NAAE - Nevada Alliance for Arts Education

On behalf of the planning committee and all of the sponsoring and hosting organizations, thank you to all of the superintendents, principals, teachers, students, parents, and others who helped to make Poetry Out Loud: National Poetry Recitation Contest such a huge success in Nevada.

We are very proud of the fact that

Congratulations and thank you to everyone.  We look forward to working with you again next year!

Please feel free to “comment” on this blog by writing about your experiences with Poetry Out Loud.

Coordinators and Teachers: We are especially interested in hearing about how you implemented this program in your school or district and anecdotal stories that reveal the strengths (or challenges) of this program.

Two organizations and seven individuals applied for FY07 fourth quarter Better Education Through the Arts (BETA) grants.  Congratulations to the following:

• Arts for the Schools, a north Lake Tahoe-based nonprofit organization, $460 to host a children’s art show for students in pre-school through grade 12 at the Blue Onion Café in Kings Beach, California, May 8, 2007 from 5 - 7 PM.

• Carson City Symphony, a Carson City-based nonprofit organization requesting, $460 to support a workshop and concert with the California-based “Strolling Strings” to provide additional opportunities to 60 students in the “Strings in Schools” program.  The workshop and concert will be held on May 19, 2007 at the Nevada children’s Museum in Carson City.

• Victoria Ceretto-Slotto, a docent at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno, $460 to attend the National Docent Symposium to be held in Phoenix, Arizona, April 22-25, 2007.

• Caroline Davey, a theater teacher at Palo Verde High School in Las Vegas, $315 to attend “Camp Bravo,” a theater arts summer camp in Northridge, California, May 25-28, 2007.

• Joan Elder, a docent at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno, $460 to attend the National Docent Symposium to be held in Phoenix, Arizona, April 22-25, 2007.

• Lucia Mason, a theater teacher at Palo Verde High School in Las Vegas, $460 to attend the International Thespian Festival in Lincoln, Nebraska, June 25-30, 2007.

• Nancy Oakley, a docent at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno, $460 to attend the National Docent Symposium to be held in Phoenix, Arizona, April 22-25, 2007.

• Gayle Robinson, a docent at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno, $460 to attend the National Docent Symposium to be held in Phoenix, Arizona, April 22-25, 2007.

• Sparks High School, a public high school in Sparks, $460 to support the attendance of their 17-member Chamber Singers at a competition in Chicago, Illinois, April 26-29, 2007.

Applications for Fiscal Year 2008 1st quarter BETA (Better Education Through the Arts) Grants have a postmark or hand-deliver-to-Carson City-office deadline of May 15, 2007.

These grants of up to $750 are awarded to individuals (must be a legal resident of the U.S. and
Nevada, over 21, and not a full-time student) with no match required.  Grants will fund professional development activities or projects related to arts education or arts integration that will occur between July 1 and Sepetmber 30, 2007.  Grants are also available to eligible organizations.  A 1:1 cash match is required of them.  Guidelines and applications are available for downloading at the following web addresses:

Word version:http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/arts/programs/artsedu/aieguide.doc

pdf version:http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/arts/programs/artsedu/NACAIE0708LR.pdf

Or contact Gary Margolis (see contact information below) to request a copy be mailed to you or for more information. 

Gary Margolis

Arts in Education Program Coordinator
Nevada Arts Council
716 N. Carson Street, Suite A
Carson City, NV 
89701 Tel: (775) 687-7119Fax: (775) 687-6688Email: gtmargol@clan.lib.nv.us 

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We expect in just two years that our policymakers will wisely invest in our future by reinforcing and expanding Nevada’s commitment to the arts in our educational system. We want to see arts education discussed by candidates for local, state, and national offices, including school boards. We want to be represented by people who support balanced, arts-inclusive education for all students across Nevada.

This blog is your chance to engage the arts and education community in an open discussion on how to make this effort a reality. It’s up to you, and your peers to make the arts a vital, funded part of our educational system.