perspective 💚Inclusivity in environmental education 💚Environmental justice: leaders through community 💚Stories of women in STEM 💚Youth as agents of change in their community 💚Cross-content approaches to youth climate action

Has your arts or cultural organization completed SCAC's survey yet? We're interested in learning more about how to better serve our arts community. Help us understand the current state of accessibility practices and resources within the cultural sector! Survey close soon. Take the survey: bit.ly/scacdiscoverysurvey [image description: White text on a teal background reads Help shape out future programming. SCAC seeks to deepen our understanding of how to better serve our arts community. Our survey should be completed by the staff member most familiar with accessibility efforts at their organization. The survey is closing very soon and we want your organization’s information to be counted! To the right, a QR code and link above a silhouetted group of people of various body types and abilities.]

QUESTION: How much clay was used by #SpokaneSchools students last year? ANSWER: In 2022, 15,650 lbs. of clay were distributed among our 57 schools, allowing approxmiately 29,000 students from kindergarten to 12th grade to mold, sculpt, and create. Visual arts are an integral part of education as students to explore materials, learn design principles, develop critical thinking skills, and showcase their creativity. Teaching positions for art courses at the secondary level are supported in part by local levy contributions, which fills in the gaps not funded by the state. The local levy and state levy assistance provide nearly 14% of Spokane Public Schools' annual operating budget. A replacement levy will be presented to voters on the Feb. 13, 2024, ballot. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/gw7FMHHT.

Check these two new reports from the Connected Learning Lab on learning in libraries...reminding us of how vital libraries are as sites for learning that is meaningful and connected to people's everyday lives and communities.

For all those in the education space, this will be so worthwhile. The creative arts are fundamental for child development... encouraging problem solving, self-expression, confidence, articulation, leadership skills and a plethora of other key building blocks for success.

Anyone can talk to kids about their art, but here are some helpful, open-ended questions to support their early learning and development in the process. 1️⃣ “Tell me about your art…” 2️⃣ “Where did you get your idea?” 3️⃣ “What is your favorite part?” Learn more about why these kinds of questions matter, AND how we bring promising practices in early childhood and museum education together in The cARTie Curriculum at www.cARTie.org. [Video Description: The text “3 Questions to Ask Children about their Art” is followed by three questions: “tell me about your art,” “where did you get your idea?,” and “what is your favorite part?” with a video of students working on a collaborative activity on the museum bus playing behind.]

[New Post] The Importance of Arts Education in Afterschool For several years there has been an on-going decline in the funding for arts education in schools which we have been discussing as a major problem. Afterschool programs are perfectly positioned to fill this gap. In this blog we offer 2 guest blogs from Oakland Leaf on the importance of creativity and arts education. https://lnkd.in/gZ3d4kX3

This year's journal is now up on our website. Over the next few months we will be spotlighting the work of our contributors. This week we are looking at 'Valuing difference: how can alternative public spaces, like Modern Art Oxford, learn and engage with communities through place-based approaches to programming?'. The article was written by staff from Modern Art Oxford: Holly Broughton, Sara Lowe, Mills Brown and Lavinia Siardi. "Publicly funded galleries are, of course, public spaces. Or they should be. Throughout this text we consider the responsibilities of galleries who have received public money since their inception, like Modern Art Oxford, and how the communities, social networks and city dynamics that these galleries sit within, shape their physical and programmatic makeup. Reflecting on Modern Art Oxford’s history and participatory summer programme, we consider the possibilities that come when everyone, including the organisation, considers themselves a participant, contributing to a shared practice." Communities and care is a response to the UK Government’s ‘Levelling up’ agenda connected to a perceived lack of culture or other infrastructure. At its core, is the idea of engaging communities, most often used in the professional arts sector to refer to collective groups working together, defined by a distinguishing factor across a shared experience. Take a journey through visual art practice, engagement and participation in the era of placemaking and levelling up, simultaneously exploring the uses of the word care in relation to this work. Login with your member details to read the journal. Login with your member details to read our journals: https://buff.ly/44K8zot

Many professional services businesses and consultants make the mistake of not producing case studies to showcase their work. I've always found case studies to be a great way to illustrate to potential clients the types of problems we've solved, and how we've solved them. I've also noticed that producing cases studies for higher-level work will help close higher-level clients; in other words, you'll reap what you sow. Case studies are a "bottom-of-the-funnel" tool, meaning that they won't necessarily attract a client, but will help to close a right-fit client that sees themselves in the work you've completed. Here's our latest case study, showcasing our work in redeveloping the website for the amazing Bronx Charter School for the Arts: https://lnkd.in/eE8bG_-n #casestudy #charterschools #websitedesign