Pretty amazing puppet
If you like puppets then this Marionette In Manhattan performance of “Stix” by RicKy Syers is going to entertain you. Filmed on location in Washington Square Park in the Manhattan neighborhood of Greenwich Village. If you liked this be sure to watch another Talented Marionettist perform “Lucille” by Little Richard.
For viewing CLICK HERE.
Awards program
2017 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards
Applications Now Open!
Sphinx Organization’s Perfect Fourth quartet performs at the
2016 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards Ceremony
Photo: Steven Purcell
The President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, is accepting applications for the 2017 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards.
The twelve award-winning programs this year will each receive $10,000 and an invitation to accept their award at a ceremony at the White House.
After-school and out-of-school-time arts and humanities programs, also known as Creative Youth Development programs, are encouraged to apply. Please click the following link to access the online National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards Application: www.nahyp.org/how-to-apply/
Completed applications will only be accepted via the online process. Application deadline: Wednesday, February 8, 2017, 5:00 PM PST.
Sweet Tree Arts – Friday, December 9
Brendan Taafee performs at Sweet Tree Arts, 4 Church Street, Hope. He will bring Crankies and Ballads from Appalachia and Africa. Learn more about Brendan by CLICKING HERE.
Wondering what Crankie art is?
Get Your Students Involved in Advocacy Day 2017!
Arts students became arts advocates at last year’s Arts Education Advocacy Day. The Maine Alliance for Arts Education (MAAE) and its community arts organization partners around the state invited arts teachers to send their 
most enthusiastic students to meet one-on-one with their elected representatives at the Statehouse. Close to 200 students came, representing every arts discipline and over half of the senate and house districts. The legislators were delighted to meet with the students and in some cases brought them right into their offices and Senate and House chambers.
And meeting their legislators was only the beginning. At a dance workshop and performances downstairs in the Hall of Flags the students had an opportunity to meet each other and celebrate the arts together.
The statewide expression of arts education support was also reflected by the exhibit tables in the Hall of Flags, which were organized county by county. Deb Bickford’s Westbrook High School art team provided identifying signs.
At Advocacy Day 2017 on Wednesday, March 8th, we will not only welcome the students again; this year a committee of students from around the state will be helping to plan the day’s activities. We already have some new ideas to help students meet each other, and to make the day even more exciting. The program will begin at 9:30 a.m. and end by 1:00 p.m. Lunch is provided. We’ll be looking for two student advocates (of any age) from each state legislative district (note: that’s legislative, not school district). We hope you as arts educators can help us recruit those students and offer them that opportunity. And if you can come too, so much the better!
To get involved and find out more, contact Susan Potters, MAAE director, at spotters@maineartsed.org. For a full report and more photos of last spring’s Advocacy Day, visit MAAE’s website, www.maineartsed.org.
At Advocacy Day 2017 on Wednesday, March 8th, we will not only welcome the students again; this year a committee of students from around the state will be helping to plan the day’s activities. We already have some new ideas to help students meet each other, and to make the day even more exciting.
Thanks to Susan Potters for providing the information for this blog post.
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