ART=OPPORTUNITY

I’m so excited to be heading up this campaign!

Thanks to a $200,000 grant from the Stuart Foundation, California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) will soon launch a San Diego county-wide campaign focused on providing access to all children to a better education by improving literacy through the arts; including technical assistance to implement arts plans, professional development, and mentoring.

The program, called ART=OPPORTUNITY, will include a series of summits, special events and training. It will be implemented by Merryl Goldberg, Executive Director, Center ARTES and a leadership team of arts educators, professionals and area nonprofits.

“We will have a specific focus on Leadership, Literacy and Sustainability,” explained Goldberg. “Our highest goal is to ensure that every child has the opportunity for an exemplary education that includes learning in, with and through the arts.”

“The Stuart Foundation pursues a Whole Child strategy rooted in the belief that a child’s relationships – with educators, parents, families, and communities – are essential to their educational success,” states Jonathan Raymond, President of the Stuart Foundation. “We are committed to education that excites students and teachers alike, because both must be engaged for real learning to take place.”

In an effort to create a county-wide shared vision of the role the arts play in student development implement strategies, plan activities and track results, Goldberg is partnering with multiple leadership partners including the San Diego County Office of Education, the Center for Leadership Innovation and Mentorship Building (CLIMB) in the College of Business Administration at CSUSM, San Marcos Writing Project at CSUSM, School of Arts at CSUSM, North County Professional Development Federation, San Diego Arts Network, San Diego Unified School District’s Learning Through the Arts program, Chula Vista Elementary School District VAPA, Arts for Learning San Diego, La Jolla Playhouse, The New Children’s Museum, A Reason to Survive (ARTS), California Center for the Arts, Escondido and more.

The first Summit is scheduled for early 2017. If you are interested in getting involved, please email artopp@csusm.edu or visit Center ARTES Website for more information: https://www.csusm.edu/centerartes

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Math and Music – OK GO!

Check out this mind blowing video courtesy of NPR’s “All Songs Considered.”  The math it took to create is amazing.  There are so many links between math and music to begin with – but add in technology, images, and things being blown up….wow.  The full article and video are linked below…but here’s the opener:

OK Go‘s latest (and astonishing) video, for the song “The One Moment,” took only 4.2 seconds to film. But the whole thing — a series of rapid-fire explosions — was slowed down to fill the four-plus minutes it takes the band to sing the song. Remarkably, like OK Go’s previous videos, the group manages to sync the whole thing using… I don’t know, math?

NPR OK Go’s “The One Moment” Video

 

A Student Named Art

A Student Named Art is a wonderful video produced by Miriam Sachs, a high school student who, in a nutshell, tells us why we do what we do!  It’s a super powerful video and a must watch!  It came out of the “Student Voices” campaign sponsored by the California Alliance for Arts Education with the California Arts Council.

A Student Named Art

https://vimeo.com/161716509

http://studentvoicescampaign.org/

Follow-up to Black Violins

Here is a really great segment with the musicians talking about what they do, why they do it, and what it may mean in the broader picture.  Worth a watch!

 

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Hi all, welcome to my blog!  This blog will mainly be of interesting, innovative, and creative musings based on things I’ve been reading or seeing.

I’d like to start out by featuring a tune from the group Black Violin, called Stereotypes.

This group is fabulous, both in music and message.  This tune “Stereotypes” should be shown in every classroom! There is spoken word along with the wonderful music and visuals.  My favorite line is from the end, “The reason I smile onstage is because I know I’m completely crushing people’s perceptions of what a violin can do and what music could possibly sound like; but also of what a Black man is capable of…”

Click here for Black Violin’s website: black violin