Full program planned – October 22-24th
“Growing Up Artfully” is keynote topic at NH Statewide Arts Education Conference, Oct. 22-24
Arts educators, parents, teachers, teaching artists, youth advocates and community arts leaders and advocates are invited to register for “Field of Vision”: the NH State Council on the Arts’ 2010 Statewide Arts Education Partnership Conference, taking place Oct. 22-24th. Dr. James Catterall, internationally known educator, researcher and author, will speak on, “Growing Up Artfully: The Enduring Effects of High-Quality Arts Education”.
Other features include: the Everett Dance Theatre, conference artists in residence; hands-on arts workshops with teaching artists; the pportunity to create a community tile mural with ceramics artist and educator, Robert Rossel; plus resources, grants writing tips, networking and sharing of model artist in residence and arts education grant funded projects.
Conference site is the AMC Highland Center at Crawford Notch in Bretton Woods, NH. For a conference brochure, to register or to learn more go to: http://www.nh.gov/nharts or http://www.aannh.org; or contact Catherine O’Brian, 271-0795; Catherine.R.Obrian@dcr.nh.gov, or Frumie Selchen, 323-7302, or ArtsAllianceNNH@cs.comcontact.
Theatre Arts, Dance & Movement Workshop Opportunities include:
- Storytelling with a Beat
- Acting out: Using Improv Theatre to Build Resiliency in Youth
- The Math of Music (Percussion/Drumming)
- Moving the Intelligent Body
- Local Stories Project: Integrating Arts & History in Rural Schools
- The Dance Between Image and Word: New Moves for the Picture Prompt
- An Evening of Improv and Science with the Everett Dance Theatre (Fri night performance)
- Science and Dance Workshop
- The Easel as Scaffold: Integrating the Arts to Improve Literacy

