[Members] ArtServe Announces New Arts Education Toolkit

[Rick Dapprich]

ArtServe is pleased to announce the release of its Arts Education  
Toolkit and Arts, Culture and Arts Education Resource Guide. Made  
possible by a grant from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing  
Arts and the Kennedy Center National Partnerships Program, the toolkit  
was developed following months of planning, research and, most  
importantly, discussions with teachers and advocates from around the  
state, to determine what would serve as the best resource to inform,  
equip, engage and inspire arts education advocates to action.

ArtServe Michigan's Arts Education Toolkit is a resource to help you  
effectively take action on arts education issues at the national,  
state and, most importantly, local level. It contains information,  
guidance and resources applicable to the dynamics in Michigan,  
combined with information provided in the model Arts Education  
Advocacy Toolkit developed by the Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts  
Education Network in 2009. We hope that this resource will be helpful  
to you in gaining the knowledge, skills and confidence needed to work  
with others to urge awareness and support for arts education in  
Michigan schools.

The Arts, Culture and Arts Education Resource Guide was developed to  
accompany the ArtServe Michigan Arts Education Toolkit. It serves as a  
handheld guide to arts education advocacy in Michigan.

While ArtServe will be strategically mailing this to each of  
Michigan's 549 school districts, 16 statewide arts education  
associations, and other stakeholders, it is important to spread the  
word to  arts education advocates throughout the state. The toolkit  
and resource guide are available for download fromhttp://www.artservemichigan.org/?q=node/26

If you would like hard copies of the materials that include additional  
arts education resources, please contact Mike Latvis at mike at artservemichigan.org 
  or 248-379-5897. While ArtServe will attempt to mail as many copies  
as possible at no charge, there may be a small fee for shipping  
depending on quantities requested.
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