The Arts News and Notes from OSPI - Dec. 2014

Welcome to The Arts News & Notes from the Arts office at OSPI. Please feel free to share with colleagues and friends who are interested in the Arts, and thank you for your support of arts education in Washington State.

News:

The Superintendent's High School Art Show is an annual event co-hosted by OSPI and the Washington Art Education Association (WAEA). High school students from all nine of the state's educational service districts (ESDs) participate in this artistic celebration each year. For more information, please go to: http://www.k12.wa.us/Arts/ArtShow/default.aspx

Notes:
Arts Infused Learning Closes Opportunity Gap is a research report conducted as part of a U.S. Department of Education grant project between Arts Impact and the Seattle Public Schools. For a copy of the report, please go to: http://www.arts-impact.org/research/...tunity_Gap.pdf

ArtsEdSearch is an online clearinghouse that collects and summarizes high quality research studies on the impacts of arts education and analyzes their implications for educational policy and practice. To access this valuable resource, please go to: http://www.artsedsearch.org/

Opportunities:
Arts Infused Learning: Adams Elementary in Seattle is offering an opportunity for visitors, interested in learning about and seeing first hand arts infused lessons, to visit their school and participate in classroom observations, hands-on learning, a school tour, and planning opportunities. This event will take place on Tuesday, January 27th, 2015 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. For more information, please contact: Louis Allard loallard@seattleschools.org

The National Association for Music Education (NAME), Northwest Division is holding their 44th Biennial Conference in Spokane, February 12-15. Online registration ends on January 12th. For more information and to register, please go to: http://www.nafmenw.org/subcontent.aspx?SecID=924

Puget Sound Conductor’s Institute:
University of Puget Sound School of Music invites conductors of bands at all levels to attend the Puget Sound Conductors Institute January 16-19. Registration deadline is January 5, 2015. For more information, please go to: http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/...tors-institute

The National Symphony Orchestra’s Summer Music Institute (SMI)
Every summer, approximately 60 students (ages 15-20) from all over the United States, as well as a number of other countries, meet in Washington, D.C. at the Kennedy Center to attend this institute. The deadline to submit applications is January 26, 2015. For more information, please go to: http://www.kennedy-center.org/nso/nsoed/smi

Federal Junior Ducks Stamp Design Contest
This art contest is open to All Washington State students grades K-12. There will be a total of 36 winners, between four age groupings, who received ribbons, prizes, recognition, and whose art will be on display for a full year at the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge in Olympia. For more information, please go to: http://www.fws.gov/juniorduck/ or contact the Washington State coordinator, Michael Schramm, at 360-753-9467 or michael_schramm@fws.gov.

Thespian Democracy works 2015 Essay Competition
The Educational Theatre Association (EdTA) is accepting submissions for its annual Thespian Democracyworks 2015 Essay Competition. Submission deadline for essays is February 13, 2015. For more information, please go to: http://www.schooltheatre.org/publica...cracyworks2015

Thespian Individual Events (IE) Festivals
The IE Festivals for Acting and Technical Theatre will be taking place in Spokane on January 17th, Mountlake Terrace on January 31st, and in Olympia on February 7th. For more information and links to registration forms, please go to: http://www.washingtonthespians.org/events.php

Inspirational Teacher Awards – Call for nominations
Nominations are now being accepted for the Kennedy Center’s Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Awards – a series of annual $10,000 grants that recognize inspiring teachers across the United States who currently teach or have taught in a K-12 school, college, or university. The deadline for nominations is December 14. For more information, please go to: http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/awards/sondheim.

Enjoy the arts and have a great day!

Anne Banks, Program Supervisor
The Arts - Dance, Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Phone: 360-725-4966
anne.banks@k12.wa.us
http://www.k12.wa.us/Arts