[Members] Michigan Youth Arts Newsletter

[Rick Dapprich]

Michigan Youth Arts Newsletter
December 16, 2010

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Michigan Student Film & Video Festival
K-12  students are invited to submit media work in multiple
categories, including animation, comedy and music videos, for the 43rd  
festival  sponsored by DAFT. Every entry is reviewed by educational  
and media professionals and their feedback gets sent to students.  Six  
high school Best of Show  Winners get scholarships to the Michigan  
Youth Arts Festival in May! The application deadline is March 4.
http://www.daftonline.org/festival/

DIGITAL ARTS, FILM & TELEVISION (DAFT) is a  non-profit media-arts
educational organization whose primary  mission is  to promote media  
literacy through the creative use of film  and video.  DAFT does this  
by conducting workshops and conferences for  teachers, and media  
professionals. DAFT has been providing services to  its members and  
the state of Michigan since 1969.  Watch a video (fancy that!) about  
DAFT here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3e1KQod5bE

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September Buys to receive national arts education award
September Buys, of Grand Rapids, was selected by the National Art
Education Association to receive the 2011 Western Region Middle Level  
Art Educator of the Year Award. This award recognizes a continuous and  
outstanding service to art education by an individual during their  
professional career.  The award will be presented at the NAEA National  
Convention in Seattle, March 17-20, 2011.
http://www.arteducators.org/news/national-convention

NAEA President, R. Barry Shauck states, "This award is being given to  
recognize
excellence in professional accomplishment and service by a dedicated  
art educator.
This recipient exemplifies the highly qualified individuals active in  
the field
of art education today: leaders, teachers, students, scholars, and  
advocates who
give their best to the profession."

September was a 2009 Michigan Art Education Association Art Educator  
of the Year
and a 2010 Michigan Youth Arts Educator of the Year. Congratulations,
September on your regional and national recognition!
http://michiganyoutharts.org/Education-Awards.html

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20 ideas for schoolwide arts projects
Check out the ideas from these elementary and middle school grantees
for innovative arts-education projects at their schools. Community
puppetry, high-school mentors, muraling, wikis, wooden salmon,  
transforming classrooms into studios - and more!
http://www.naesp.org/2010-crayola-grant-winners

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Funding Available
National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award
These awards recognize exceptional arts and humanities after-school
and out-of-school programs across the country. In all, 12 programs  
will receive $10,000 and an invitation to accept their award from the  
President's Committee's Honorary Chairman, First Lady Michelle Obama,  
at a ceremony at the White House. The application deadline is Jan. 31,  
2011. Apply here.
http://www.nahyp.org/how-to-apply/

Chamber Music America Residency Grants
These grants support residency projects in which jazz, classical/ 
contemporary, or
world ensemble music performances are presented outside traditional
venues and in community settings, with the goal of increasing audience  
appreciation
and awareness of small ensemble music. Short-term projects (three to  
nine activities taking place over at least three consecutive or  
separate days within a month) are eligible for grants of $2,500 to  
$6,000. Extended projects (ten or more activities taking place over  
more than one month and up to a year) are eligible for grants of  
$5,000 to $12,000. For details, click here.
http://www.chamber-music.org/programs/grant.html

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Do you know of arts education opportunities for students, teachers or
communities in Michigan?  Send them to stacey at michiganyoutharts.org.  
Thanks!
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Happening in Michigan

Transforming Minds using Artful Thinking
Workshop with Susan Loughrin for arts educators in Waterford. Come  
find out how
you (and your students) can develop thinking strategies that support  
thoughtful
learning - in the arts and across school subjects - through hands-on  
activities
guaranteed to stimulate and transform your teaching! Saturday, January  
8, 9-3. Register online through Oakland Schools.
http://www.oakland.k12.mi.us/

Engage with the Stage
Teachers attend one of two in-service education days at Wayne State's
Hilberry Theatre in Detroit, where they  learn useful methods for  
teaching students about theatre and play analysis. Company actors will  
visit your classroom to
interact and engage with your students, prior to their attendance at a  
matinee performance at the Hilberry. Learn more.
http://hilberry.com/engage.html

2010 Holiday Gift Guide
Arts and culture make the perfect gift - and often unexpected!
Share high quality, affordable experiences and gifts with your loved  
ones - the
Gift of Art and Culture with this southeast Michigan shopping guide!
http://www.theculturalconcierge.org/concierge/Special-Promotions/

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