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  CAEC/CEAC Sharing the Vision   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Arts classes are often cited as the reason some children stayed in school, not because the arts are easy — they are not — but because they allow these students to blossom in different ways, to gain in self-confidence, to grow in self-esteem.
Arts education includes both learning in and through the arts and is a vital part of the school curriculum.
Arts education, as learning in the arts, seeks to encourage children in creative art making and responding processes, giving them a firm foundation in the practices and principles of the various arts disciplines.
www.artsed.ca /sharingthevision.html   (1949 words)

  
 KAC Long Range Plan 2004-2008 text version
Recognizing that the arts are as dynamic as the world itself, new disciplines and art forms are emerging, along with new technologies and the new economy.
The work of the agency and, indeed, the delivery of the arts in Kentucky is dependent on a myriad of priorities that are established by governmental structure, partnership commitments, and the established mission and purpose of the Arts Council.
Arts Education Partnership is a private, non-profit coalition of more than 100 national education, arts, business, philanthropic, and government organizations that demonstrate and promote the essential role of arts education in enabling all students to succeed in school, life and work.
artscouncil.ky.gov /LRP/lrp_text.htm   (3680 words)

  
 newsdesk.org | : Arts Forum San Francisco: Election 2004
Arts organizations should create a clear, organized group with a concise agenda and a strong director to advocate for the arts, for public funding for the arts, and so on.
My vision for the Arts in San Francisco, generally, is that artists be valued and appreciated through adequate funding and acknowledgment, and that art be aggressively incorporated into the different areas of San Francisco life and accessible to underrepresented communities.
My vision for arts education includes a FTE arts educator in every school, a collaboration of SFUSD teachers, major arts organizations, and community arts educators offering a variety of arts classes to all school kids, and a relocated and renovated SOTA in the civic center serving as a central resource for these programs.
www.artsandmedia.net /cgi-bin/dc/newsdesk/2004/10/26_sf_arts_survey   (16055 words)

  
 Independent Arts and Media: San Francisco Mayoral Arts Forum 2003
Arts organizations make San Francisco the vibrant, sophisticated city that we love, and San Francisco is one of the most important cities in California for the arts.
Arts education is a powerful gateway to academic success, giving all children a forum for exercising their creativity and those who learn differently another model for achievement at school.
By appealing to new donors and increasing the support of new donors, arts funding must be kept a priority with in the city government, and I would look to the Arts Commission to help me in understanding the needs of the arts community and pledge to support their efforts with continued funding.
artsandmedia.net /cgi-bin/dc/iam/2003/09/29_sf_mayoral_election   (5486 words)

  
 Pure Vision Arts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Pure Vision Arts (PVA) is Manhattan's first specialized art studio and exhibition space for artists with developmental disabilities.
PVA provides studio space, art materials, exhibition opportunities, and career development for beginning, emerging, and established artists.
Glaser's art work, demonstrating his rare ability to communicate ideas with graphic eloquence, was first shown on May 11 at Pure Vision Arts at Marlborough Chelsea, an exhibition and auction of work by leading artists with (and without) developmental challenges.
purevisionarts.org   (197 words)

  
 Arts Vision/Dateline UC Davis/05-26-00
The Arts Vision Initiative -- the latest in the campus’s ongoing series of interdisciplinary initiatives -- will focus on studies of the intersections between arts, culture and technology, says Elizabeth Langland, dean of the humanities, arts and cultural studies division.
The Arts Vision initiative stems from campuswide planning that took place in the late 1990s when 10 cross-disciplinary initiatives were identified, including initiatives for the environment, genomics, mind sciences, nano-phases and the hemispheric study of the Americas.
The arts initiative was sought to help the campus strengthen academic programs in the creative arts, as well as to help broaden campuswide collaboration to other areas, including engineering and the physical sciences.
www-dateline.ucdavis.edu /052600/DL_artsvision.html   (598 words)

  
 About the Wisconsin Arts Board
The Wisconsin Arts Board is the state agency which nurtures creativity, cultivates expression, promotes the arts, supports the arts in education, stimulates community and economic development and serves as a resource for people of every culture and heritage.
Let art begin at home and let it spread through the children and the parents, and through the schools and the institutions, and through government.
And let us start by acceptance, not negation—acceptance that the arts are important everywhere, and that they can exist and flourish in small places as well as large, with money or without it, according to the will of the people.
arts.state.wi.us /static/aboutus.htm   (681 words)

  
 Hawai'i Alliance for Arts Education
Hawai'i Alliance for Arts Education, founded in 1980, is the only statewide private non-profit for the arts that belongs to the national Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network, a major program of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC.
We are widely respected for networking arts and education agencies and for advocating a complete education for all children in Hawai‘i.
The ARTS at Marks Garage is in the center of the Honolulu Cultural Improvement District.
www.arts-hawaii.org /about/about.asp   (382 words)

  
 ARTSEDGE: Why Arts Education Matters
The arts are also a great equalizer in terms of economic and social discrepancies.
The arts challenge students of all ages, and engage them in a way that is often more kinesthetic, and perhaps more emotionally satisfying, than the "traditional" approach to teaching a text.
If there is an arts specialist in your school, look at him or her as a collaborator in expanding your students' experience.
artsedge.kennedy-center.org /content/3270   (738 words)

  
 About Vision Martial Arts
Reeve opened Vision Martial Center in Plano, TX, creating the motto "Building Positive Life Skills Through Martial Arts." Currently boasting an enrollment of over 240 students, it is one of the largest in the city.
She calls her switch from nursing to martial arts the “best career decision I ever made.” And in a field still dominated by men, her mother’s perspective brings a welcome insight to teaching children karate - a fact not wasted on the moms of her pupils.
Martial arts in Plano is a seasonal business with youngsters dedicated to other athletic pursuits throughout the year, she said.
visionmartialarts.com /about.nxg   (2146 words)

  
 National Performing Arts Convention - Vision
The 2004 Performing Arts Convention taking place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from June 8 to June 13, 2004 represents the first-ever gathering of national arts leaders from across a spectrum of performing arts disciplines.
Bringing together artists, arts administrators, trustees and volunteers, and audiences, the Convention will promote the arts and arts issues into the national dialogue about community vitality and civic engagement.
We also live in an age where arts organizations are cooperating with one another more than ever before to attract new audiences, redevelop downtown performance districts and nurture young artists — as demonstrated so well in Pittsburgh.
www.performingartsconvention.org /vision.htm   (314 words)

  
 Sydney Olympic Park : Arts & Cultural Vision
Our vision is that by 2012, Sydney Olympic Park will be recognised by Sydney residents, and shared with visitors to the city as: “A place with a unique creative spirit, responsive to its environs and engaged with its community.
It will be the focal point of a new and exciting style of artistic expression for Sydney, and a place where established and emerging artists and communities work together, generating a lively and vibrant character to delight, engage and involve residents and visitors”.
Arts and culture has a key role in the development of the town.
www.sydneyolympicpark.com.au /developing_sydney_olympic_park/the_vision/arts__and__cultural_vision   (327 words)

  
 Minnesota State Arts Board
Work with the statewide network of regional arts councils to ensure accessibility to arts activities for all Minnesotans.
The arts, in their many forms, provide a vehicle for developing and expressing creativity, a tool for growth, and a means of connecting people across cultural boundaries.
Integrity/Accountability - The Board is a responsible steward of the public trust, committed to distributing public resources fairly and efficiently through a grantmaking system that is based on high ethical and legal standards and a peer review process open to the public.
www.arts.state.mn.us /about/vision.htm   (396 words)

  
 Our Liberal Arts Vision
I was determined that, at its heart, the OBU Planetarium express the liberal arts mission of the university.
Its educational possibilities contribute to a liberal arts university, beginning with all areas of natural science and science education and extending to the humanities as well.
In their junior year at OBU, liberal arts students with non-science majors take a uniquely-designed course in the Unified Studies core, Natural Sciences 311, which explores problem-solving in the history of astronomy, cosmology and physics, especially in the Copernican Revolution.
homepage.mac.com /kvmagruder/planet/general/vision.htm   (2553 words)

  
 Nevada Arts Council - Mission Statement
Arts Town Meetings, focus groups and individual conversations held throughout the state, and print and online surveys provide feedback to NAC on the state of the arts, and agency services.
That we work together to strengthen the environment for artists and arts organizations to accomplish this vision.
Incorporate the arts as an essential element in the educational experience of all Nevadans.
dmla.clan.lib.nv.us /docs/ARTS/mission.htm   (213 words)

  
 The History, Mission, and Vision of Arts First Oakland
Arts First Oakland fosters and exhibits the creativity and beauty of Oakland’s diverse cultural heritage, promoting spiritual growth and community transformation through artistic empowerment.
Arts First Oakland unites local performing artists and organizations, arts teachers, youth artists, and the families and community members who support the arts to form a nexus of arts activity.
Art is acknowledged as an essential element of a whole and spiritual life.
www.artsfirstoakland.org /mission.html   (284 words)

  
 Stanford Lively Arts: About Us
Stanford Lively Arts aims to ignite and fuel a passion for the arts through inspirational arts experiences, stirring live performances, and engaging learning opportunities on campus and in the community.
We seek to connect the arts to the academic mission of the university and create an environment in which the performing arts are an essential, exciting, and ongoing part of the Stanford campus and surrounding community.
Stanford Lively Arts is strategically positioned to increase its integration into the academic mission of the university, collaborating with faculty on new initiatives, partnering more actively in the community, and situating the organization for increased public value and greater profile within the field.
livelyarts.stanford.edu:16080 /aboutus/execdir.php   (1690 words)

  
 School of Visual Arts > Visual Arts Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The emphasis of the Visual Arts Library is on the arts and humanities, with a concentration on the fine arts, art history, design, photography, film and literature.
VISION allows you to search library holdings, consult your library record, browse reserve lists, recommend purchases and place holds.
PLEASE NOTE: The Visual Arts Library is for the use of current students, faculty, staff and alumni of the School of Visual Arts only.
www.schoolofvisualarts.edu /sr/index.jsp?sid0=124&sid1=131   (196 words)

  
 USC Upstate: College of Arts & Sciences - Vision Statement and Strategic Plan
The College of Arts and Sciences is the heart of USC Upstate, South Carolina’s metropolitan university.
The College of Arts and Sciences is committed to providing excellent support for each of its faculty members in the areas of teaching, scholarship and creative activity, and outreach and service.
Thus, it is imperative that the College of Arts and Sciences and other units at the university seek external funds from a variety of sources (granting agencies, foundations, private sources).
www.uscupstate.edu /academics/arts_sciences/cas_vision.asp   (715 words)

  
 Governor Baldacci: Building Maine Communities Through the Arts and Culture Vision   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
What we possess as a state in the arts and cultural resources is truly remarkable; and the prospect of connecting these resources with a new, creative economic model presents a great opportunity for Maine and for all Maine communities.
Maine's arts education programs must remain strong and on a par with other, basic disciplines if Maine is to develop the creative problem solvers we need for the new, knowledge-based economy.
More research on Maine arts, culture, and their associated institutions is needed; and we will encourage this through partnerships among the Maine Cultural Affairs Council, our private colleges and public universities, the Maine Development Foundation, the state's network of public libraries, and others.
www.state.me.us /governor/baldacci/vision/culture.html   (860 words)

  
 The Arts In Every Classroom - Arts Integration
Community — The community (broadly defined as parents and families, artists, arts organizations, businesses, and local civic and cultural leaders and institutions) is actively engaged in the arts politics and instructional programs of the district.
Superintendent — The superintendent regularly articulates a vision for arts education.
Teacher as Artist — Effective teachers of the arts are encouraged to continue to learn and grow in mastery of their art form as well as in their teaching competence.
learner.org /channel/workshops/artsineveryclassroom/artsfactors.html   (357 words)

  
 Chandler artist has vision for arts league he founded   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Chandler resident Ron Floyd is trying to start something similarly great in the Southeast Valley with his recent formation of the Chandler Art League, a non-profit organization intended to bring together individuals with interests in the visual arts, dance, music, theater and literature to foster the growth of the arts in the area.
He was inspired to form the Chandler Art League after he moved from Tempe to Chandler three years ago and says he was surprised by the lack of community engagement in the arts.
The Chandler Art League has not yet made any attempt to forge a partnership with Chandler, though Floyd said he would like to approach the city for support.
www.azcentral.com /community/mesa/articles/0712cr-artsleague0708Z11.html   (578 words)

  
 Arts & Business Council Inc. - Programs - General ALI Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The program provides a link between arts managers who are relatively new to the field (3–10 years’ experience) and those with a wealth of experience to share.
The program offers arts managers new strategies for management capacity-building and bridges the gap between training to be a practicing arts manager and acquiring the tools to become leaders of arts organizations, the field at large, and the community as a whole.
Arts leaders are community leaders who have the potential to be decision makers in the civil society their work sustains.
www.artsandbusiness.org /ali   (2299 words)

  
 Arts & Business Council Inc. - Programs - General ALI Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The program will provide a link between arts managers who are relatively new to the field (3—10 years’ experience) and those with a wealth of experience (20+ years) to share.
Arts leaders are decidedly community leaders who have the potential to be decision makers in the civil society their work sustains.
To optimize the learning environment, participation is limited to thirty arts managers from nonprofit arts and cultural organizations in New York City who are interested in acquiring leadership skills to secure a vital future for the arts community.
www.artsandbusiness.org /programs/ali.html   (1151 words)

  
 Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts / Vision   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Muriel I. Kauffman's vision was of a "world-class performing arts center" to serve as a home for the opera, ballet and symphony orchestra.
Following years of planning and anticipation, the community's vision is that the Center will be that and more: a catalyst for revitalization and development of downtown Kansas City, as well as a catalyst to get area children educated and participating in the arts.
The economic impact of the Performing Arts Center is projected to be tremendous.
www.kcperformingartscenter.org /vision   (334 words)

  
 +The Beaufort Vision ++Total Arts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Art and Crafts will be housed in the left wing, and the theatre in the right wing (descending to a depth of 10ft below ground level).
The steering group has recently initiated a membership scheme, and were touched to receive cheques ranging from an elderly lady who loves her town, to a doctor who can see a healthier community as a major benefit of the scheme.
The Beaufort Vision will be a permanent structure housing many arts facilities which will continue to add value to the life of the town and the lives of the people who use the centre.
www.freewebs.com /beaufortvision   (2236 words)

  
 Artsvision   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Artsvision® is North America's leader in arts and arts education planning, design, and program implementation.
Dedicated to excellence in the presentation of arts for diverse communities across the continent, Artsvision — based in Rhinebeck, New York, and Austin, Texas — serves music, theater and dance providers, universities and schools systems, government agencies, foundations and cultural organizations.
Even as many arts providers face hard economic times, Artsvision is continuing to prove that smart strategic planning can help grow and sustain effective programs and institutions.
www.artsvision.com   (121 words)

  
 National Performing Arts Convention - Vision
She came to Winston-Salem in 1993 to establish the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts at the North Carolina School of the Arts and served as the executive director for ten years.
Currently she serves as a Special Consultant for Partnerships in the Arts at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, a Senior Research Fellow for the Center for Arts and Culture in Washington, DC, and a Senior Advisor to Creative Capital in New York.
Butler was an art instructor in North Carolina public schools, and worked in the education offices of the North Carolina Museum of Art.
www.performingartsconvention.org /bio.cfm?id=97   (369 words)

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