MAAE News Updates
MAAE News Updates
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November 2022
The leaves are falling and as the weather turns crisp, thoughts turn to fall and the coming winter performances and exhibitions. May all of your upcoming events be a rousing success! Please remember that these are opportunities to engage with your community, helping you build a coalition of support for your arts education program. Sharing artist statements, or other expressions of student learning, are great ways of making connections with your audience and helping others become advocates on your behalf.
It is with a sense of deep compassion that our hearts go out to all who are so profoundly affected by recent tragic events at the Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in St. Louis. Please reach out to us if we can be of any assistance.
The Alliance networking continued throughout October with the State Board of Education meeting, and exhibits and presentations at the Missouri Art Education Association Fall Conference in Knob Noster, the Missouri Association of Secondary School Principals in Columbia, and the Midwest Kodaly Music Educators Association Conference in St. Louis.
The MAEA conference featured dozens of learning opportunities for teachers to exchange ideas and to learn from peers. Presentations were offered by gifted presenters providing opportunities for exploring new mediums and pedagogical techniques. MAAE is proud to continue to support this effective content-specific professional learning.
At the October State Board of Education Meeting, Board member Don Claycomb shared a low cost and high reward means of recognizing influential teachers in the community. In this model, a student selects an influential teacher, and honors that person using the student's own words at a school event. There is potential to use this approach for arts education advocacy in your community. If you decide to give it a try, please let us know!
In November we look forward to a featured presentation "3e - Gifted, Artistic and Autistic" as part of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's Gifted and Talented Tuesdays - a free professional learning series for educators working with students identified as "Gifted." I'll also be visiting several schools and exhibiting at the Missouri School Boards Association and Missouri Association of School Administrators conference in Kansas City, and the Missouri Society of Health and Physical Education conference in Osage Beach, and our collaboration with Missouri Dance Organization and Mid-America Dance Company. I am continually amazed at the extraordinary efforts of so many working to strengthen arts education in Missouri!
More GOOD NEWS! The Alliance's application to join as an Affiliate member of the Arts Education Partnership (AEP) was approved. The AEP is a diverse group of organizations and individuals that conduct arts education-related work at the local, state, regional, or direct-service level. Administered by the Education Commission of the States, this organization is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts and the U.S. Department of Education.
As always, we invite you to become engaged with the work of the Alliance in the way that fits you best. There is no cost for you to Become an Ally as an individual or as an organization. Join one of our three FREE professional learning communities or help us recognize and celebrate contributions to arts ed in Missouri through our MAAE awards program. You can also follow our social media platforms @moartsed.
Thanks for all you are doing to support Missouri's students of the arts! If we can help in way, please feel free to reach out!
- Phyllis Pasley - executive director
director@moaae.org
MAAE Work
MAAE Work
MAAE's FREE Professional Learning Networks
Join other educators in conversation and collaboration. All professional learning groups meet regularly. Participation is conducted completely online through email and Zoom.
Next meeting 11/28
Next meeting 11/28
Join in collaborative conversation with other teachers who recognize the incredible power of involving the arts in their educational practice. Meet MAAE's new Arts Integration Specialist, Lauren Hanahan.
One click PD registration here
Next meeting 11/8
Next meeting 11/8
Enjoy collegial support, discuss topics from those present as well as share resources and strategies for local arts education advocacy.
One click PD registration here
Next meeting 1/19
Next meeting 1/19
This professional learning network is open to all members of the arts education community. This informal gathering meets quarterly via ZOOM and is designed to be a safe space to address issues connected with racism, inclusion, diversity and equity.
1/19/23 - 4:30-5:30pm - Meet featured visual artist Maggie Meiners and her series
"Revisiting Rockwell."
One click PD registration here
Fine Arts Education Day
Fine Arts Education Day
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
This annual event sponsored by MAAE helps bring student art, student performances, and student voices to Missouri's Capitol informing legislators of the value of arts education.
Be a part of the Fine Arts Education Day celebration in-person through student performances or student artwork - or prepare a video to submit!
SMarts Student Art Advocacy Training Summit
March 21-22, 2023
Students in grades 7-12 are invited to attend an overnight training summit focusing on learning and practicing arts advocacy skills. Members of Show-Me Arts have taken an active role in working with the Board of the Missouri Alliance for Arts Education in planning advocacy activities for all student attendees.
Senate Student Arts Exhibit
Deadline December 31, 2022
K-12 teachers from any arts discipline take high-quality photos of a work or performance. Images are submitted to us, organized by district and sent to each of our 34 State Senators. They view work from their district and select one image to represent them. The chosen images are printed on 12"x16" paper and displayed in frames throughout the year at the Missouri Capitol to advocate legislator support for the arts.
There are no fees to become an ally!
Want to learn more about the benefits at each level of allyship within the Missouri Alliance for Arts Education, and the process for becoming an ally?
Click here!
Diversity
Diversity
Racism, Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity Committee 11/10
Follow the progress of our efforts and see how you can join us in our ongoing projects focused on racism, inclusion, diversity, and equity. Want more information or to become involved? Please contact director@moaae.org.
Have you checked out our online resources? We continue to gather and curate entries, and welcome your feedback and ideas for sharing of resources.
Revisiting Rockwell
IDEA session in January featuring visual artist Maggie Meiners and her series "Revisiting Rockwell." MAAE plans to share an asynchronous learning module sharing background information on Norman Rockwell, so that participants who attend the live virtual meeting with this contemporary artist can have a frame of reference for viewing her work.
This program will include elements of fine arts, literary arts, and food, and the culminating project will be the publication of student-selected recipes with accompanying stories and images which share the individual’s relationship with that food and its connection to their sense of identity, culture, family, and/or community.
MAAE's RIDE Committee is seeking schools from both rural and urban settings who would like to become involved in the DEI and Delicious Dishes program.
If you are interested in having your students participate in the DEI and Delicious Dishes program, please email director@moaae.org.
MAEA sponsors JEDI Brunch
(Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion)
All arts educators are welcome and invited to attend the monthly meetings sponsored by MAEA's standing committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Sessions are scheduled for the first Saturday of the month at 11am. Register here.
Call to Action
Call to Action
Voice your support of arts education when you vote November 8th.
Missouri Alliance for Arts education has, in partnership with Missouri Citizens for the Arts, published the results of an arts-centered survey aiming to understand and communicate candidates stances on important issues regarding the creative economy of Missouri. We invite you to view the survey results of the participating primary candidates and vote November 8th.
Questions can be directed to Director@MoAAE.org
The Missouri Alliance for Arts Education is non-partisan and does not endorse political candidates
MAAE's Statement of Artistic Freedom
In response to recent book challenges, a team from MAAE prepared this statement in support of Artistic Freedom. Individuals or groups who support our response are invited to endorse the statement - either as individuals or on behalf of an organization.
MAAE Arts Integration
MAAE Arts Integration
Arts Centered Education (ACE) program is directed toward promoting an arts integrated approach towards teaching and learning in Missouri's rural schools. The project will enable selected schools to receive customized, onsite professional development at no cost to the school.
If your school may be interested in participating in MAAE's ACE program, please email director@moaae.org.
You are invited to join Missouri’s gifted education community for discussion and inspiration. Featured presenters for the Gifted and Talented Tuesday presentation on November 15 include members from MAAE's arts integration committee (Dr. Maggie Peeno and Tom Tobias). The topic will be "Gifted, Artistic and Autistic".
Marilyn Yung will share her experiences of, as Walt Whitman would say, "connecting the spheres" of art and poetry to enhance the teaching of English Language Arts. Learn how Poetry Out Loud, ekphrastic poetry, and poetry transcription can add student choice, voice, and creativity to your classroom this winter! With eleven years of middle and high school experience in rural Missouri public schools, Yung enjoys creating ways to incorporate the visual and performing arts into English instruction.
Register and join us on Jan 30.
November 28, 2022 - 4pm
with Andrea Branstetter and Cecile Galluzzo
Andrea Branstetter (music) and Cecile Galluzzo (visual art) share their learning from the virtual Kennedy Center Arts Integration training in June, 2022. Listen in to hear about how they've applied what they've learned in the first semester of the 22-23 school year.
Sign up- here
Seeking presenters for MAIN events
The monthly meetings of the Missouri Arts Integration Network [MAIN events] allow practitioners in arts integration to share a glimpse into their current work, or best practice. It is an opportunity to network with others, to listen, learn, reflect, and increase your own ability to use this approach in your teaching. MAIN events are free to practitioners, and are sponsored by the Missouri Alliance for Arts Education.
If you can think of someone who might be a good fit for sharing their practice at one of our MAIN events, please pass their info along to Lauren Hanahan, MAAE's arts integration specialist, lauren.hanahan@moaae.org.
Art Integration Data Driven Research Teams Needed
MAAE is seeking arts integration practitioner partner teams in both arts and non-arts subjects in the same school who want to positively impact academic achievement. With customized units or projects to meet your school's distinctive needs, teams will work with an arts integration coach to facilitate their work. Email director@moaae.org for more information.
Ongoing Efforts For MAAE
Ongoing Efforts For MAAE
Grades 3-12 are invited to participate in the MAAE Fine Arts Education Day Essay Contest
The Missouri Alliance for Arts Education is seeking powerful video messages which underscore the importance of arts education.
Open to Missouri students age 14 and up who participate in at least one arts education program, and who are students in good standing.
New Teacher/Mentor Help Available
Reach out to us for resources to help new fine arts teachers thrive!
Contact director@moaae.org or complete this short survey and we'll help you connect those new teachers in need with an experienced mentor in their specific arts discipline.
Funding
Funding
The Big Yellow School Bus Grant helps schools meet the transportation costs of educational field trips to arts institutions and activities in Missouri that are funded by the Missouri Arts Council. Eligible activities include art museums, festivals, exhibitions, and performances of music, dance, and theater.
MAAE's Advisory Council for Financial Sustainability
Meetings are held virtually, with plans for a hybrid (virtual and/or in-person) meeting at least once each year. Learn more about the council here. The first meeting was held on 9/22/22 led by council chair Harlan Brownlee.
Council members attend quarterly meetings to help seek out ways to pursue funding to support MAAE services and programming. The funding sources can come from granting organizations, foundations, donors, sponsors, businesses, or individual contributors. Advisory council members help expand our network of allies working to support arts education in Missouri. They may also choose to assist in the planning or implementation of fund-raising initiatives or giving campaigns to support the Alliance efforts.
If you would like to become involved please complete this information form. If you know of someone who would be a good fit, email director@moaae.org with their name and contact information.
MEETING SCHEDULE
Meetings are from 3-4:15pm11/17/22
2/9/23
5/11/23
8/24/23
Your financial donation makes the important work of the Alliance possible! We are grateful to those who have made in-kind donations to the Alliance. View the list of in-kind donors here.
The Missouri Alliance for Arts Education has no members and no membership fee requirements. We welcome people to become allies - at no cost.
We will, however, graciously and with appreciation, receive any donations that are offered.
Arts Advocacy
Arts Advocacy
The Executive Committee and Board of the Missouri Alliance for Arts Education creates an annual advocacy agenda directed toward the State Board of Education and the Missouri General Assembly.
Missouri Alliance for Arts Education encourages our leaders to enact policies that support high quality arts education in Missouri. MAAE has published a fine arts education advocacy agenda to reaffirm and support that high quality fine arts education is essential for all students.
Do you have a student who is passionate about fine arts? Encourage your students to attend the Show-Me Arts (SMarts) Empowering the Student Voice in Advocacy Summit in Jefferson City!
At the Summit, you’ll work with other student advocates as you learn about the issues, meet with legislators and volunteers, refine your advocacy pitch and “elevator speech.” Stay overnight in Jefferson City and participate in Fine Arts Day at the Capitol. Overnight hotel accommodations, training and meals for $55 per person.
If you can’t join us in Jefferson City, there are free virtual options available on March 7th & 9th.
The Arts Education Data Project (AEDP) provides the first-ever look at the status and condition of arts education in the U.S. using actual student participation data reported by school districts to their state education departments. The AEDP created the National Arts Education Status Report 2019 as a comprehensive look at access to and participation in arts education in the United States.
Note: Missouri data is not reflected in this study.
Arts opportunities beyond the classroom
Arts opportunities beyond the classroom
Design submissions for the Missouri Botanical Gardens
Imagine, design, and create a two-dimensional (2D) interpretation of your perfect urban garden. What would the layout look like? What plants or produce would you want to grow? Artwork will be submitted digitally. For more info contact Nezka Pfeifer, Museum Curator npfeifer@mobot.org
National Injury Prevention Day Contest
The Trauma Centers Association of America is doing a media contest for National Injury Prevention Day. They are looking for a poster, video, graphic poem, essay, story, song, meme, recording from social media platform (i.e. TikTok, etc.) describing what safety looks like in your community. The contest is aimed at students (details below). There is a cash prize.
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SHOW-ME I’m Worth Stopping For Contest
Create a fun video, audio recording, or poster that educates drivers on the importance of compliance with the school bus stop arm when the bus has stopped. Entries will be judged and the top three entries from grades K-5, 6-12, and Special Needs in each category will be awarded a prize. First, second, and third place winners will be awarded.
Poetry Out Loud Competition
Poetry Out Loud encourages the study of great poetry by providing free educational materials and a dynamic recitation competition to high school students across the country. Competitions start in individual high schools or with local organizations such as libraries and other nonprofits. The winners of one tier of competition advance to the next, ending at the national finals. 2023 Missouri Arts Council Poetry Out Loud School Participation link.
Cool Science Artwork Competition
Cool Science is a free and public art competition held each fall for all K-12 artists. Cool Science is a collaboration between the UMass Lowell, UMass Boston, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, University of Kansas, and Kansas City Art Institute.
Missouri Fine Arts Academy
The Missouri Fine Arts Academy (MFAA) is a two-week summer residential program for highly motivated student artists in visual arts, theatre, dance, creative writing, and music. The Academy offers an intensive schedule of classes in interdisciplinary and discipline-specific arts, and a wide range of co-curricular activities. MFAA is conducted with the support and cooperation of Missouri State University, and is funded through program fees, grants, endowments, scholarships, and private donations. Application forms will be available soon. For updates or more information please contact the director of MFAA - Dr. Stephen Spates - SSpates@missouristate.edu
Student applications due by December 1st
Faculty Applications due by January 13th
RA Applications due by January 13th
The U.S. Department of Education is seeking student performing artists! This includes:
bands/marching bands
choirs
color guards
dancers
drumlines
poets/spoken word artists
soloists
theatrical performers
U.S. Department of Education Nationwide Call for Student Performing Artists
The Department of Education issued a “call” across the United States and its territories for student performing artists interested in showcasing their talent, virtually or in-person, at internal and external Department-hosted events.
They are now seeking specific talent to support National Hispanic Heritage Month (September), National Disability Employment Awareness Month (October), National Native American Indian/Alaska Native Heritage Month (November), and the following Special Emphasis Observances implemented by Presidential Proclamation, Executive Orders (White House Initiatives) and Public Law:
January
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
February
African American History Month
March
Women's History Month
April
Holocaust Remembrance Day
May
Jewish American Heritage Month
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
June
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Pride Month
August
Women's Equality Day
September
National Hispanic Heritage Month
October
National Disability Employment Awareness Month
November
National Native American Indian/Alaska Native Heritage Month
This is an opportunity for student performers to showcase their talent and gain exposure to an appreciative audience invested in education and student success. Please utilize this link for additional information that includes Frequently Asked Questions, submission instructions, and other related guidance.
Cross-curricular art and writing competitions with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Students discover orchestral music and unleash their creativity through imaginative artwork and creative writing. Participate in the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s free, cross-curricular Picture the Music and Express the Music programs.
Arts Ed Learning from our Allies
Arts Ed Learning from our Allies
Scholarships and Instruments for students in need
Band of Angels is a charity that addresses financial barriers students face by providing band and orchestra instruments and music camp scholarships to children in need. Band of Angels fosters the talent and academic participation of children across Missouri.
Band of Angels’ instrument program is designed to help students in financial need obtain instruments for use in school music programs. The Band of Angels Scholarship Program is designed to help students in financial need attend the music camp of their choice.
Updates from the Educator Resource Center at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
School Workshops Now Available
We’re delighted to share that, in addition to our virtual and onsite School Tours, we now have onsite School Workshops available for students in grades Pre-K through 8th! You can learn more about these awesome art-making opportunities and submit a registration request here: https://nelson-atkins.org/educators/school-workshops/.
Found in Translation Exhibition On View
The museum’s KC Art Now initiative, which celebrates the talent of local artists, continues this year with Found in Translation: Explorations by 8 Contemporary Artists. This exhibition features work by eight artists who have in common the experience of immigrating to the Kansas City area from places across Asia. In a variety of media and styles, these artists use their art to explore questions of place, memory, relationships, and other complex topics. We hope you’ll have a chance to come check out this FREE exhibition, on view through August 20, 2023. A Teacher Guide to the exhibition is in the works, too, so stay tuned!
Free Early Childhood Teacher Workshops
Join the SLSO Education Team in-person or online as we explore ways to engage early childhood students (ages 3-6) with music. With the help of a slow, determined tortoise and a fast, confident hare, we’ll learn new ways to use music and movement to promote early literacy skills and the development of self-regulation. Together we will sing, dance, play instruments, and compose as we discover how music can support your early childhood teaching goals.
School Wellness
School Wellness
The Missouri Association of Secondary School Principals will be hosting an event in Columbia, MO, from Dec 5-6, entitled “School Wellness Symposium – Building Bridges Together.” The target audience is for K-12 educators, counselors, support staff, health professionals, higher education, clergy, and community decision-makers. They are also seeking presenters. Proposals for presentations due by 11.4.
Free class: Teaching Critical Thinking through Art with the National Gallery of Art
Learn how to integrate works of art using Artful Thinking routines, effective strategies from Project Zero at Harvard University, in this interactive online course for teachers of all levels and subjects.
The Sewing Labs is currently seeking students for their next Sewing Salon Training Program which starts October 3rd. The program runs for 30 weeks and upon completion of training, students are connected to local employers for paid apprenticeships in the sewn products industry. For additional information on the Sewing Salon Training Program contact: Operations@thesewinglabs.community
The CETA program has grown out of decades of successful experience providing professional learning for teachers in arts integration. Virtual classes are available. MAAE will offer financial support to cover workshop registration fees if needed as funds are available. Contact: director@moaae.org
Missouri Arts Education Organizations Sponsor
Professional Learning Conferences
MAAE helps support exceptional professional learning opportunities sponsored by statewide arts education organizations thanks to individual and organizational contributors and funding from the Missouri Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Francis Family Foundation.
Missouri Art Educators Association (MAEA) Fall Conference - Oct 7-8, 2022f
Missouri Thespians - Jan 5, 6, 7, 2023 (KCMO)
Missouri Music Educators Association (MMEA) - Jan 25-28, 2023
Missouri Bandmasters Association (MBA) - Jan 25-28, 2023
Missouri Choral Directors Association (MCDA) - Jan 25-28, 2023
Missouri Association of Jazz Educators (MOAJE) - Jan 25-28, 2023
Missouri Association of String Educators (MOASTA) - Jan 25-28, 2023
Missouri Art Educators Association (MAEA) - Mar 23-25, 2023
Missouri Bandmasters Association (MBA) - June 18-21, 2023
Missouri Dance Organization (MDO) - Spring Conference - June 23-25, 2023
hosted by the Mareck Center for Dance, Columbia, MOMissouri Choral Directors Association (MCDA) - Summer Conference July 18-21, 2023
Missouri Thespians Leadership Conference - Sep 8-9, 2023
Missouri Music Educators New Teacher Training - Sep 17-18, 2023
Speech and Theatre Association of Missouri (STAM) - Sep 21-23, 2023
DESE Updates
DESE Updates
DESE Ongoing initiatives-
Teacher Recruitment and Retention Public Engagement Meetings: https://dese.mo.gov/media/pdf/brc-public-engagement-flyer
Seventy-eight Missouri high schools have received the prestigious College Success Award from GreatSchools.org, a nonprofit providing school information to parents and families.
For nearly 50 years, the State Board of Education and the DESE have selected individuals to be honored as Pioneers in Education, in recognition of their distinguished careers and contributions to public education. Nominations received by February 28 will be considered for recognition in 2022. Nomination form here.
Esser Fund Support resources available on the MAAE website. The tools there can help you communicate with decision makers.
Access reports from the State Board of Education Meetings via the MAAE website. [under Home/Arts Ed in MO] Email director@moaae.org if you would like to be added to the email list and receive these reports directly to your inbox.
Missouri Arts Council Updates
Missouri Arts Council Updates
Applications are always open for artists living in Missouri. Artists are paid a stipend in cooperation with Mid-America Arts Alliance.
Featured Artist Series
The Missouri Arts Council features Missouri Artists on their website each month. Congratulations to all of the October featured artists listed below:
Job Postings
Job Postings
Community Enrichment Strings Instructor needed. The teacher does not need to be certified. It may be a good fit for a college student looking for some educational experience.
ARTS-RELATED JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN MISSOURI
ARTS-RELATED JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN MISSOURI
Here is a list of fine arts related jobs.
News and Resources from our Allies
News and Resources from our Allies
The Missouri Alliance for arts education encourages participation in statewide arts organizations. Educational professionals are encouraged to join these organizations. Participation in such organizations will strengthen advocacy efforts for fine arts education and ensure that students throughout the state have access to quality forms of expression.
Missouri State Thespians (MoThespians)
Meet our MAAE Support Team
These people provide valuable services to assist with specific initiatives to enact MAAE's mission and vision.
Jeff SandquistFine Arts Education Day Coordinator
jsandquist@moaae.org
jsandquist@moaae.org
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