Save the Date: Saturday, March 1, 2017
Tukwila Community Center
12424 42nd Ave South
Tukwila, WA 98168
Cost $79 - 7 free clock hours available
Save my spot: email - Artstime2017@gmail.com
Contact person: Anne Banks
Anne Banks, Program Supervisor
The Arts – Dance, Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Phone: 360-725-4966
Seattle Art Museum (SAM) Teacher Resource Center (TRC)
The TRC is SAM’s free lending library and online resources for educators. For a complete listing, please go to: http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/trc
What School Leaders Can Do to Increase Arts Education
This brochure-length guide, prepared with support from the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, offers three concrete actions, supported by low-cost or no-cost strategies that school principals can use to increase arts education in their schools. To download, please go to: http://www.aep-arts.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/What-School-Leaders-Can-Do-To-Increase-the-Arts.pdf.
Seattle Symphony Programs for Students and Teachers
The Seattle Symphony offers a multitude of education programs, aligned to Washington State Arts Learning Standards, for students and teachers to build and foster lifelong relationships with symphonic music. For more information, please go to: http://www.seattlesymphony.org/families-learning/schools
Tacoma Art Museum’s online collection database Tacoma Art Museum’s online collection database is designed to make the museum’s 3,800 object collection available online. This site was launched in 2011 and continues to be a work in progress with new objects and information being added to the database regularly. Images are available to view for educational purposes only. To view the collection, please go to: http://tacoma.emuseum.com/emuseum.
Opportunities...
Arts Opportunities for Students and Teachers at Centrum
Centrum, located in Port Townsend and in partnership with OSPI, gathers young artists, scientists and teachers together. Artists working in the fields of visual art, writing, theater, movement and music will provide young artist opportunities to learn new ways of thinking, seeing and being. Opportunities in 2017 include:
- Explorations for grades 7-9, March 5-10, a multi-genre exploration in the arts. For more information, please go to: http://centrum.org/explorations-grades-7-9/
- Water World for grades 5-6, April 23-28, a study of the marine environment through the lens of art and science. For more information, please go to: http://centrum.org/water-world-grades-5-6/
- Dance This! For grades 9-12, August 6-12, an in-depth opportunity to learn a wide range of dance styles, techniques and choreography for all levels. For more information, please go to: http://centrum.org/dance-this-grades-9-12/
Poetry Out Loud - 2016-17 School Registration is now open
Any school serving students in grades 9-12 may register to participate in the Washington State Poetry Out Loud program. Washington State Arts Commission (ArtsWA) joins other state arts agencies in partnering with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation to support Poetry Out Loud, a poetry recitation competition that encourages the nation's youth to learn about great poetry through memorization and performance. For more information, please go to: http://www.arts.wa.gov/arts-in-education/poetry-out-loud/registration-and-key-dates
Exploring Latino Art: Integration Through Art-Infused Connections
This ten-hour workshop is designed for the generalist teacher and explores the spiritual and cultural complexity of Latin American art forms and guides teachers through projects that help students learn basic art skills used in making this diverse cultural art. For more information, please go to: http://www.schack.org/classes/exploring-latino-art-integration-through-art-infused-connections/
National Association for Music Education (NAfME), Northwest Division
Registration is now open for the NAfME Biennial Conference in Bellevue, February 16-19. For more information and to register, please go to: http://www.wmea.org/
Marine Band Concerto Competition
“The President’s Own” United States Marine Band, in conjunction with the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation and NAfME, announces the 2017 Marine Band Concerto Competition for high school musicians. Performers of woodwind, brass, or percussion instruments may apply. The deadline is November 15. For more information, please go to: http://www.marineband.marines.mil/About/ConcertoCompetition.aspx.
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