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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">A publication of the Michigan Youth Arts Leadership Roundtable</p>
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<div style="color: #000000;"><a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 204); text-decoration: none;" href="#C1" shape="rect" linktype="anchor">Missing Children Poster Contest</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 204); text-decoration: none;" href="#C2" shape="rect" linktype="anchor">VSA Traveling Exhibition: Call for Art</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 204); text-decoration: none;" shape="rect" href="#C4" linktype="anchor">K-6 Coloring Contest</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 204); text-decoration: none;" href="#C3" shape="rect" linktype="anchor">Michigan Fine Arts Competition </a><br /></div>
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<div>Dance workshops for the 2013 Festival will include modern dance with Carrie Brueck Morris of GVSU, ballet with Dawnell Dryja of Grand Rapids Ballet, Afro-Caribbean with Robin Wilson of University of Michigan and Bollywood with Anuja Rajendra of Bollyfit. Registration is currently open for<strong> Dance, Theatre, Creative Writing</strong> and<strong> Visual Arts</strong>, and opens April 1 for Instrumental Music and Media Arts. If you or your student artist has been invited to the Festival, be sure t<em>o</em><a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 204); text-decoration: none;" track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=lnf7rcmab.0.nfdcwvlab.c8xo74bab.0&ts=S0871&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.michiganyoutharts.org%2Ffestival%2Fparticipation" linktype="1" target="_blank"> register online </a> </div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify">If you or your student artist is scheduled to take the English AP Exam during the festival, then you're in luck! Kalamazoo Christian High School is currently offering seats for festival participants. To reserve a seat, contact <strong>Sue Vanhamerszeld at (269)381-2250</strong> as soon as possible, as space is limited, and there are no guarantees to a definite spot. </div>
<em><strong>Kalamazoo Christian High School</strong></em> </div>
<div><em><strong> 2121 Stadium Drive</strong></em> </div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify">Michigan Youth Arts Association and the co-sponsors of its Arts & Culture Trek Grant program, Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA), will award a total of $70,000 in grants to Michigan K-12 schools to defray the cost of transportation for an arts and culture related field trip. Originally, MCACA committed $45,000 for the spring cycle of the program. However, Michigan Youth Arts received an unexpected surplus of applications, totaling $93,000 in requests from educators throughout the state. In response to the demonstrated need, The Daniel and Pamella DeVos Foundation contributed an additional $25,000 to the program, bringing the total award </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"> amount to $70,000 to be distributed this spring. <a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 204); text-decoration: none;" track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=lnf7rcmab.0.jzpy6djab.c8xo74bab.0&ts=S0871&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.michiganyoutharts.org%2Fgrants" shape="rect" linktype="1" target="_blank">Full details</a>. </div>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: justify; font-size: 9pt; color: #323232;" align="justify">Want to change the way your community looks at arts education? Through workshops, speaker sessions, and information about practical resources, this two-day colloquium provides arts educators with the leadership skills necessary to create a real change in their communities. The tri-state event is presented by the Michigan Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs, the Indiana Arts Commission, and the Ohio Arts Council. <a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 204); text-decoration: none;" track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=lnf7rcmab.0.zfqf9gmab.c8xo74bab.0&ts=S0871&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.in.gov%2Farts%2F2659.htm" linktype="1" target="_blank">Click here</a> for more information. </p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: justify; font-size: 9pt; color: #323232; margin-left: 270px;" align="justify">Glenis Redmond, Kennedy Center teaching artist, award-winning poet, and author of <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Backbone</span> and <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Under the Sun</span>, is conducting a writing workshop at Wharton Center for Performing Arts on Tuesday, March 12, 2013. Redmond, who is an advocate of spoken word and poetry performance, will provide teachers with examples and exercises that they can use in the classroom, and share techniques to make the genre of poetry more accessible to students. <a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 204); text-decoration: none;" track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=lnf7rcmab.0.padfygmab.c8xo74bab.0&ts=S0871&p=http%3A%2F%2Fpd.inghamisd.org%2Fpdsession%2Fperformance_poetry%2F" shape="rect" linktype="1" target="_blank">Click here</a> to register. </p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: justify; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000;" align="justify">Calling all MMEA members: Don't miss out on this valuable professional development opportunity! This unique event takes place on the campus of Central Michigan University, and features a day of workshops, roundtable discussions, and reading sessions. The topics of the conference include: elementary general music, working with double reed players, lesson planning and copyright issues. Open to all music educators who are NAfME/MMEA members. 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=lnf7rcmab.0.qadfygmab.c8xo74bab.0&ts=S0871&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mmeamichigan.org%2Fmmea%2Fcmenc" linktype="1" target="_blank">MMEA website</a>.<em> </em></p>
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<div><br />As an extension of "Music in our Schools Month," MMEA & NAfME are launching the <a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 204); text-decoration: none;" track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=lnf7rcmab.0.9fqf9gmab.c8xo74bab.0&ts=S0871&p=http%3A%2F%2Fadvocacy.nafme.org%2Fshare-your-story%2F" linktype="1" target="_blank">Share Your Story campaign</a>, which asks students, teachers, parents and arts advocates to send in letters about why the arts are so important to keep in our schools. Their goal is to collect 1,000 letters in the month of March, which they will share with members of Congress at the National Assembly in June.</div>
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<div><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <img height="144" vspace="5" border="0" hspace="5" width="228" src="http://www.artservemichigan.org/images/381223458_640.jpg" align="left"><div>2013 National Missing Children's Day Poster Contest</div></img></span> </strong>
<div><em>Deadline: March 15, 2013 </em><br /><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Open to all Michigan 5th graders, the Missing Children Poster Contest is designed to help bring an awareness of child abductions to young people, parents, caretakers, teachers and other community stakeholders through the artistic expressions of student artists. <span>The Michigan Council on Crime and Delinquency and the Child Protection Division of the Department of Justice has partnered with ArtServe Michigan to sponsor the poster contest, which will commemorate National Missing Children's Day - May 25, 2013. For contest details, <a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 204); text-decoration: none;" track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=lnf7rcmab.0.radfygmab.c8xo74bab.0&ts=S0871&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.artservemichigan.org%2Fopportunities%2Fschools-students%2F2013-national-missing-children-s-day-poster-contest%2F" shape="rect" linktype="1" target="_blank">click here</a>. </span></p></div>
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<div><span><em>Deadline: March 22, 2013 | Mackinaw Area Public Library</em><br /><div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify">Since 1974, VSA has helped opened doors for millions of artists with disabilities across the nation. From now until March 22, VSA Michigan is accepting entries for its Emerging Artists' Touring Exhibit, called "Art Around The World." The contest represents the works of artists from a wide range of ages, disabilities, and geographical locations. A panel of judges will select 40 pieces of art to tour around the state of Michigan - including the <a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 204); text-decoration: none;" track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=lnf7rcmab.0.sadfygmab.c8xo74bab.0&ts=S0871&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.michiganyoutharts.org%2Ffestival" shape="rect" linktype="1" target="_blank">Michigan Youth Arts Festival</a> - and an alternative show of 20 works <br />will travel to several conferences. For more information, <br />or to download the Call For Art and Entry Forms, please <br />visit the <a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 204); text-decoration: none;" track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=lnf7rcmab.0.8fqf9gmab.c8xo74bab.0&ts=S0871&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vsami.org%2F" linktype="1" target="_blank">VSA Michigan website</a>.<br /><br /></div> </span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left; font-size: 9pt;" align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong> <img height="131" vspace="5" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.199" hspace="5" width="156" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs104/1101655400290/img/199.png" align="left"> <br />K-6 Coloring Contest: Music in our Schools Month</img></strong></span> <a shape="rect" name="C4"><img alt="C4" title="C4" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/s.gif" /></a><br /><em>Deadline: March 29, 2013 | J.W. Pepper</em> </div>
<div style="text-align: left; font-size: 9pt;" align="left">Celebrate "Music in our Schools Month" with J.W. Pepper! The Coloring Contest is open to all K-6 students in the state of Michigan, and grand prize winners will win musical games and support for music programs within the school. Teachers and parents must submit students' <a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 204); text-decoration: none;" track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=lnf7rcmab.0.7fqf9gmab.c8xo74bab.0&ts=S0871&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.coloring.ws%2Fmusic1.htm" linktype="1" target="_blank">coloring pages</a> to J.W. Pepper by March 29, 2013, and winners will be announced on April 5, 2013. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>2013 Michigan Fine Arts Competition</strong></span><a shape="rect" name="C3"><img alt="C3" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/s.gif" title="C3" /></a><span alt="Forum" title="Forum" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/s.gif"><strong><img height="121" vspace="10" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.197" hspace="10" width="109" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs104/1101655400290/img/197.png" align="right" /></strong></span> </div></div>
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<div style="font-size: 9pt; text-align: left;" align="left"><em>Deadline: May 20, 2013</em> </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;" align="justify"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Attention high school artists: If you're at least 18 years of age, be sure to check out the Michigan Fine Arts Competition. The Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center is looking for entries for its 31st annual contest, which is now open to residents in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Wisconsin. The BBAC will award a total of $10,000 to winning artists, who will also have their work displayed in a touring exhibit. Visit the </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 204); text-decoration: none; font-size: 9pt;" track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=lnf7rcmab.0.uadfygmab.c8xo74bab.0&ts=S0871&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbartcenter.org%2F" shape="rect" linktype="1" target="_blank">BBAC website</a><span style="font-size: 9pt;"> for details.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div>
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