In This Edition:
- Art WORKS: Arts In Our Schools Month Celebration of NC Artists at Work!
- Featured Resource - Arts Ed Data Project
- Governor Proclaims March Youth Art Month
- NC Arts Council Grant Technical Webinar with NCDPI
- NC Symphony Youth Concerto Competition
- SEADAE Leadership and Learning in Virtual Technology Survey
- NCTC K-12 Virtual Workshops: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- 75th Azalea Festival Parade - Last Call for Marching Bands
- 5th Annual “Keep Our Air Clean” Student Art Contest
To celebrate Arts In Our Schools Month, this year the NCDPI Arts Ed Team will release video interviews weekly with artists who make Art and who Work in NC. The Arts Education Standard Course of Study directs students to learn about NC Art and Artists in grades 4 and 8, as well as to learn about careers in the arts in the high school BIPA standards. Feel free to share these standards-aligned videos with your students!
The workforce is rapidly evolving. More jobs than ever before require post-secondary education and durable skills like strong communication and leadership. Our students are our greatest hope for building strong communities and a talent pipeline for a vibrant North Carolina, but they need to be well-prepared to compete for high-wage, high-demand careers.
That’s why we are reframing what a K-12 education is all about. It is not enough to simply cross the graduation stage; students need to be prepared to pursue the post-secondary plans of their choice. That’s why Superintendent Catherine Truitt is deeming 2022 the Year of the Workforce.
We cannot wait, the future of workforce is here and now. Learn More
Audrey Baran - Baran Dance Choreographer & Director and UNC-Charlotte Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance
Our Second featured NC Artist based in the Charlotte area. Audrey Baran is the director of the Baran Dance Company and a visiting Assistant Professor in Dance at UNC-Charlotte. Baran grew up as a "dance kid" and is a proud graduate of UNC-Charlotte as well. Audrey shares her creative process in creating dance, her inspiration, and how choreography is related to, but different from teaching. She discusses some of her exciting upcoming work and how beautiful it is to make art by moving human bodies. Lastly, Baran shares her vision for a future of dance that includes people representing a plethora of backgrounds as dance is for everyone!
Watch the video on YouTube HERE or by clicking the image below:
 Stay tuned for more exciting, engaging, and standards-aligned videos
featuring jobs your students will love!
Explore Our Interactive Dashboard
On this interactive, color-coded dashboard, you can view arts participation for secondary level by school-level, district, county and statewide. Data is added annually, allowing the project to show change since 2016. The project is hosted at ArtsEdNC.org and is a product of a partnership between NCDPI and Quadrant Research.
Check it out HERE!
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The NC Arts Council has released new guidance and opened applications for grants to organizations which includes the new Spark the Arts Grants fueled by American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding, a continuation of Organization Support Grants launched in response to the pandemic, and Grassroots Arts Program Grants, empowering the arts through local partners such as arts councils, which have been expanded with ARPA dollars as well as a $1 million increase in State funding for FY2022-23. As the NC Pandemic Recovery Office (NCPRO) works through the details of the state budget passed last year, it seems likely that the $15 million in ARPA funding allocated to the NC Arts Council ($10M for Grassroots and $5M for General Grants) will be awarded to arts organizations over the 2022-23 and 2023-24 fiscal years. Arts NC encourages all arts organization to explore these new grant opportunities and changes to existing programs which were informed by the current needs of the arts sector. NC Arts Council Organization Grant applications will be due Monday May 2, 2022.
The NCDPI Office of Learning Loss Recovery is partnering with the NC Arts Council Arts in Education Director, Kathleen Collier, to host a technical webinar covering the aspects of applying for these grant opportunities on March 16 at 10:30 am. This webinar will be for art teachers, federal program managers, district grant managers, principals, and all other interested parties.
Join the Webinar HERE
K12 teachers are invited to join NCTC and workshop facilitators Corey Mitchell (Theatre Gap Initiative) and Sidney Horton (artist and educator) for a free two-part virtual workshop series focused on promoting racial equity, and fostering diversity and inclusion, in middle and high school theatre programs.
The series begins next week. Advanced registration is required.
Learn More and Register HERE
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This year we are celebrating the 75th North Carolina Azalea Festival Parade on April 9, 2022 and we need YOU! Bands are a key element in Parades, everyone loves music and seeing the precision of a marching unit! We know it has been a rough couple of years and we hope there is some way you can make it happen to help bring this event back to life and the community as well. Remember it is free for school bands and we can provide a travel stipend of $500 to help.
Register for the 75th Parade on April 9, 2022 through the link here https://2022ncazaleaparadereg.my-trs.com/.
Please contact Meg Tadlock for more information megtadlock@ncazaleafestival.org or 910-794-3103.
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North Carolina students from kindergarten through high school are invited to submit their artwork for a chance to be featured on billboards across the state!
Show us how you help keep the air clean this Earth Day!
The North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center (NCCETC) is excited to announce the 5th Annual “Keep Our Air Clean” Student Art Contest this March, where students residing in North Carolina from kindergarten through high school can submit their artwork focused on the theme of actions that individual families can take to reduce the amount of air pollution from vehicles.
Winners will have their artwork featured on billboards across the state to help spread the word about ways that we all can help keep the air clean!
Artwork should focus on actions that people can take to reduce air pollution from vehicles. Examples include walking, biking, using public transportation, carpooling, using biofuels, electric vehicles, and more. You can learn about the alternatives at cleantransportation.org or fuelwhatmatters.org. Please make artwork family-friendly, non-partisan and non-copyrighted.
Artwork in a more horizontal rectangular shape (about the shape of a billboard) is recommended.
Recommended dimensions:
- 400h x 840w pixels at 72 ppi
- 400h x 1400w pixels at 72 ppi
- Save as JPG, PNG or BMP at maximum quality in RGB mode
Note: Keep in mind text may be added on final billboards with the “Keep Our Air Clean” tagline.
The winner will be chosen based on:
- • Relevance and appropriateness of the message, judged by NCCETC
- • Visual design, as determined by contest judges
- • Public votes on our Facebook account
The official link and email to submit photos will be posted March 14 when submissions open.
Stay tuned on www.facebook.com/NCCleanTech and www.FuelWhatMatters.org!
Resources
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Quick Reference Guides for the North Carolina Standard Course of Study
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NC Arts Education Site - The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Webpages are intended to be a resource for arts educators, administrators, institutions of higher education, and other interested parties. It contains links to standards, instructional tools, professional development, and other resources related to implementing the North Carolina Arts Education Essential Standards. Arts Education leaders are encouraged to browse, reference, download, share, discuss, and adapt resources.
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NC Arts Education Listserv- Sign up to receive detailed information and updates. Subscribe by visiting: https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/NCSBE/subscriber/new. Enter your email address and then select Arts Education and any other listservs for which you would like to subscribe.
- North Carolina Arts Council
- A+ Schools of North Carolina
- NC Museum of History
North Carolina's Vision for Comprehensive Arts Education
In today's globally competitive world, innovative thinking and creativity are essential for all school children. High quality, standards-based instruction in the arts develops these skills and effectively engages, retains, and prepares future-ready students for graduation and success in an entrepreneurial economy. Dance, music, theatre arts, and visual arts, taught by licensed arts educators and integrated throughout the curriculum, are critical to North Carolina's 21st century education. (Senate Bill 66: Comprehensive Arts Education Task Force, 2010)
NCDPI Arts Education - NCDPI Arts Education Google Site
@ArtsEdNC - NCDPI Arts Education Twitter
Contact Us!
Sayward Grindley: K-12 Dance and Visual Arts Consultant
Brandon Roeder: K-12 Music and Theatre Arts Consultant
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