Thought Leader Forum on Arts and Education: Assuring Equitable Arts Learning in Urban K-12 Public Schools
June 2010
Hosted by Grantmakers in the Arts and Grantmakers for Education
Sponsored by The Target Corporation and the Kirkpatrick Foundation, Inc.
The theme of the Forum: Assuring equitable arts learning in urban K-12 public schools was jointly determined by Grantmakers in the Arts (GIA) and Grantmakers for Education (GFE) who served as co-hosts for the event. GIA and GRE hosted a total of 30 funders representing private foundations, corporations, and public agencies who support the arts, education, or both, through arts education funding initiatives. Context and provocation was provided by Cyrus Driver, director of Program Learning and Innovation at the Ford Foundation, Nick Rabkin, senior research scientist, NORC at the University of Chicago, David Sherman, consultant to the American Federation of Teachers, and Richard Kessler, executive director of the Center for Arts Education. The meeting was facilitated by John McCann, president, Partners in Performance, Inc. This first in a series of Grantmakers in the Arts Thought Leader Forums was held on June 24, 2010 at the Marriott Waterfront Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland.
Hosted by Grantmakers in the Arts and Grantmakers for Education
Sponsored by The Target Corporation and the Kirkpatrick Foundation, Inc.
The theme of the Forum: Assuring equitable arts learning in urban K-12 public schools was jointly determined by Grantmakers in the Arts (GIA) and Grantmakers for Education (GFE) who served as co-hosts for the event. GIA and GRE hosted a total of 30 funders representing private foundations, corporations, and public agencies who support the arts, education, or both, through arts education funding initiatives. Context and provocation was provided by Cyrus Driver, director of Program Learning and Innovation at the Ford Foundation, Nick Rabkin, senior research scientist, NORC at the University of Chicago, David Sherman, consultant to the American Federation of Teachers, and Richard Kessler, executive director of the Center for Arts Education. The meeting was facilitated by John McCann, president, Partners in Performance, Inc. This first in a series of Grantmakers in the Arts Thought Leader Forums was held on June 24, 2010 at the Marriott Waterfront Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland.
Jerome Kagan on Why the Arts Matter: Six Good Reasons for Advocating the Importance of Arts in School
May 2009
Jerome Kagan
Jerome Kagan, Ph.D., of Harvard University, spoke about the importance of arts education in elementary schools during the Learning, Arts, and the Brain conference at Baltimore’s American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore on May 6, 2009. These are his prepared remarks.
Jerome Kagan
Jerome Kagan, Ph.D., of Harvard University, spoke about the importance of arts education in elementary schools during the Learning, Arts, and the Brain conference at Baltimore’s American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore on May 6, 2009. These are his prepared remarks.
Interplay: Inspiring Wonder, Discovery, and Learning through Interdisciplinary Museum-Community Partnerships
May 2010
Laura Stevenson, Elisa Callow, and Emiko Ono, with a foreword by Richard J. Deasy
Laura Stevenson, Elisa Callow, and Emiko Ono, with a foreword by Richard J. Deasy
Investing in the Culture of Communities
February 2010
Ben Cameron, Program Director of Arts Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Speech delivered at the Council on Foundations Family Foundation Conference February 2, 2010, San Diego
Ben Cameron, Program Director of Arts Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Speech delivered at the Council on Foundations Family Foundation Conference February 2, 2010, San Diego