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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000;">Michigan Youth Arts, on behalf of the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, is offering Michigan K-12 schools grants of up to $500 to pay for transportation costs associated with an arts and culture-related field trip. <span>We are accepting applications from now until <strong>January 25, 2013</strong>. </span><span>Schools may only apply once per school year. Therefore, if your school has been approved for a grant, you may not apply again. This new application is for schools who have not received a grant in the 2012-2013 school year. The field trip for this cycle must take place between March 1, 2013 - May 31, 2013. For complete guidelines and a list of approved field trip destinations, </span><a style="color: rgb(47, 153, 229); text-decoration: none;" track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=c5w4evlab.0.azig9vlab.c8xo74bab.0&ts=S0859&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.michiganyoutharts.org%2Fpdf%2F2013MCACAGuidelines.pdf%3Futm_source%3DArts%2BEducation%2BJanuary%2B2013%26utm_campaign%3DArts%2BEducation%2BJanuary%2B2013%26utm_medium%3Demail" linktype="1" target="_blank">click here</a>, or <a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 204); text-decoration: none;" track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=c5w4evlab.0.bzig9vlab.c8xo74bab.0&ts=S0859&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.michiganyoutharts.org%2Fgrants%2Fapply%3Futm_source%3DArts%2BEducation%2BJanuary%2B2013%26utm_campaign%3DArts%2BEducation%2BJanuary%2B2013%26utm_medium%3Demail" linktype="1" target="_blank">apply online</a>. If you are interested in being part of our peer review panel, please email us at <span style="color: #0099cc;">grants!michiganyoutharts.org</span>. </p>
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<div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">High school English teachers who are members of the Michigan Council of Teachers of English can submit their students' creative writing (poetry, fiction and drama) for a chance to be featured in the 2013Michigan Youth Arts Festival. Selected students will be invited to the Festival to participate in workshops with a guest author, and award-winning pieces will be published in the Creative Writing book. Selected works will also be published in the Festival program. The last day for submission is <strong>Monday, February 4</strong>. For guidelines and information, <a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 204); text-decoration: none;" track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=c5w4evlab.0.czig9vlab.c8xo74bab.0&ts=S0859&p=http%3A%2F%2Fmcte.info%2Fforum%2Ftopics%2Fmichigan-youth-arts-festival-2013-creative-writing-program-for%3Futm_source%3DArts%2BEducation%2BJanuary%2B2013%26utm_campaign%3DArts%2BEducation%2BJanuary%2B2013%26utm_medium%3Demail" linktype="1" target="_blank">click here</a>.</div>
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<img height="90" vspace="10" border="0" hspace="10" width="170" src="http://chelseamich.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/CCA_logo-COLOR.jpg" align="left"><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Chelsea Center Opens New Visual Arts Room</strong></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: medium;"><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" shape="rect" name="B1"><img alt="B1" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/s.gif" title="B1" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-align: left;" align="left">Upon the completion of a recent building renovation, the Chelsea Center for the Arts has opened a new visual art classroom in what was formerly the original garage structure. As a large space with brand new heating, cooling, insulation, plumbing, electrical, lighting, doors, windows, and surfaces, the new room will be used for art classes involving large equipment, such as jewelry/metals, ceramics and sculpture. Known for its visual art and music programs, exhibitions, performances and special events, the center provides the Chelsea-area community with a rich arts experience. For more information, please visit the <a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 204); text-decoration: none;" track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=c5w4evlab.0.dzig9vlab.c8xo74bab.0&ts=S0859&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chelseacenterforthearts.org%2Findex.html%3Futm_source%3DArts%2BEducation%2BJanuary%2B2013%26utm_campaign%3DArts%2BEducation%2BJanuary%2B2013%26utm_medium%3Demail" linktype="1" target="_blank">Chelsea Center for the Arts website</a>.</div><div><span alt="Forum" title="Forum" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/s.gif">
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<img height="122" vspace="5" border="0" hspace="5" width="223" src="http://www.calvin.edu/january/2012/gallery/presentations2012/img/img-018-img.jpg" align="right"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>The January Series of Calvin College: Jan. 3 - 23 <a shape="rect" name="B4"><img alt="B4" title="B4" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/s.gif" /></a></strong></p><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Each year, Calvin College puts on The January Series, an award-winning noontime lecture series that takes place in the 1000-seat Covenant Fine Art Center Auditorium in Grand Rapids. During this incredible fifteen-day event, speakers deliver thought-provoking, educational and entertaining lectures. The event is free and open to the public, and the lectures will be live streamed from 12:30-1:30 p.m. For more information about speakers and locations, please visit the <a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 204); text-decoration: none;" track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=c5w4evlab.0.ezig9vlab.c8xo74bab.0&ts=S0859&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.calvin.edu%2Fjanuary%2F%3Futm_source%3DArts%2BEducation%2BJanuary%2B2013%26utm_campaign%3DArts%2BEducation%2BJanuary%2B2013%26utm_medium%3Demail" linktype="1" target="_blank">Calvin College website</a>.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> </div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p><img height="92" vspace="10" border="0" hspace="10" width="250" src="http://grandblancview.mihomepaper.com/sites/grandblancview.mihomepaper.com/files/images/2013-01-03/12p1.preview.jpg" align="left"><div><a shape="rect" name="B2"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;" size="2"><b>Mid-Michigan Band and Orchestra Day </b></span><span style="color: #ff0000;" color="#ff0000"> </span></a><a shape="rect" name="b2"><img alt="b2" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/s.gif" title="b2" /></a> </div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;">On <strong>Thursday, January 10</strong>, the Flint School of Performing Arts will welcome band and orchestra students from 15 different high schools to join the Flint Youth Wind Ensemble and the Flint Youth Symphony Orchestra. The collaboration takes place during Mid-Michigan Band and Orchestra Day at the Flint Institute of Arts, and will consist of rehearsals, sectionals, master classes and a "Careers in Music" workshop. 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The competition is open to all K-12 students, and this year, MMEA received a record-breaking number of entries. MMEA selected 21 finalists, and they will perform their pieces on <strong>Saturday, January 19</strong> at 1 p.m. during the 2013 Michigan Music Conference in Grand Rapids. <a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 204); text-decoration: none;" track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=c5w4evlab.0.gzig9vlab.c8xo74bab.0&ts=S0859&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mmeamichigan.org%2Fevents%2Fhonors-composition-concert%3Futm_source%3DArts%2BEducation%2BJanuary%2B2013%26utm_campaign%3DArts%2BEducation%2BJanuary%2B2013%26utm_medium%3Demail" linktype="1" target="_blank">Click here</a> for a list of the 2013 winners and event information.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span><strong> <img height="166" vspace="5" border="0" hspace="5" width="149" src="http://stantonssheetmusic.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/mmc.jpg" align="left"> MAEIA Program to be Introduced at MMC <a shape="rect" name="B5"><img alt="B5" title="B5" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/s.gif" /></a></img></strong></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Join Michigan Youth Arts Executive Director Candy Smirnow and Michigan Assessment Consortium Consultant Ana Luisa Cardona at the Michigan Music Conference for an introduction on the Michigan Arts Education Instruction and Assessment (MAEIA) Program. In response to the needs identified in the Arts Education in Michigan Survey, the Michigan Department of Education has taken action to create an instructional blueprint, a district audit tool and assessment prototypes that will guide the future development of student assessments in the arts. Learn more on how to be a part of this process and share your ideas at the <strong>Fine Arts Coordinator Meeting</strong> on <strong>Friday, January 18</strong> in the Amway Grand - Grand View Room at 8:30 am. More details can be found at the <a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 204); text-decoration: none;" track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=c5w4evlab.0.hzig9vlab.c8xo74bab.0&ts=S0859&p=https%3A%2F%2Fmichiganmusicconference.org%2FconferenceSessions.taf%3F_function%3DdisplaySession%26EventTypeIDN%3D1783%26_UserReference%3DCFFA5E0446F101E61AA3D986AE1450E72D13%26utm_source%3DArts%2BEducation%2BJanuary%2B2013%26utm_campaign%3DArts%2BEducation%2BJanuary%2B2013%26utm_medium%3Demail" linktype="1" target="_blank">MMC Website</a>.</span> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>YOUTH ARTS OPPORTUNITIES & GRANTS</strong></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </p><img height="121" vspace="5" border="0" hspace="5" width="211" src="http://poetryoutloud.org/il/c303e2aad8/Top%203%202012.JPG" align="right"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Poet</strong><strong>ry Out Loud Deadline: Wednesday, Jan. 16 </strong><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: medium;"><a shape="rect" name="C1"><img style="border-width: 1px; border-color: black; border-style: dashed;" alt="C1" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/s.gif" title="C1"> </img></a></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Starting at the classroom level, then moving on to school, regional, state and national levels, Poetry Out Loud is the largest youth poetry recitation competition in the United States. By <strong>Wednesday, January 16</strong>, each school must choose and submit one champion to move on to the regional level. For competition rules and guidelines, <a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 204); text-decoration: none;" track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=c5w4evlab.0.izig9vlab.c8xo74bab.0&ts=S0859&p=http%3A%2F%2Fpoetryoutloud.org%2Fcompetition%2F%3Futm_source%3DArts%2BEducation%2BJanuary%2B2013%26utm_campaign%3DArts%2BEducation%2BJanuary%2B2013%26utm_medium%3Demail" linktype="1" target="_blank">click here</a>.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong> </strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong> <img height="149" vspace="15" border="0" hspace="10" width="149" src="http://www.surfermag.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2011/04/VANS-CUSTOM-CULTURE-SEMI-FINALISTS-CHOSEN.jpeg" align="left"> </img></strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Vans - Custom Culture Art Competition <a shape="rect" name="C2"><img alt="C2" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/s.gif" title="C2" /></a></strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Want to win $50,000 for your school's art program? On Wednesday, Jan. 2, Vans will begin accepting entries for its 4th annual Custom Culture Art Competition, which invites high school students to customize four pairs of blank Vans sneakers for four different themes: Art, Music, Action Sports and Local Flavor. After public voting on the Vans website and internal selection, five finalist schools will be flown to New York City, and one will take home the grand prize, with the opportunity to have their new designs produced and sold in Vans stores.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Details: <a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 204); text-decoration: none;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=c5w4evlab.0.jzig9vlab.c8xo74bab.0&ts=S0859&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vans.com%2Fcustomculture%3Futm_source%3DArts%2BEducation%2BJanuary%2B2013%26utm_campaign%3DArts%2BEducation%2BJanuary%2B2013%26utm_medium%3Demail" shape="rect" target="_blank">www.vans.com/customculture</a> </p><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><strong>Deadline: February 11, 2012</strong></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b> </b></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b> </b></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b> </b></div><img height="144" vspace="10" border="0" hspace="10" width="221" style="border-width: 1px; border-color: black; border-style: dashed;" src="http://cya.oklibshare.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/nea-300x196.png" align="right"><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a shape="rect"><span><b>NEA Foundation: Learning & Leadership Grants </b></span></a><b><a shape="rect" name="C3"><img alt="C3" title="C3" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/s.gif" /></a></b></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">NEA Learning & Leadership Grants support public school teachers, public education support professionals, and/or faculty and staff in public institutions of higher education for one of two purposes: </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">
<ul><li><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Grants to individuals fund participation in high-quality professional development experiences such as summer institutes or action research</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Grants to groups fund collegial study, including study groups, action research, lesson study, or mentoring experiences for faculty or staff new to an assignment.</span></li></ul>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">Maximum award: $5,000. Eligibility: public school teachers grades K-12; public school education support professionals; or faculty and staff at public higher education institutions.</span></p>
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