Apply for the Department of Arts Education Think Tanks! Deadline extended! And change in initial convening date!
Join the Department of Arts Education in developing and implementing strategic plans in three areas identified as key issues: Full School Day, Common Core Alignment, and All-City Programs. CPS Teachers will apply to join the Think Tank groups and will be compensated for all meetings with an anticipated commitment of 18 hours: initial meeting: 2 hours; online research: 4 hours; summer sessions: 12 hours (6 hours/day). Please contact us if you have additional questions.
The applicaiton deadline has been extended to the end of day on Wednesday, May 23rd. The first convening date originally planned for May 23rd has also been moved and a new date will be announced soon.
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Professional Development Webinar
Missed our Professional Development programs? You can catch up on all the content and information by viewing the Webinar. Take a look here and catch up on everything that's happening with Arts Education.
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Resource Spotlights!
During our Professional Development sessions we have been highlighting some key resources for Educators that have emerged in the last year. Please visit these sites and help us shape and veryfiy the content. We can make these resources better with your help!
The ArtLook Map is an interactive tool where schools, teachers, arts organizations and museums, and even parents, can identify the presence of Certified Arts Instructors on staff at each CPS school, the presence of community arts partnerships at each school, and the kind of arts being taught by in both elementary and high schools. Find yourself on the map!
The Arts & Education Exchange is a free online service. It connects educators with arts providers to give students an opportunity for expression and self-discovery through creative outlets such as ballet, theater, or pottery. Create an account and begin locating resources in your neighborhood.
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Program/Project Opportunities
Migrations: The American Experience in Art
A Collaboration of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center, and Chicago Public Schools
This yearlong teacher professional development program will explore the many aspects of migration using visual art of the 19th-21st centuries as the primary lens through which to investigate this subject/theme. Teachers will develop collaborative curricular projects that engage students in critical thinking, develop aesthetic awareness and visual literacy, and use works of American art in historically accurate ways.
Summer Drama Institute
July 26 - August 1, 2012
Columbia College Chicago
Activate your curriculum!
Gather your colleagues and join us for our 6th annual Summer Drama Institute. Explore exciting ways to connect learning with the world's greatest stories! Books chosen will include winners of the prestigious Caldecott, Newbery, and Jane Addams Children's Book Awards.
Teacher Institute in Digital Arts LEarning
August 12-17, 2012
The Teacher Institute in Digital Arts Learning (TIDAL) is a one-week learning intensive for Chicago area middle school teachers interested in exploring the intersection between traditional art and design education and an exciting range of digital technologies.
Accepted participants will also be asked to choose a middle school student from their home school to participate in a digital art camp taking place during the same dates as the TIDAL program.
Visit their site for more information.
Summer Drawing Workshop for Teens at the School of Representational Art (SORA)
This workshop is an opportunity for high school students to develop drawing skills and complete portfolio pieces that will prepare them for college and art-related careers such as animation and game design. The tuition fee is $150. They are offering free tuition to one student.
Dance in the Classroom - Hubbard Street Dance Chciago
Hubbard Street Dance Chciago's dance residencies offer you and your students a fresh approach to the basics and have a proven record for inspiring improved student performance.There are a limited number of 50% grant matches being offered to CPS schools. Find out how to apply here!
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Music Bridge 2012 - Kabul to Kelly Music Exchange
Kelly High School hosted a landmark concert exchange with the Afghanistan National INstitute of Music. Check out this newsclip from the event, attended by Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Alderman Ed Burke.
Upcoming Events
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May
19
Sat
COLEctive Notions
The Dance COLEctive (TDC), under the direction of award-winning choreographer and teacher Margi Cole, presents “COLEctive Notions 2012,” a concert program promoting the development of new work created by TDC company members.Cole is committed to the concept of choreographic mentorship. “I have the opportunity to rehearse with these dancers and reap the benefits of their contributions to my own work on a regular basis. Now they have the opportunity to have the same exchange with each other and a little guidance from me. All they have to do is make the work and the company takes care of the rest of the concert production, allowing them to focus just on developing their work. It is my great pleasure to support them in this way. Last year was a great success and I am looking forward to what t
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May
23
Wed
$10 Main Floor Tickets: Mozart, Haydn & Friends
Music of the Baroque
Harris Theater at Millenium Park
205 E. Randoph Drive
Chicago, IL 60601$10 students, $25 adults (with student)
For more information and to buy tickets, call our Box Office at 312.551.1415
World-renowned conductor Jane Glover leads the Music of the Baroque orchestra and chorus in an evening of spirited music-making. We're calling it our "Friends" concert because this particular group of composers (Mozart, Haydn, Dittersdorf and Vanhal) were friends who frequently got together simply to play with one another. The program also features Music of the Baroque's own principal string players as soloists.
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Jun
19
Tue
IL Art Ed. Assoc. Northeast Council Mini-Conference/Workshop
IL Art Ed. Assoc. Northeast Council Mini-Conference/Workshop
Where: National Veterans Art Museum
1801 S. Indiana, Chicago
When: Tuesday, June 19, 11-3pm (NEW DATE!)
Cost: $25/member, $35/non-member
Please send payments to IAEA NE Council Secretary, Joan Mills, 105486 Curtis Ln., Naperville, IL 60564
email: jmsm25@comcast.net
Our conference/workshop will include a tour of the featured show "Overlooked / Looked Over" as well as a discussion with Bill Crist, a Vietnam vet and outsider artist who will present his work and writings from the daily diary he kept while in Vietnam. Susan Zielinski, the museums Art Therapy Coordinator, will also participate. This workshop focuses around the ideas of personal traumas. Participants will be receiving military fatigues to create artwork on. However, if anyone wants to bring an article of clothing that has more personal meaning to them that they want to work on, please do so - just make sure the weave of the fabric is tight. Participants should also bring any sketches or writings about a personal trauma they might have or want to prepare ahead of time.
Lunch, CPDU's, and all materials will be provided. Attendance is limited to the first 30 paid participants.
(Parking is avaliable on the streets around the museum, most are metered at the "pay here" boxes. Street parking in this area is not difficult to find.)
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Lynn Bailey, NE Council VP at ldbailey@cps.edu or lynn1229@hotmail.com
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May
19
Sat
COLEctive Notions
The Dance COLEctive (TDC), under the direction of award-winning choreographer and teacher Margi Cole, presents “COLEctive Notions 2012,” a concert program promoting the development of new work created by TDC company members.Cole is committed to the concept of choreographic mentorship. “I have the opportunity to rehearse with these dancers and reap the benefits of their contributions to my own work on a regular basis. Now they have the opportunity to have the same exchange with each other and a little guidance from me. All they have to do is make the work and the company takes care of the rest of the concert production, allowing them to focus just on developing their work. It is my great pleasure to support them in this way. Last year was a great success and I am looking forward to what t
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May
23
Wed
$10 Main Floor Tickets: Mozart, Haydn & Friends
Music of the Baroque
Harris Theater at Millenium Park
205 E. Randoph Drive
Chicago, IL 60601$10 students, $25 adults (with student)
For more information and to buy tickets, call our Box Office at 312.551.1415
World-renowned conductor Jane Glover leads the Music of the Baroque orchestra and chorus in an evening of spirited music-making. We're calling it our "Friends" concert because this particular group of composers (Mozart, Haydn, Dittersdorf and Vanhal) were friends who frequently got together simply to play with one another. The program also features Music of the Baroque's own principal string players as soloists.
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Jun
02
Sat
49th Annual All-City Festival Concert
This year's 49th Annual All-City Festival Concert showcases a broad range of musical styles featured by the Chicago Public School All-City High School Band, Chorus, Jazz Ensemble, Orchestra and Dance Ensemble, and the All-City Elementary School Band, Jazz Ensemble, Youth Chorus, and Youth String Ensemble.
All-City Performing Groups give an outstanding performance and this year will be no exception. The Citywide Music Performance Festivals are adjudicated events that offer CPS students an opportunity to strive for their highest level of music-making, increase their music literacy, interpret and evaluate music, and make connections between music and other disciplines.
Tickets may be purchased from the Symphony Center's Box Office after May 26th. $5-$10 each, cash only.
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Jun
19
Tue
IL Art Ed. Assoc. Northeast Council Mini-Conference/Workshop
IL Art Ed. Assoc. Northeast Council Mini-Conference/Workshop
Where: National Veterans Art Museum
1801 S. Indiana, Chicago
When: Tuesday, June 19, 11-3pm (NEW DATE!)
Cost: $25/member, $35/non-member
Please send payments to IAEA NE Council Secretary, Joan Mills, 105486 Curtis Ln., Naperville, IL 60564
email: jmsm25@comcast.net
Our conference/workshop will include a tour of the featured show "Overlooked / Looked Over" as well as a discussion with Bill Crist, a Vietnam vet and outsider artist who will present his work and writings from the daily diary he kept while in Vietnam. Susan Zielinski, the museums Art Therapy Coordinator, will also participate. This workshop focuses around the ideas of personal traumas. Participants will be receiving military fatigues to create artwork on. However, if anyone wants to bring an article of clothing that has more personal meaning to them that they want to work on, please do so - just make sure the weave of the fabric is tight. Participants should also bring any sketches or writings about a personal trauma they might have or want to prepare ahead of time.
Lunch, CPDU's, and all materials will be provided. Attendance is limited to the first 30 paid participants.
(Parking is avaliable on the streets around the museum, most are metered at the "pay here" boxes. Street parking in this area is not difficult to find.)
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Lynn Bailey, NE Council VP at ldbailey@cps.edu or lynn1229@hotmail.com
Email Newsletter
The Chicago Guide for Teaching and Learning in the Arts is a comprehensive curriculum framework for music, theater, dance and visual arts education. Designed as a resource for arts educators throughout the city, it includes a sequential PreK-12 scope and sequence for each discipline, informative pages about the Chicago arts scene, best practices, sample lesson plans and rubrics and more.
For more information, or to obtain a copy, please contact the Department of Arts Education.
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