The Arts New and Notes - OSPI - October 2017

Please share with colleagues and friends who are interested in the arts, and thank you for your support of arts education!

News...
Many thanks to everyone who offered to participate in the ornament project for the Governor’s Mansion Ornament Project. We received an overwhelming response and truly wish we could have included all of you who offered. Please know that we are hoping to provide this opportunity again next year.

Learning and Teaching Office at OSPI
The Learning and Teaching Office at OSPI provides leadership, service, and support in the development, implementation, and dissemination of learning standards in all curriculum areas. For more information and links to all of Washington’s Learning Standards, please go to: http://www.k12.wa.us/CurriculumInstruct/default.aspx

Arts Graduation Requirement Increase
FYI: The arts graduation requirement has increased from one (1) credit to two (2) credits beginning with students who will graduate in 2019. For more information about this requirement and other graduation requirements, please go to: http://www.sbe.wa.gov/graduation.php#.VgA0Xjbn_DC

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/u...e-the-Arts.pdf

Seattle Symphony Programs for Students and Teachers
The Seattle Symphony offers a multitude of education programs, aligned to Washington State Learning Standards, for students and teachers to build and foster lifelong relationships with symphonic music. For more information, please go to: https://www.seattlesymphony.org/fami...arning/schools

My Public Art Portal – The Washington State Arts Commission (ArtsWA)
To view the State Arts Collection through “My Public Art Portal,” a searchable, web-based database as it continues to grow weekly and currently holds more than half of the Collection’s 4,600 artworks, please go to: http://www.arts.wa.gov/public-art/my-public-art-portal

smARTS For Students: An Arts Education Guide for Parents & Families
ArtsEd Washington and the Washington State PTA collaborated to create this arts education guide for parents and families. For a downloadable link and more information, please go to: http://artsedwashington.org/smartswa

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. Launched in 2011, this site 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

Washington’s 2017 Teacher of the Year – Value of STEAM
Camille Jones, Washington’s 2017 Teacher of the Year, claims that incorporating the arts through a “STEAM Lab” process creates opportunities for her students to express their creativity and imagination. To view her conversation about STEAM with Bill Gates, please go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ygy1VpV3KA

Video Resources from Annenberg Learner
A teacher resource available at Annenberg Learner, The Arts in Every Classroom: A Video Library K-5, has videos of classroom teachers and arts specialists integrating the arts into their classrooms. To view the videos, please go to: http://www.learner.org/resources/series165.html. To view other Annenberg Learner resources, please go to: http://www.learner.org/

Opportunities...

Rising Star Project
The 5th Avenue Theatre’s Rising Star Project offers students the chance to develop professional skills through the process of producing and performing a show on The 5th Avenue Theatre mainstage. For more information and a link to the application, please go to:https://www.5thavenue.org/education /youth#rising-star-project

Broadway Center & Pantages Theater – Professional Development Opportunity for Teachers: The Pantages Theater will host the celebrated concert “Take Me To The River” on Sunday, October 22nd. In cooperation with the tour and the Berklee College of Music, we’re pleased to offer discounted concert tickets and a FREE professional development workshop for educators from 3:00 – 6:00! For more information and tickets, please contact Antonio Gómez at: tgomez@broadwaycenter.org

Poetry Out Loud – 2017-18 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. Registration is open until November 17. For more information, please go to: http://www.arts.wa.gov/arts-in-educa...-and-key-dates

CWU’s Look at Me: High School Student Exhibition
The Department of Art at Central Washington University is sponsoring its annual Look at Me: High School Student Exhibition 2017 October 30 – November 3. The Look at Me High School Art Exhibition is free to enter and open to juniors and seniors across the Northwest Region. Students are welcome to submit one self-portrait each. These self-portraits must be original, and can be any media. All entries are due by October 23. For more information, please go to: http://www.cwu.edu/art/look-me-high-...xhibition-2017

Creative Dance Center Workshops
A calendar of workshops including several on Brain Dance for educators, dance teachers, teaching artists, early childhood specialists, OTs, PTs, and parents is now available. For more information and to register, please go to: https://www.creativedance.org/instit...tor-community/

Seattle Art Museum (SAM)
SAM provides creative learning opportunities for students and educators that ignite curiosity, foster critical thinking, and develop environments that are rigorous, inclusive, and collaborative. For more information and a list of their offerings, please go to: http://seattleartmuseum.org/programs...-and-educators

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 2018 include:
• Explorations for grades 7-9, March 4-9, 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 29-May 4, 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 12-18, 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/

Songwriting Challenge
The Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts partnering with the American Theatre Wing and in collaboration with Playbill, Inc. and Disney Theatrical Productions. The Songwriting Challenge is a national competition for high school students who have a passion for writing songs that could be part of a musical theater production. For more information, please go to: https://songwritingchallenge.secure-.../page/homepage

Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
The 2018 Scholastic Awards are open for submissions from students in grades 7-12. The Scholastic Awards look for work that demonstrates originality, technical skill, and emergence of a personal voice or vision. For more information, please go to: http://www.artandwriting.org/what-we.../how-to-enter/

Enjoy the arts!
Anne Banks, Program Supervisor
The Arts - Dance, Media Arts, Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Phone: 360-725-4966