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On January 15, 2019, the Roundtable will hold it’s 4th Annual Day of Learning on Equity and Inclusion: Creating Change from Within. We invite the NYC Arts Education community to reflect on the ways we can each serve as agents of change within our organizations.
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2019 Day of Learning on Equity and Inclusion – “Creating Change from Within”
On January 15, 2019, The NYC Arts in Education Roundtable will hold it’s 4th Annual Day of Learning on Equity and Inclusion. Our theme this year is, “Creating Change from Within.” This year we invite the NYC Arts Education community to reflect on the ways we can each serve as agents of change within our organizations. What are the skills and new capacities we need to cultivate that will catalyze change within our communities? And who are the partners and collaborators who are vital to a more equitable distribution of power and resources across the field?
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NEW YORK CITY ARTS IN EDUCATION ROUNDTABLE ANNOUNCES NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 20, 2018
NEW YORK, NY – The New York City Arts in Education Roundtable is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors has appointed Kimberly Olsen as Managing Director. Olsen is a teaching artist, director, arts administrator, arts-integration consultant, and NYS-certified special education teacher. She has worked in arts education for more than nine years, with five of those years spent in New York City.
READ MORE >Research undervalues social impact of the arts, review finds
An evidence review concludes that nuances around the impact of arts interventions are being lost as evaluations take “an overly narrow focus on data and measurements”.
Evidence of arts projects’ impact in both healthcare and the rehabilitation of criminal offenders is being overlooked or undervalued because of misunderstandings about what good research consists of, a new evidence review by Arts Council England (ACE) concludes.
Reviewing nearly 200 academic papers on arts interventions from the past five years,
READ MORE >Photo Blog – Teaching Artist Meet-Up: Sip & Create
This November, the NYC Arts in Education Roundtable’s Teaching Artist Affairs Committee & Community-Word Project’s Teaching Artist Project hosted a joint salon for Teaching Artists around NYC. Over 40 teaching artists attended the event! Musician Michael Morales led us in an opening community activity that had us experimenting with egg shakers, drums, triangles, and other musical instruments to create something uniquely collaborative. After that, attendees had the opportunity to mingle, snack, and create individual and collaborative artworks to share,
READ MORE >Chancellor Carranza Announces Record Citywide Investment in Arts Education
Annual Arts in Schools Report shows $17 million increase in arts education spending, record number of arts teachers, record percentage of schools working with cultural partners
NEW YORK – Schools Chancellor Richard A. Carranza today released the 2017-18 annual Arts in Schools Report and announced a record $433 million citywide investment in arts education, up from $336 million at the start of this administration in 2013-14. The $97 million increase in annual citywide arts education spending includes school-based spending in addition to the administration’s annual $23 million investment to expand programming,
READ MORE >Chancellor’s Strategic Arts Plan Focus Group for NYC AIE Roundtable hosted by NYC DOE OASP
Date: Monday, December 17, 2018
Time: 4pm-6pm
Location: Department of Cultural Affairs (31 Chambers Street, 2nd Floor)
The NYC DOE’s Office of Arts & Special Projects invites you to join Paul King, Executive Director, and Barbara Pollard, Project Manager, to assist in the development of a Arts Education Strategic Plan as directed by Chancellor Carranza.
This session will provide an opportunity to provide feedback and make recommendations about providing equity,
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NYC Department of Education – Helpful Links
The NYC Department of Education recently restructured its website to better communicate with constituents and NYC DOE personnel:
- Main NYC DOE site (schools.nyc.gov) will be primarily for parents and families.
- Info Hub (infohub.nyced.org) will be for cultural partners and other constituents with public facing resources.
- WeTeachNYC (weteachnyc.org) will house materials and resources for educators; some content will require a NYC DOE login.
On Our Minds, Special Issue
May 9, 2017
On Our Minds Special Issue: IMPACT x 4
Introduction
Series Editor: Dennie Palmer Wolf, WolfBrown
The Impact of Raising the Stakes
Courtney J. Boddie, The New Victory Theater
The Impact of Investing in Human Capital
Jamie Roach, Teaching Artist, The New Victory Theater
The Impact of Re-thinking Research and Practice
Steven Holochwost, WolfBrown
Curating Impact, Not Shows
Alan Brown and Sean Fenton,
