November 2004 Newsletter

SMARTS: BRING BACK THE ARTS

CALIFORNIA STATE PTA ONLINE NEWSLETTER

November 2004

SMARTS is California State PTA's program to encourage arts education. The California State PTA wants to create advocates for quality arts education at every school in California. We hope you will spread the word about the benefits of arts education. Please e-mail this newsletter to PTA district, council and unit members.

In this issue:

1) Advocacy for the Arts

Arts Learning in Action
Music for All Foundation Advocacy Resources
ART. Ask for More. View the PSA Ads
Advocacy Resources on the SMARTS Website

2) Interactive Websites for Parents, Teachers, and Students

Destination Modern Art
George Washington: A National Treasure
Art Games
Earth as Art
Arts Alive: Music Games and Activities

3) Announcements

The Arts in Every Classroom
Coastal Art and Poetry Contest
Spark: Light Your Fire

1) Advocacy for the Arts

Arts Learning in Action
The California State PTA and the California Alliance for Arts Education (CAAE) are coordinating a statewide campaign to bring elected officials into our schools to witness the power of learning in the arts during the month of March. We want to raise awareness among state, county and local elected officials about the essential value of arts education in our schools. Learn how you can get involved.
http://www.artsed411.org/involved/toolkit.stm

Music for All Foundation Advocacy Resources
Music for All is dedicated to providing access to information and resources to support music and the arts in education and communities.
http://music-for-all.org/resources.html#Tools

ART. Ask for More. View the PSA Ads
Information and resources on this site help establish the place of the arts as a full academic subject area and as empowering activities that carry over into other areas of life and study. View the PSA ads online.
http://www.artsusa.org/public_awareness/

Advocacy Resources on the SMARTS Website
This California State PTA website contains advocacy resources for parents and teachers.
http://www.capta.org/sections/programs-smarts/index.cfm

2) Interactive Websites for Parents, Teachers, and Students

Destination Modern Art
Destination Modern Art is a website for children ages 5 to 8. An interactive online gallery offers an introduction to the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and its affiliate, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center.
http://www.moma.org/destination

George Washington: A National Treasure
Look at the famous Gilbert Stuart portrait of our first president. This Smithsonian site has resources for students and teachers.
http://www.georgewashington.si.edu/

Earth as Art Take a look at these photos from around the world. Landsat satellites have imaged the Earth's surface for nearly thirty years; Landsat photographs selected for their aesthetic value are presented in this Library of Congress exhibition. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/earthasart/

Art Games
Visit the Albright-Knox Art Gallery's interactive website about art and artists for students from kindergarten through 6th grade (English and Spanish).
http://www.albrightknox.org/artgames

Arts Alive: Music Games and Activities
Click on this interactive music site from the National Arts Centre in Canada with activities for teachers, parents, students, kids, and young artists.
http://www.artsalive.ca/en/mus/activitiesgames/index.html

3) Announcements

The Arts in Every Classroom
This Annenberg Foundation/Corporation for Public Broadcasting site offers a free online video workshop for elementary school teachers that includes eight one-hour video programs plus a Classroom Demonstration Materials video, workshop guide, and educational website; graduate credit is available.
http://www.learner.org/resources/series174.html

Coastal Art and Poetry Contest
The California Coastal Commission invites California students in kindergarten through 12th grade to submit artwork or poetry with a coastal or marine theme to its annual Coastal Art and Poetry Contest; deadline is January 31, 2005.
http://www.coastal.ca.gov/publiced/pendx.html

Spark: Light Your Fire
Spark brings the Bay Area arts community into classrooms, to the Web and to KQED Public Television (Channel 9 in the San Francisco Bay Area) with resources for educators.
http://www.kqed.org/spark/education/

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