 SMARTS: BRING BACK THE ARTS
CALIFORNIA STATE PTA ONLINE NEWSLETTER
April 2005
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 Education Leadership Conference May 1 and 2 in Sacramento
- “Teach Us” Celebration of Arts Education Day
- Advocacy Resources on the SMARTS Website
2) Interactive Websites for Parents, Teachers, and Students
- Asia Games: The Art of the Contest
- Who Am I? Self Portrait in Art
- Virtual Field Trip: Over the Line - The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence
- Where Science Meets Art
3) Announcements
- MetLife Foundation Partners in Education Project
- Visit National PTA’s Reflections Program Gallery
- New York Public Library Digital Images
- Arts Education: Improving Students’ Academic Performance
- U.S. Department of Education Arts Education Grants
1) Advocacy for the Arts
Arts Education Leadership Conference May 1 and 2 in Sacramento
Early bird discount has been extended through April 8 only!
PTA members are invited to the California Alliance for Arts Education Arts Education
Leadership: Leveraging the Vision conference immediately following the California State
PTA Convention in Sacramento. A limited number of scholarships are available on a first
come first serve basis.
Speakers and presenters include:
Governor Mike Huckabee, Education Commission of the States (invited)
Jack O’Connell, California Superintendent of Public Instruction (invited)
Muriel Johnson, new director of the California Arts Council
Laura Zakaras, Rand Corporation, one of the authors of Gifts of the Muse
Lois Hetland, Harvard Project Zero
Kathryn Lynch, Legislative Advocate, Lynch and Associates
Sandra Jordan, International Music Products Association, NAMM
Carol Kocivar, Legislative Advocate, California State PTA
Glen Thomas, Executive Director, California County Superintendents Educational Services
Registration information:
http://www.artsed411.org/projects/springconf2005.stm
“Teach Us” Celebration of Arts Education Day
View a multimedia celebration of Arts Education Day.
http://artseducationday.org/teachus.htm
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
Asia Games: The Art of the Contest
Drawing on major collections of Asian art in the United States, Europe, and Japan, Asian
Games has almost two hundred objects, including spectacular examples of game sets
dating from the twelfth to nineteenth centuries. It highlights the importance of Asia as a
source of many games—chess, backgammon, Parcheesi, Ludo, Snakes and Ladders, and
playing cards.
http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/current/AsianGames.htm
Who Am I? Self Portrait in Art
Who am I? provides art and writing activities for middle school students. Students look at
self-portraits in the National Gallery of Art’s collection by Vincent van Gogh, Paul
Gauguin, Judith Leyster, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and Andy Warhol.
http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/self_portraits/
Virtual Field Trip: Over the Line - The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence
Join with staff at the Whitney Museum of Art in New York City to experience the works of
renowned African-American artist Jacob Lawrence. Take an electronic field trip.
http://ali.apple.com/ali_sites/ali/exhibits/1000354/
Where Science Meets Art
A Morning Edition series from National Public Radio explores the unexpected
intersections of two seemingly different disciplines -- art and science.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4111499
3) Announcements
MetLife Foundation Partners in Education Project
The National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts will award grants of up to $15,000
to support exemplary Community Schools of Arts and public school partnerships.
http://www.nationalguild.org/
Visit National PTA’s Reflections Program Gallery
The PTA Reflections Program features student art in four categories--literature, musical
composition, photography, and the visual arts--based on a selected theme.
http://www.pta.org/reflections
New York Public Library Digital Images
Russian civil war posters, George Caitlin’s North American Indian portfolio and 16thcentury
celestial maps are among the 275,000 images in the New York Public Library’s
Digital Gallery.
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm
“Arts Education: Improving Students’ Academic Performance”
You can view this Education News program from the U.S. Department of Education as a
web-cast:
http://www.connectlive.com/events/ednews/
U.S. Department of Education Arts Education Grants
Information about grant programs that support standards-based arts programs and
integration of arts education with other content areas is provided.
http://www.ed.gov/programs/artsedmodel/applicant.html
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