Posted by: Elissa Glickman
in General Interest on Mar 21, 2010
March 15, 2010 | 4:02 pm
A few weeks ago, Rocco Landesman, the chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, was in the East Room of the White House as President Obama conferred this year's National Medal of Arts on Jessye Norman, Rita Moreno, Maya Lin and Michael Tilson Thomas, among others.
On Monday, the cowboy-booted country music fan and self-described "recovering producer" who made his name on Broadway spent about 90 minutes in a very different neighborhood.
Posted by: Elissa Glickman
in Visual Arts on Mar 18, 2010
Six Glendale artists join 53 other artists in the Pasadena Society of Artists (PSA) 85th Annual Juried Exhibition from March 17 to April 3, 2010 at VIVA Art Center at13261 Moorpark Street in Sherman Oaks. The artists’ reception and awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, March 21 from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Posted by: Elissa Glickman
in General Interest on Feb 23, 2010
APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR ARTS EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROVIDERS TO BE INCLUDED IN ARTS FOR ALL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORY
The Los Angeles County Arts Commission is now accepting applications for the Arts for All Arts Education Professional Development Directory on LAArtsEd.org, Arts for All’s online resource to support school districts and their community partners.
To improve quality and equitable student access to arts learning, Arts for All invites professional development providers that have high quality programming and the capacity to serve educators in Los Angeles County to apply for listing in the Professional Development Directory. To be listed on the site, individuals and organizations must submit an electronic application form, required supplemental materials, and be approved by a peer panel comprised of arts organizations, artists, educators and parents.
Before opening an application, prospective applicants should first read the program's guidelines. Both the guidelines and application are available at http://pd.laartsed.org/Home/About <http://pd.laartsed.org/Home/About>
All applications must be submitted electronically by March 17, 2010 using the online application.
Providers considering applying can learn more about the Professional Development Directory and how to apply at the Technical Assistance Workshop on February 22, 2010, 1:00 - 4:00pm. To view details and register for the workshop, visit http://pddirectoryworkshop.eventbrite.com
The searchable, online Professional Development Directory, due to be launched in June 2010, will provide centralized access to quality, local and national, peer reviewed arts education professional development that serves the needs of Los Angeles’ diverse community of educators, inclusive of generalist teachers, arts specialists, teaching artists and school and arts administrators. Assistant superintendents will be able to find individuals and organizations that serve their professional development goals for increasing student achievement and improving instructional quality. Classroom teachers will be able to find professional learning communities to join. Teaching artists will be able to find mentor programs that will deepen their capacity to serve the needs of students. To see the format of the Professional Development Directory, visit LAArtsEd.org <http://tools.laartsed.org/> .
Email artsforall@arts.lacounty.gov with questions about the directory.
