Be It Resolved. Sustaining ArtsEd in 2021
Who’s ready for 2021? I’m so ready that I’m starting early on my New Year’s Resolutions. I resolve to stop doom-scrolling, be kind, turn outrage into action, laugh more, and go easy on the _______. (Fill in the blank.)
A Little Help From My Friends: Focused Arts Ed Advocacy
There’s nothing like a crisis to focus the mind.
It becomes clear (as much as anything is clear these days) that focused arts ed advocacy is an important tool to add to the growing list of supports for educators and schools.
Come About! Arts Ed Advocacy in Urgent Times
Is urgent advocacy action needed for arts education at the local level?
Come about! is a command used in sailing when you want to tack (change direction) when the wind is in front of you.
Forest And The Trees: Perspectives in Arts Ed Advocacy
What is your point of view in arts education advocacy?
Are you the arts educator, working everyday to advance students’ knowledge and experience in the arts? Or the advocate working on policy levers that will improve quality, equity and access for all students? Can you see the forest for the trees?
Take the Stairs: Fostering A Habit of Creativity
We usher in a new decade with best of/worst of stories, predictive trends, and endless advice on how to make and live up to our New Year’s resolutions. What’s on your list of habits to either embrace or discard? Will you take the stairs?
Sustainability in Arts Ed Part 2: The Keystone
In an earlier post, I describe sustainability in arts education as the result of interactions among like-minded stakeholders within a complex landscape. This post investigates the keystone of sustainability in arts education.
Sustainability in Arts Education
Regardless of your role in the arts education ecosystem, sustainability is the proverbial grand prize.
What do we want?
Imagine the day… The arts are universally endorsed in public education policy and practice and included without question in school budgets.
Looking at Arts Ed from Inside Out
There comes a time for honest reflection in the life of every arts in education program. Whether your organization or project is just finding its footing or is well-established, we all benefit from turning the lens from an outward programmatic focus to an internal review of organizational health.
Propel Arts Ed Advocacy with Data
Data is a powerful tool for arts ed advocates. Quantifiable data helps to answer the question of need. Decision makers want proof that policy is warranted and dollars are needed.*
Arts Ed & Strategic Planning: Surf’s Up
My surfer sons tell me that paddling out and waiting for the perfect wave is part of the “surf’s up” gestalt, meaning conditions are right, right now. As a non-surfer I might describe it as a state of alert readiness.