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Vital information for arts educators in Dallas!
OPENING KEYNOTE:
Tuesday, Oct 25
How Dallas Put Arts Back in the Public Schools
Gigi Antoni, Executive Director and CEO
Big Thought, Dallas TX
Learn how a public-private partnership between the Dallas Independent School District and a community organization produced the funding and momentum to revitalize arts education in the schools.
Big Thought believes the opportunity gap will only be solved by bringing the right opportunities to the kids who need them most. By connecting like-minded organizations, we customize programs to meet the unique needs of each community we serve. Big Thought is closing the gap - one child at a time.
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THOUGHT LEADERSHIP SESSION:
Wednesday, Oct 26
Shifting our Center: Engaged
Diversity as a Way of Being Arts Educators
Onye Ozuzu, Dean,
School of Fine and Performing Arts, Columbia College Chicago, IL
What does it mean to engage diversity in arts education? What is the difference between
inclusion and engagement? What are the roadblocks to engaged diversity and what models exist for removal? If
the center of our educational structure shifts, what do we gain or lose?
Join Onye Ozuzu as she explores these
crucial, thought-provoking issues and more.
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PARTNERSHIP SESSION:
Wednesday, Oct 26
Dallas Black Dance Theatre's Historic Building and its Role in African American Life in Dallas
Ann Williams, Founder/Artistic Advisor
Dallas Black Dance Theatre
DBDT's home (the historic Moorland YMCA Building) is one of three remaining facilities built by and for the African American community in the early 1900s. During the years of segregation it was "the icon of exclusion."
DBDT renovated and re-purposed it to become "the icon of inclusion."
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INTEGRATION OF ABILITIES SESSION: Wednesday, Oct 26
History of Jazz and Commercial Music
These outstanding musicians will discuss the accomplishments of
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts' Jazz Department since 1976, including top national awards, Presidential and National Endowment for the Arts recognition, performances on national stages, recordings, and illustrious alumni who have won 33 Grammys.
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Kent Ellingson
Music Faculty, BTWHSPVA
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Bart Marantz
Former Director of Jazz Studies, BTWHSPVA
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Curt Bradshaw Founder, Mesquite Jazz Repertory Ensemble
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Roger Boykin
Jazz Musician, Arranger and Producer
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DANCE WORKSHOPS with Christopher Vo:
Thursday, Oct 27
Making Connections through Contemporary Dance
Learn the styles and masters that have influenced his life.
A Broadway Experience through the Eyes of a Dancer
Experience the choreography from On the Town!
Christopher Vo is proud to have danced through the halls and classrooms of Dallas' performing arts schools. He has had the unique opportunity of attending Sidney Lanier Vanguard, W. E. Greiner Exploratory Arts Academy, and Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts where he trained vigorously and passionately with hopes to achieve his dream of becoming an artistically-fulfilled and top-notch artist. Following the ebb and flow of the years to come, his career now runs the gamut of concert and theater dance.
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4 Great Opportunities to Learn about
Partnering for Advocacy
3 Know More Webinars and 1 Dallas Workshop
Advocacy 101: The Arts Education Ecosystem
How to channel that influence towards policy change.
Advocacy 201: Making the Case
Transforming influence into effective advocacy.
Advocacy 301: Mobilizing Support
Strategize and effectively frame your ask to specified targets.
Workshop:
Partnering for Advocacy: Arts Schools, Advocacy Organizations, and Policy Change
Jeff Poulin, Arts Education Program Director, Americans for the Arts, helps local, state, and federal advocates advance policies supportive of arts education through communications, field education, and partnerships.
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Seeking Members for ASN Board of Directo
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Your time and talents could help support arts schools leaders as they nurture new generations of artists.
Serve on the ASN Board of Directors and further our mission to provide leaders of arts schools with quality resources, support, and networking opportunities.
Board members are expected to attend two meetings per year, at their own expense, and make a financial contribution.
Deadline: November 15
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SWAG for BAGS
Include promotional items from your member school or organization in our ASN 2016 Conference Registration bags.
Contact [email protected].
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Support ASN by becoming a sponsor or patron!
Reach our audience of 3000+ administrators, teachers, counselors, and other leaders in arts education. Help us inspire, support, and reward excellence in arts education.
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A round of applause for our sponsors and conference hosts! Thank you!
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Dr. Karl & Carolyn Perot Rathjen
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Patrons
David Flatley
Ed Glassman
Sally Gaskill
Laurence Kaptain
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The ASN 2016 Conference in Dallas will be the 36th time arts educators and leaders gather for industry-leading professional development and first-rate networking.
Together we refresh and reinforce our energy and efforts.
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