[DOE-Arts] ARTS NEWSLETTER #17
Argy Nestor
Argy.Nestor at maine.gov
Tue Sep 25 16:01:52 EDT 2007
ARTS NEWSLETTER # 17 – 25 September 2007
GREETINGS FROM ARGY’S CUBBY with a view of the STATE HOUSE DOME at
the Department of Education
ARTS NEWS
I hope your first month of school has been successful! The past week
at the Department of Education has been very busy.
The specialists have continued with work on the high school
graduation requirement. More information will be sent to you in the
future on this topic as it becomes available. On Thursday, September
27, a statewide educational summit will be held where Maine leaders
will gather to explore how to move forward with designing Maine’s
high schools for our children’s futures. A representative from each
professional arts education organization will attend the summit.
Many folks have sent written testimony to Anita Bernhardt on the
proposed Visual and Performing Arts segment of the Maine Learning
Results. The deadline for that was Monday, September 24th. Thank
you to everyone who took the time to send feedback. Anita will be
busy writing responses to each of you who sent in comments. The next
step is that the proposals and feedback will go to the State Board of
Education for final approval. The document is entitled: Learning
Results: Parameters for Essential Instruction, MDOE Regulation
Chapter 132. I will keep you posted on the progress.
I spent three wonderful days the weekend before last at Haystack in
Stonington for the fall Maine Art Educators conference. If you’ve
never been to Haystack take my word that it is a gorgeous location to
make art and talk about arts education. It is located on the water
with a view of small islands, big sky and beautiful water. We had
all kinds of weather including warm and sunny, damp and rainy and
chilly. The association had their annual business meeting. And, I
had the chance to learn a great deal in the bookmaking session I
attended with USM professor and bookmaker Rebecca Goodale http://
www.vampandtramp.com/miniature/g/rebecca-goodale.html
Rebecca is working on a series of books on threatened and endangered
species of Maine.
I was happy for the opportunity to touch base with folks face to face
at the District III fall music dinner meeting and the Art in the
Heart meeting at UMaine. Thank you to both groups!
NEWSLETTER
YAHOOOOOO…. this electronic arts education newsletter is going to
528 readers. This is an increase of 22 from the last newsletter. If
you are interested in reviewing back issues of the newsletter click
on: http://mailman.informe.org/pipermail/doe-arts/
If you know of others (especially new teachers) that wish to receive
the newsletter please ask them to email me argy.nestor at maine.gov
STATE-WIDE ARTS CONFERENCE-OCT. 5, 6, 2007
AT THE CREATIVE CENTER: THE ARTS IN MAINE SCHOOLS
The last planning committee meeting has been held, registration is
closed, the final schedule has been printed, and the thousands of
last minutes details are being worked on for our state wide arts
educators conference being held at the Samoset. If you were unable
to get your registration information in by the deadline which was
Friday, October 21st WE ARE VERY, VERY, SORRY!!!! We have over 300
educators registered and are planning for a wonderful two day event.
Thank you to the sponsoring organizations and volunteers from: Maine
Department of Education (MDOE), The Maine Alliance for Arts Education
(MAAE) and the Maine Arts Commission (MAC) partnering with Maine Art
Education Association (MAEA), Maine Music Educators Association
(MMEA), Maine Drama Council (MDC) Dance Education in Maine Schools
(DEMS) and VSA arts of Maine (VSA).
We are still looking for PRESIDERS for the over 50 sessions being
offered. If you are interested in helping PLEASE email Mike Davis
mdavis at auburnschl.edu
or me at argy.nestor at maine.gov
OTHER CONFERENCES AND OPPORTUNITIES
New England Conference on Gifted and Talented Education – October
11- 13, Holiday Inn by the Bay, Portland. For more information
please go to www.necgt.org
Annual Middle Level Education conference – October 18, 19,
Sugarloaf, USA. For more information please go to http://
www.mamleonline.org/
No Citizen Left Behind – November 1 or 2. Social studies and the
MLR’s. For more information please go to www.maine.gov/education
New England Art Educators conference – November 2-4, Four Points –
Sheraton Hyannis Resort, Hyannis, MA. For more information please
email NEArtEdConf at aol.com
Maine School Management Association – October 25, 26, Civic Center,
Augusta. For more information please go to http://www.msmaweb.com/
National Art Education Association conference – March 26-30, New
Orleans. For more information please go to http://www.naea-
reston.org/convention.html
PORTA PORTAL
Interested in looking at a variety of websites on many different arts
related topics? Please check out the Porta Portal I put together
this summer. It is filled with websites of arts and education
resources and continues to be a ‘work in progress’. Please feel
free to use it as a guest by going to http://portaportal.com On the
right side of the screen under the words “Guest Access” type in:
meartsed. I will be adding and changing it around as I have time and
new resources so please check it periodically.
EDUCATORS SAVINGS AT BORDERS
September 26 – October 2: “Educator Savings”, educators and
support staff are eligible for a 25% discount. For more information
please go to www.bordersmedia.com/educators/
LINCOLN ACADEMY PERFORMING ARTS CONCERT SERIES
Celebrating Art for Art's Sake: The Lincoln Academy Performing Arts Club
Proudly Presents - The First Annual 2007 - 2008 Performing Arts Concert
Series. Parker B. Poe Theater in Newcastle. Only 150 season tickets
available, reserve by October 4th. For more information please go to
http://www.lincoln-academy.pvt.k12.me.us
US MARINE BAND
The US Marine Band is performing in Maine on October 18, 19 and 20 in
these three locations: Merrill Auditorium, Ellsworth High School, and
the Augusta Civic Center. For more information and to obtain free
tickets please go to http://www.marineband.usmc.mil/NATIONAL_TOUR/
tour_itinerary/index.htm#me
CONGRATULATIONS
Karen Montanaro www.mimedance.com has received a 2008 Individual
Artist Fellowship Grant from the Maine Arts Commission. MAC has put
a glimpse of her performance on youtube entitled “The Struggle to
Be”. You can view it at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkWAYcmyLBg Karen will be performing
at the “At the Creative Center: The Arts in Maine Schools Conference
at the Farnsworth Art Museum reception.
NATIONAL ART EDUCATION AWARDS
Nomination materials for the NAEA awards program can be found at
http://www.naea-reston.org/awardsprogram.html
LETTERS TO SOLDIERS
Commissioner Gendron received a letter from Susan Laukat, a volunteer
and wife of a soldier. She volunteers with Soldiers’ Angel
www.soldiersangels.org
and the North Carolina chapter of Blue Star Mothers http://
www.bluestarmothersnc.org/ She says in her letter: “I am reaching
out to the schools of Maine, as well as all other states, for letters
to send to our troops who are deployed overseas, our wounded heroes
who have returned home and those who are still being treated
abroad”. If you are interested in more information please read her
letter in its’ entirety which is attached or email Susan directly at
ncsoliersanel at gmail.com
REORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Please check out the Department of Education website for the latest
information, timeline and questions and answers on the reorganization
of school districts at
http://www.maine.gov/education/
QUOTE OF THE NEWSLETTER
Had she paints, or clay, or knew the discipline of the dance, or
strings; had she anything to engage her tremendous curiosity and her
gift for metaphor, she might have exchanged the restlessness and
preoccupation with whim for an activity that provided her with all
she yearned for. And like any artist with no art form, she became
dangerous.
- from Sula by Toni Morrison
Make it a great day,
Argy
Argy Nestor
Visual and Performing Arts Specialist
Maine Department of Education
23 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0023
207-624-6825
fax: 207-624-6821
argy.nestor at maine.gov
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