Missouri Alliance for Arts Education
News Update
October, 2021
MAAE Updates
The arts have played such a pivotal role in the success stories of so many, and we are especially thrilled when we get to celebrate excellence in arts education! Congratulations James!
MAAE Welcomes New Coordinators
Meet Andrea Branstetter, MAAE's new SHOW-ME Arts (SMarts) Coordinator. A recently retired music educator from Crocker, MO, Andrea brings a love for service and a passion for advocacy work in support of arts education. Preliminary plans for the FY '22 our student advocacy training initiative include both virtual and in-person components. You can learn more here or contact Andrea at advocacy@moaae.org.
Also meet Rachael Wenzel, MAAE's new Communications Director. A visual arts educator from the Kansas City area, Rachael brings a wealth of knowledge, experience and enthusiasm, and will assist with electronic communications, contact lists and social media. Contact Rachael at communicationdirector@moaae.org.
MAAE is thilled to announce that James Young, a Musical Theatre, Vocal Music, and Guitar teacher at the Johnson-Wabash 6th Grade Center in the Ferguson-Florissant School District, who was selected as the 2022 Missouri Teacher of the Year. James is the 53rd Missouri Teacher of the Year since the program’s inception in 1957, and he is the first recipient from the Ferguson-Florissant School District.
IN THIS ISSUE
I.D.E.A. Network -Inclusion Diversity Equity in the Arts
I've heard teachers say, "I'm not sure what to do?" or "I wish I knew of another way to handle a given situation." MAAE's newest professional learning network is here to listen and help. Open to all members of the arts education community, and a project of the MAAE's RIDE committee, this informal gathering will meet quarterly via ZOOM. A informal roundtable forum, this can be a safe space where people can share concerns, ask questions and seek answers about issues connected with racism, inclusion, diversity to help bring greater equity for all. Our Inaugural Session is set for October 21, 2021 at 4pm.
>learn more here
Fine Arts Education Day March 23, 2022!
MAAE continues to collect your videos to help share the good news about arts ed in Missouri. The form is open to receive your videos for the virtual component of our Fine Arts Education Day '22. Interested in performing live and in-person at the Missouri Capitol building on March 23, 2022? email director@moaae.org.
When YOU share what you and your arts learners are doing, you help us send powerful messages to stakeholders that the arts are not only alive and well in Missouri schools, but a vital part of our collective social and economic recovery! View 2021 collected videos at https://maae.educate.today/. View 2021 press release.
$45 per person
In-person options can include overnight stay options in Jefferson City and participation in Fine Arts Education Day in the Capitol Building March 23, 2022 available. (Includes overnight hotel accommodations (double occupancy) and Tuesday evening dinner, Wednesday breakfast and lunch)
Leveraging the power of student voice in support of arts education produces a compelling narrative and results which can benefit all Missouri students.
Plan to attend the MAAE's
Show-Me Arts Summit
March 22, 2022
Help student voices be heard - as they join other (Middle/High School) student advocates working to promote arts education for all! Virtual and in-person participation options available.
Show-Me Arts students often:
write letters, cards and notes
meet with department of education (DESE) officials and journalists
prepare statements, deliver testimony at legislative hearings
personally advocate for the arts at the Missouri State Capitol
gain a unique perspective of state government and grow as arts advocates and citizens
share the products of their arts education through exhibits or performances
MAAE AWARD SPOTLIGHT
Creativity and Innovation
in Teaching Award
Who do you know that uses exceptional creativity and innovation in their arts teaching practice? Probably quite a few people! Help us recognize a fine arts educator for creativity and innovation in teaching visual or performing arts classes in Missouri. Anyone may nominate an educator for this award.
Nominate that teacher today! >nomination form.
MAAE's 2021 Creativity and Innovation in Teaching Honoree
Kathy Hann - Fox C-6 School District
Nominations for MAAE Awards deadline 1/31.
Help us recognize excellence in arts education! Nominations received prior to January 31, 2022 are eligible to receive this recognition in March of 2022. Nominate someone today! >nomination form.
MAAE Awards
- Schools (or District) of Excellence and Distinction
- Creativity and Innovation in Teaching
- MAAE - Administrator of the Year
- Arts Ed Community Champion (non-school staff)
- Government Advocate (elected or appointed)
FAME Leadership Group is a free virtual professional learning network for arts educators. Join us!
FAME Leadership Group
Fine Arts Missouri Educators
This free virtual professional learning network meets monthly. Join us October 12 @ 4:30pm for an informal discussion session. Connect with other arts education colleagues across the state at our monthly sessions, touch base on current issues, gain inspiration, insight and benefit from the collective wisdom of the group. Register 10/12/21 4:30pm
2022 Senate Hall Exhibit - Deadline for submission December 15, 2021.
Established in 2014, as a joint effort between the Missouri Alliance for Arts Education, the Missouri Art Education Association, the Senate Hall Art Exhibit showcases fine arts programs in all 34 Senate Districts. Submissions from all arts disciplines are welcome! Each Missouri Senator selects one piece of art to represent their district, and the art is displayed throughout the following year.
View the 2021 selected works for art. >learn more about the program here.
Submit student work using the
2022 ENTRY FORM
Smithsonian American Art Museum
interactive map
Missouri Bicentennial (1821-2021)
What a great time to celebrate Missouri's richness in the arts!
Smithsonian American Art Museum interactive map that lets you search for American artists by state. Selecting Missouri on the map yields some fun rabbit holes to venture down! Amelia Nelson in the Spencer Art Reference Library alerted us to this great resource. Check it out!
Please share your plans! Use this short survey to share what you're planning to help educate and inspire others to celebrate Missouri's Bicentennial!
Arts Integration
Arts educators and non-arts educators can leverage the power of the arts in their work with students.
MAIN Events
Missouri Arts Integration Network (MAIN) events are FREE meetings of a professional learning community which meets monthly via ZOOM. A place for sharing, problem solving, celebration and inspiration, the informal sessions support the work of veteran Arts Integration practitioners, as well as those with limited experience. All age levels, experience levels, and subjects are welcome!
October 25, 2021 - REGISTER 10/25
Presenters: Garrett Brown and Dana Ross from EPIC Elementary in Liberty, MO
An arts integrated approach to teaching and learning yields academic, social and emotional benefits for students and teachers. Join us! - >Learn more
Data Driven Design Research Teams Sought
MAAE is seeking arts integration practitioner partner teams in both arts and non-arts subjects in the same school who want to team up to use an arts integration approach 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. Interested? email director@moaae.org for more information. Please help spread the word! Reach out to a colleague and join this effort!
Casts of Curricular Characters: Drama Integration with Math and Science
ON- LINE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 4:30 PM – 6 PM MST. Presenter: Barry Stewart Mann
Integrating Drama with Math and Science may seem the unlikeliest of endeavors, but there are key alignments between the art form and the two core disciplines. The characters in a story have unique characteristics and interrelationships; in a similar vein, numbers, shapes, operations, properties, elements, landforms, simple machines, and other mathematical and scientific concepts can be seen as groups of unique and interrelated characters, a 'cast' that can be brought to life through Drama. In this workshop we will go beyond specific problem-solving to think about how a series of interconnected, very easy-to-implement Drama strategies –Sociometrics, Characterization, Hot Seat, and Improvisation – can strengthen visualization, awareness of multiple pathways, and appreciation of underlying structures and patterns that are the building blocks of Mathematical and Scientific thinking. Sponsored by Utah State University Arts Are Core series.
Arts Integration Workshops
MAAE is proud to support and promote this important work which has such far reaching benefits for teaching and learning.
The Kansas/Missouri Partners in Education Summer Symposium hosts PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (virtual): The Power of Pictures for Middle and High School Thursday, November 4, 2021 from 4:00 PM 6:00 PM. with Melanie Rick
It can be difficult for students to comprehend curriculum because the themes, topics, people, places, and/or events feel abstract or removed from their own lives. In this online module, learn how to truly read works of art as texts to visually connect students to content while instilling a solid sense of visual literacy.
Learn about MORE ARTS INTEGRATIONWORKSHOPS sponsored by KS/MO Partnership here
MAAE's Arts Integration Committee
Work continues to refine the tasks in the areas listed below.
1. Promote arts integration as a beneficial instructional approach to
teaching and learning.
2. Support and promote current work in arts integration of others
3. Recruit additional practitioners of arts integration.
4. Research attitudes and best practices to support and recruit wider
proliferation of an arts-integration approach to teaching and
learning.
Want to know more or join in the efforts? Email director@moaae.org.
Diversity
MAAE's RIDE Committee's work to address issues of systemic racism, inclusion, diversity and equity continue.
The I.D.E.A. network - of FREE quarterly statewide roundtable discussions via ZOOM for any arts educators interested in furthering diversity work in their own communities begins. Our Inaugural Session is set for October 21, 2021 at 4pm. REGISTER HERE
We are planning an arts-oriented cross-cultural student experience bridging rural, urban and also suburban communities. Plans are in progress. Planners or those interested in implementing this for their community, please contact director@moaae.org.
Biannual meetings with arts ed organization leadership are ongoing.
MAAE sponsored its first online PD workshop on 8/3/21 - Maria A. Ellis . A Blueprint for Equity and Diversity in the arts classroom A recording of the session will be place on the MAAE website and on our YOUtube channel.
The report from our listening sessions held in the fall of 2020 have guided our work to provide support for statewide arts education organizations' work in this field.
Want to know more or join in the efforts? Email director@moaae.org.
Statewide Arts Ed Updates
MDO Virtual Event PD Series Continues
Missouri Dance Organization (MDO) sponsors the next event in the ongoing virtual event series: Dance Careers: An Exploration of Pathways and Roles in Today's Society - with presenter Cydney Spohn October 16, 2021 10-11:30am. - Register via eventbrite here. Learn more at the MDO website.
MMEA Mentoring Conference Success
MAAE was proud to be a sponsor of the Missouri Music Educators Association's ongoing work to support new teachers. Their 8/10/21 virtual "Jump Start" session was followed by an in-person session on September 19-20. The interactive presentations were inspiring and a great benefit to Missouri's new music educators. All new music teachers are encouraged to take advantage of this tremendous service offered by the Missouri Music Educators Association (MMEA.)
An Adventure to Remember - STAM 2021
Speech and Theatre Association of Missouri - "Choose Your Adventure" Fall conference was held September 23-25, 2021. Dozens of workshops for every level of professional, from middle school educators to university level staff, from debate coaches to technical theatre specialists. A valuable learning and networking opportunity - STAM is highly recommended for any teacher who addresses aspects of public speaking or work in theatre or dramatic arts. >learn more
MAEA Fall Conference October 1-2, 2021
Art Educators from across Missouri gathered in Knob Noster State Park, in Knob Noster, MO on 10/1-2, 2021. Dozens of sessions led by diverse presenters provided opportunities to learn as well as hands-on art-making activities which will benefit Missouri's visual arts students. >view the conference schedule here.
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 Thespians Leadership Conference - Sept 9-10, 2021
Missouri Music Educators New Teacher Training - Sept 19-20, 2021
Speech and Theatre Association of Missouri (STAM) - Sept 23-25, 2021
Missouri Art Educators Association (MAEA) - Oct 1-2, 2021
Missouri Dance Organization (MDO) - Fall dates TBD
Missouri Thespians - Jan 20-22, 2022
Missouri Music Educators Association (MMEA) - Jan 26-29, 2022
Missouri Bandmasters Association (MBA) - Jan 26-29, 2022
Missouri Choral Directors Association (MCDA) - Jan 26-29, 2022
Missouri Association of Jazz Educators (MOAJE) Jan 26-29, 2022
Missouri Association of String Educators (MOASTA) - Jan 26-29, 2022
Missouri Dance Organization (MDO) - Spring Conference TBD
Missouri Bandmasters Association (MBA) - June 19-22, 2022
As well as
Missouri Thespians Leadership Conference -
Missouri Music Educators New Teacher Training -
Speech and Theatre Association of Missouri (STAM) -
Missouri Art Educators Association (MAEA) Fall Conference -
Other Professional Development
Please let us know how to reach NEW arts teachers in your area! email - director@moaae.org
New Teacher/Mentor Help Available
Got new teachers? We can help you - help them be successful!
MAAE works with our artsed partners to help connect teachers within 24 months of their initial teaching contract with an experienced mentor in their particular arts discipline to help ensure that success. 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.
We need
your input!
We know there are a lot of really great presentations, virtual content and more out there, particularly connection points developed throughout the pandemic. Please consider adding your ideas so that the wealth of knowledge can be shared with others across the state!
We are still collecting and compiling Please submit your PD offerings by using this form
Questions, email director@moaae.org.
PD Planning 4 Arts Ed
The published compilation of planning resources for your local PD throughout the year may be accessed through the MAAE newsletter - PD4Artsed menu and on the MAAE website.
It's not too late for you to add your PD idea! Help school districts, LEAs and arts educators plan for ongoing, content-specific job embedded professional development during the coming school year! Both live, in-person, virtual and pre-recorded asynchronous content is welcome.
Please submit separate entries for each learning option you have to offer. Submission form here!
Lunch and Learn for Student-Client-Employee workforce success
sponsored by the DeBruce Foundation
Want to help students in your classroom, clients in your nonprofit, or employees in your business succeed in the workforce? Join in a 1-hour virtual lunch & learn, where you will be introduced to the Agilities, the DeBruce Foundation's career exploration resources, and the next steps to help your audiences along their career path. Next date - November 2. Learn more and register here.
ERC Hours
Th and Fri - 3-5pm
Sat - 10am-2pm
Other times by appt.
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
What's New at the Nelson-Atkins (virtual)
Tuesday, 10/26 - 4:30 - 5:15 pm - FREE
Join Nelson-Atkins curators and educators on Tuesday, Oct. 26 to get a quick and engaging overview of our new featured exhibitions, teacher resources, and virtual student programming, including updates to our virtual tours and workshops. This is a great way for you and/or your colleagues to get a sense of ways to connect with the museum. Attendees of this FREE virtual workshop receive two vouchers to come see our current ticketed exhibitions!
Virtual Educator Wellness. September's Art Reset event offered educators a moment of reflection and calm grounded in works of art. Find here a recording if you missed it, or if you want to revisit the experience. We hope you find it to be a restorative program you can return to at any time.
Nelson-Atkins Virtual Resources to Support Student Learning
Testimony Teacher Resource Guide Find discussion questions, activity ideas, and suggested resources related to the exhibition Testimony: African American Artists Collective.
Origins Teacher Resource Guide With this guide, which accompanies the exhibition Origins: Collecting to Create the Nelson-Atkins, students can consider the decisions involved in starting a museum.
Missouri Remembers Teacher Resource Guide Discover ways students can use the Missouri Remembers online portal, which documents the careers of visual artists active in Missouri through the year 1951.
For more info contact: bthomas@nelson-atkins.org
MAAE Highlights and Ongoing Efforts
Alice Bloch receives Annelise Mertz Visionary Artist Award
Longtime member of the MAAE Board of Directors, Alice Bloch was named the recipient of the 2020 Annalise Mertz Visionary Artist Award. The awards ceremony was delayed, but will take place as a part of an upcoming Dance St. Louis Performance - An Evening of Ballet Stars 3 scheduled for November 6, 2021. The presentation will be made by renowned Isadora Duncan dance teacher and coach, Lori Bellilove. Learn more here.
Honors for Susan Colangelo
Arts Ally Susan Colangelo was named one of the ten St. Louis' 2021 Women of Achievement recognizing volunteer leadership. As the executive director of St. Louis Story Stitchers, Susan's inspirational work with St. Louis youth leverages the power of the arts as the individuals in the artist collective (age 16-24) develop their voice for positive change. foster personal healing, work to improve their local community and move toward the reduction and elimination of gun violence. View the awards video here. Susan's story begins at 11:48.
MAAE COVID support - MATCH
MAAE's MATCH - Missouri Arts Teacher Center for Help was created at the onset of the Pandemic - in the Spring of 2020. Although many individuals are now looking elsewhere for inspiration, the MATCH site continues to provide Missouri teachers with access to resources helping to provide innovative ways of safely implementing your curriculum. Created by MAAE's COVID-19 Work Force it contains guidelines, lesson ideas, strategies and resources. We welcome additions and suggestions. email director@moaae.org. https://sites.google.com/moaae.org/maae-match >access MATCH resource site here.
Pandemic Impact on Arts Education Survey Results
In December 2020-January 2021, MAAE conducted research with a survey of arts educators measuring the impact of the pandemic on teaching and learning in their school. The results have compiled and a one-page summary report and full detailed report are now available for review. 100 respondents from across the state shared their views and insight.
If you have a need for specific tools, information or resources that would be of help to you as you help educate your local decision-makers, please let us know! director@moaae.org
DESE Updates
With over $ 1.9 Billion in federal funding* coming to Missouri for education, the state plans for Missouri have been submitted and are awaiting approval. MAAE is always interested in helping school arts education programs receive financial support. Decisions for the use of these funds are primarily at the local level and the spending will occur over the next three years. It may not be too late! There is a chance, that even if your district has already made decisions, there may be funds available at a later time. The request for YOUR arts program might move closer to the top of the list!
Checkout the resources on our MAAE website for Esser Fund Support and use the tools that can help you communicate with decision makers, information about COVID impact on your program, including changes in enrollment, and fundraising impact.
*source Office of Elementary and Secondary Education ARP ESSER State Plan website.
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State Board of Education Meetings
MAAE's Executive Director attends the monthly meetings of the State Board of Education and prepares a report for arts educators united under our umbrella. Access these reports via the MAAE website. [under Home/Arts Ed in MO] If you'd like to be added to the email list and receive these reports directly to your inbox, email director@moaae.org.
MAC Updates from the Missouri Arts Council (MAC)
Show Me the Music is a kaleidoscope of many of Missouri’s musical genres, played by musicians from around our state. The concert was filmed at The Sheldon Concert Hall in St. Louis in May to celebrate Missouri's Bicentennial
Performances include: Jazz pianist Peter Martin and friends, Fiddler Howard Marshall and friends, Blues, R&B, and rock vocalist Anita Jackson and friends, Ragtime pianist and composer Royce Martin, Bluegrass star Rhonda Vincent and her band, The Rage, Classical ZouM Faculty New Music Collective from the University of Missouri–Columbia, performing Waterways by Mizzou professor Stefan Freund, commissioned for the Bicentennial
Featured Artist Series
The Missouri Arts Council features Missouri Artists on their website each month. Applications are always open for artists living in Missouri. Featured Artists are celebrated on MAC's website and through their communications. Artists are paid a stipend in cooperation with Mid-America Arts Alliance.
MAAE is proud to highlight these artists here, and is thrilled to count one of them as an MAAE arts ally. Poet t.l. sanders has been working with MAAE committees on some project planning. Congratulations to all of the current featured artists listed below.
Priscilla Block - Visual Artist - St. Louis
Brie Duey - Painter - Magical Realist - Bucklin
Andy Thomas - Painter - Carthage
Poet t.l. sanders - language artist, author, actor, educator, consultant, filmmaker - Kansas City
Advocacy Avenues
Regional Arts Council St. Louis Survey
Local artists, musicians, venues, and production workers are engaging in an important conversation about the future of the music economy in St. Louis. Topics range from pay inequity for local talent to issues that arise within neighborhoods surrounding venues, and of course, the challenges that are arising as we collectively attempt a postCOVID recovery. Each perception matters and is critical to building a sustainable and inclusive music economy in St. Louis. Be a part of the conversation and complete this survey about the St Louis music ecosystem:
To learn more about RAC's current efforts, click here.
National Arts and Humanities Month
October is National Arts & Humanities Month—a coast-to-coast collective recognition of the importance of culture in America. Now is the time to advocate for @NEAarts + @NEHgov. Recently, the U.S. House of Representatives passed $201M for each agency; now it’s up to the Senate to match this budget increase. Take two minutes to contact your senators now using Americans for the Arts (AFTA) legislative action tool - in honor of #NAHM: https://bit.ly/3lPPQDz
Consider taking part in AFTA's 31-day social media challenge #showyourart posting images or short videos which highlight your program
Missouri Citizens for the Arts is non-partisan and advocates to secure stable financial support for the arts to benefit Missouri and its citizens. They welcome members. Like/Follow them on social media @mo4arts. https://mo4arts.org/
Adopt-a-Legislator
MAAE & Missouri Citizens for the Arts
MAAE is working with arts education organizations to build a statewide coalition of arts advocates we call "Arts Champions." Our partners in Missouri Citizens for the Arts have created an Adopt-a-Legislator program. The goal is to partner all 197 Missouri legislators with an arts advocate in their district, to build relationships and help increase understanding about the impact of pending legislation on the arts and arts ed.
You can help! We still need to connect with representatives in:
CENTRAL: Steelville, Holts Summit, Mexico, Eldon, Warrensburg, Bland, Bunceton, Four Seasons, and Wardsville
KANSAS CITY AREA: Raytown, Pleasant Hill, Smithville, Kansas City #13, Independence, Lexington, Harrisonville and Buckner
NORTHEAST: Moberly, Bowling Green, Troy, Montgomery City, Hannibal, Ewing, Newtown and Shelbina
NORTHWEST: grant City, Chillicothe, Maysville, St. Joseph, Carrollton, Hamilton, Excelsior Springs, and Warrensburg
SOUTHEAST: Sikeston, DeSoto, Farmington, Cape Girardeau, Portageville, Potosi, Deering, Mountain Grove, Bonne Terre, Perryville, West Plains, Salem, Houston, Benton, and Poplar Bluff
SOUTHWEST: Williamsville, Marshfield, LaRussell, Shell Knob, Republic, Noel, Nixa, Annapolis, Springfield, Cape Fair, Lowry City, Lamar, Lebanon, Adrian, Windsor, Branson Dora, Buffalo, Wasola, Ash Grove and Bolivar
ST. LOUIS AREA: University Coy, St. Louis, Eureka, Florissant, Hazelwood, Festus, Lakeshire, St. Peters, St. Arnold, Ellisville, Black Jack, Chesterfield, Washington, Ballwin, St. Charles, Dardenne Prairie, Lake St. Louis, O'Fallon, Dexter. Kinloch, Cedar Hill, Imperial, Shrewsbury, Wentzville, Manchester, St. Charles
Use the signup genius link to join the effort.
Questions? email director@moaae.org.
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LOCAL ADVOCACY
GOOGLE SLIDES TEMPLATE -Thanks to Ben Martin and to Cal State U of San Marcos for the Art = Opportunity images and research compilation.
The time to build your local coalition is now! Sign the pledge HERE!
ACTION ITEMS for Arts Educators:
#1 Sign the pledge,- anyone can sign! Admins, parents, orgs and more!
#2 Download and customize the school board resolution document. View these considerations before taking this to your local school board.
#3 Share your Stories! Help the public know appreciate and value the wonderful arts experiences your students have every day! #MOartsAREeducation and @MOartsed. (examples courtesy of Kathy Hann, FoxC6: example #1 - example #2 )
VIEW REPORTS HERE
Report on organizations
Report on artists/creative workers
COVID IMPACT REPORTS from AFTA
Americans for the Arts has deployed two new 2021 COVID-19 Impact Surveys: one is for organizations, and the other is for artists — both continue to gather financial and employment impact data about the challenges facing the arts sector in relief/recovery efforts and returning to in-person activities. The findings will provide insight to support the field in prioritizing initiatives and communicating the most critical issues to funders and decision makers affecting communities at the local, state, and federal level.
Student-Centered Opportunities
MAAE Student Contests (deadline 1/31/22)
Now accepting entries. Please share this information with media arts and ELA colleagues. Consider including these opportunities in your lesson plans and local advocacy efforts.
National Student Arts Advocate Essay Contest MAAE is seeking one exemplary student applicant to become a part of the Missouri delegation to Washington D.C. With virtual attendance in 2021 and a trip to our nation's capitol planned for 2022 the winning students will receive paid registration and air travel/hotel expenses to attend the National Arts Advocacy Summit in Washington, DC in 2022. Candidates will also participate in MAAE statewide arts advocacy initiatives of Show-Me Arts and Fine Arts Education Day. The essay (500 words or less) is to be written on the theme—“Public Funding in support of the arts and/or arts education is important to our country.”
DEADLINE - 1/31/22 >Learn more here.
#BecauseOfArtsEd Video Contest
Share your stories about how your life is better - because of arts ed - is one of the most effective forms of advocacy. In 120 seconds or less tell us how the arts and arts education continue to inspire you. Open to adults and students, let your video tell your story of the positive impact of the arts. This helps MAAE gather powerful messages which tell of the crucial role the arts plays in bringing you closer to your community, and its positive effects on your health and well-being. Consider using the following prompts to get you started:
How have the arts shaped your life?
How have the arts given you tools to succeed? TELL US! Share your stories!
DEADLINE for submission - 1/31/22 >Learn more here.
Fine Arts Education Day Essay Contest
Open to students in Grades 3-12 - deadline 1/31/22
In 500 words or less, please ask your student to construct a typed, double-spaced entry (12-point font) in response to one of these prompts:
- How has music, visual art, dance or drama (theatre) influenced you or your life as a student?
- Why is it important for every school to provide instruction in the arts to every child every day?
In the upper left corner, list the student name, grade level, name of fine arts teacher who submitted the entry, arts subject the teacher teaches, school name (district and building), school address and school telephone number. Upload essay entries into this googleform. Questions or concerns, contact director@moaae.org.
A $50 prize will be awarded to one winning essay by students in each category grades 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12 and $50 will also be awarded to their sponsoring fine arts teacher. The awards will be presented at the MAAE Fine Arts Education Day at the State Capitol in March. >more info
Each season more than 5,000 students participate in Link Up a hands-on program for students in gr. 3–5 that prepares students to sing and play recorders or string instruments from their seats in a culminating SLSO Link Up concert at Powell Hall.
"For several seasons, I brought my 4th grade students to perform with SLSO as a part of "Link Up." My students learned so much! The resources are rich and the performance experience is so memorable. I'd do it again, and again!" Phyllis Pasley - retired music educator and executive director, MAAE
SLSO "LINK UP" - register by Oct. 15
INTRODUCE YOUR STUDENTS TO THE ORCHESTRA BY HELPING THEM GET READY TO BECOME A PART OF IT!
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra is a part of Link Up, a national program of Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute. This collection of orchestral repertoire with hands-on activities, prepares students to sing, dance, and play instruments with the SLSO, culminating in a collaborative concert at Powell Hall on May 10, 2022.
This year, using the repertoire called "The Orchestra Sings," students will discover how musicians play their instruments to create a feeling that the whole orchestra is singing. Students also discover the wonders of melody by uncovering melodic shapes, patterns, and storytelling.
Register your students for Link Up: The Orchestra Sings by completing the online Ticket Order Form* by Friday, October 15, and gain full access to the online teacher professional development workshop and other Link Up resources.
Learn more about LINK UP and Register here
*Limited subsidized tickets and transportation are available for qualifying schools on a first-come, first-served basis, To inquire, email: educationtickets@slso.org
Flamenco - School Visits - Workshops and more
The St. Louis Cultural Flamenco Society offers several ways of bringing high quality cultural experiences to your school. From workshops, to touring group assemblies, to guest artists in dance, music and more, the Flamenco Society may have just what you've been looking for. Read their PDF brochure which outlines some of their offerings, or visit their website.
2021 Theme was "Art Connects Us"
MAEA's Youth Art Month
2022 Youth Art Month exhibit is an annual event at the Missouri capitol sponsored by the Missouri Art Education Association (MAEA). It can include paintings, drawing, pastels, photography and other student art submitted by Missouri teachers who are members of the association. Entries are due Feb 2, 2022
To learn more about Youth Art Month and how you can participate, check out the Missouri Art Education Association website.
Challenge Questions - This year, we are asking young artists to answer one of the following challenge questions with a visual work of art:
What did you learn about extreme weather and climate that you want to teach adults?
Why is a weakening Polar Vortex causing wild ups and downs in winter temperatures?
How will our lives change as weather becomes more severe?
10th Annual Cool Science Competition (deadline 12/10/21)
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. Last year Cool Science received a National Science Foundation grant that helped it expand the project beyond Massachusetts to Kansas, Missouri, and Southern New Hampshire. Entries are due by Dec. 10, 2021.
Winning entries will be selected for display on public buses in Sep-Nov of 2022. The honorees will be recognized at our art exhibit celebrations next year. Learn More here and/or join the community on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube.
MAKE MUSIC DAY is a free music festival, originating in France (1982) as the Fête de la Musique, is now held on June 21 in more than 800 cities in 120 countries around the world. U.S. heqdquarters site.
A not-so-silent Night Plan to participate - December 21, 2021
Make Music Winter is a free, participatory musical event that turns audiences into music makers. Since 2011, it has been organized in New York City with over a dozen musical parades and in 2020, 33 other cities joined the party. Tuesday 12/21 is already a concert date for many school communities. Why not proclaim your event to be part of a nation-wide celebration? If you decide to do so - please let us know so we can celebrate with you!
Make Music Winter is a companion piece to Make Music Day - held annually on 6/21. More than 3,334 FREE music-making events took place in the U.S. on June 21, 2021. Kansas City, MO received special recognition for organizing more than 100 FREE music events on that day. With 2021 celebrations in KC, Rolla, STL, and Liberty, we are hoping to get Columbia, Springfield and other municipalities on board for 2022. Join with others in your area and plan to participate in MAKE MUSIC DAY on Tuesday June 21, 2022. It could be a recruitment tool or a fun component of any of your summer programming.
Sew What's Up?
The Sewing Labs (Kansas City) is an inclusive and welcoming community teaching the legacy of sewing for employment, entrepreneurship, and enrichment. Classes are open to stitchers of all ages - including teachers who wish to expand their learning in this area. Check out the offerings for October class schedule here.
ST. LOUIS SOUND An exhibit at the Missouri History Museum AUG 28, 2021 — JAN 22, 2023
“The exhibit may be called St. Louis Sound, but it’s really the sound of America,” said Andrew Wanko, public historian, and content lead on the exhibit. “Scott Joplin, Josephine Baker, Chuck Berry, Albert King, Ike and Tina Turner, Miles Davis, Clark Terry, Nelly, and more weren’t just music legends known worldwide, they were formative influences on the rest of the country’s music." For more information visit the website or flickr photo album here.
Learn more about the "Music to Me" program where students will have interactive discussions about the connection between different styles and types of music in St. Louis and community and personal identities of people living in St. Louis. Educators can sign up for this free program at mohistory.org/schools. For additional educational support, contact Maria Russell - K-12 Programs Manager.
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Bill of Rights Day Student Contest
Hosted by the U.S. Courts within the Seventh and Eighth Circuits
The United States Courts of Appeals along with the United States District Courts in the Seventh and Eighth Circuits are hosting the second annual Bill of Rights contest and we want YOU to be a part of it! Students in grades 3-12 are encouraged to submit art and essays on the topic of “The Importance of the Bill of Rights.” Students are competing for a Grand Prize of $500 in each of three age groups – Grades 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12. The contest runs until Oct 31, 2021. Semi-finalists will be notified by Thanksgiving and will receive $50 e-gift cards and advance to the finals. Grand prize winners will be announced at a virtual event on Wed Dec 1. Questions can be sent to EducationTeam@ca8.uscourts.gov
MTI's All Together Now! is entirely free-of-charge to license with no royalty or rental fees.
Your organization may license MTI's All Together Now! as a fundraiser for your theatre and perform it live, streamed, or a combination of both over a four-day period from
November 12 - 15, 2021.
MTI- All Together Now! Event
Perform this brand-new musical revue FREE-OF-CHARGE during the weekend of November 12 - 15, 2021
Music Theatre International's All Together Now! - A Global Event Celebrating Local Theatre is an opportunity for schools and theatres around the world to locally produce and perform an exclusive musical revue featuring songs from MTI's beloved shows.
View the songlist from which producers can choose to tailor the 15 song musical review show to fit their artistic/creative vision, the talents of their cast, and the composition of their audience.
Participants will also receive a number of MTI’s innovative theatrical resources to help with rehearsals, marketing, and performances – all completely free! >learn more.
Peace in the Prairie
Peace in the Prairie is a project of the St. Louis Story Stitchers Artists Collective, artists and urban youth ages 16-24, working to create positive social change. Stitchers collect local stories and reframe and retell them through art, writing and performance to promote understanding, civic pride, intergenerational relationships and literacy. The artists of Saint Louis Story Stitchers work to shift perceptions and realities and bring hope to the Saint Louis community. The group shares indigenous stories retold through performances and publications. The Story Stitchers message is peaceful co-existence and mutual respect.
Is the path towards peace through Missouri’s native prairies? vimeo link to Peace in the Prairie preview
Booking now for 2021/22. Bring Peace in the Prairie to your school, club, or organization either virtually or in person. Contact us at storystitchers@gmail.com to inquire.
Each team engages in their chosen sustainability project(s) between October 2021 and March 2022, and submits their outcomes for a chance to win cash prizes.
Missouri Green Schools Quest
The Green Schools Quest is an annual project-based challenge to PreK-12 schools to implement student-driven, no/low-cost sustainability projects with the help of a Green Mentor who assists with project ideas, implementation, and resources. Each school forms a team of student participants which is organized by one adult representative from the school (the 'School Lead' - often a teacher.) Teams may be a single classroom, student club, grade level, or the entire school. A Green Mentor is assigned to each school and works together with the School Lead to support the students by providing guidance, resources and encouragement as needed.
>Learn more and register here.
Visual Art Contest
Contest details: Any student in grades K-12 can enter for free.
Contest Divisions are grades K-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12.
Any art that can have a still digital image (including painting, sculpture, drwing, collage, etc - excludes photography)
Students can enter one piece in each contest prior to the deadlines: December 5, April 4, August 22.
Teachers and students share over $5,000 in prizes.
Teachers and students must enter art online at: www.celebratingart.com. (DO NOT mail art as it will NOT be entered in the contest, or returned.)
Questions? email: info@celebratingart.com
Due to the nature of exhibit content, this exhibit is suitable for students age 12 years and older.
Reservations are open for dates July 2020 through January 2022. For groups of 10 or more, a rate of $15* per ticket. All admissions include individual audio guides for added content and convenience (in English and Spanish).
Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away
Kansas City Union Station officials recently announced unprecedented donor support to send area students (age 12 and older) to the international tour of Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away., created by Musealia and Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, opened June 14 at Kansas City's Union Station. School groups may be eligible for FREE Admission. Access to Student Field Trip details and Scholarship Requests can be found here.
For questions specifically regarding School Field Trips and Scholarships, contact Myrene Shifley at: mshifley@unionstation.org or 816-460-2093.
2021 Awards NASBE honors Country Music Legend Dolly Parton as a Friend to Education for her foundation's program "imagination Library."
Other honorees include Timothy Shriver, chairman of Special Olympics International and co-founder and current chair of the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) Martha Harris (ME), Michelle Fecteau (MI), and Rachel Wise (NE). Read about these individuals here.
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