Secondary Division
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April 4, 2018
external resource from Education Commission of the States, Check Out How Your State’s Policies Address the Arts in EducationThe 2018 Artscan at a Glance, updated annually to reflect changes in legislation, explores 13 combined policy areas related to K-12 arts education. This two-page resource shares top-level findings and provides a condensed, yet comprehensive, comparison of state policies.
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January 16, 2018
external resource from The National Endowment for the Arts, New Report Elevates Rigor of Arts-Integration Studies in Education SettingsThe NEA research director takes a look at a new report on 44 arts-integration programs covering different student populations (from pre-K to 12th grade) that have generated results that warrant each program’s inclusion in one of four “tiers of evidence" of the Every Student Succeeds Act.
The National Endowment for the Arts
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October 22, 2018
NAHS/NJAHS Juried Exhibition
The Call for Artwork for the 2019 NAHS/NJAHS Juried Exhibition is now open! Submission deadline: EXTENDED to December 5, 2018, 11:59pm ET.
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October 18, 2018
external resource from The Jeffrey Ahn, Jr. Fellowship, The Jeffrey Ahn, Jr. Fellowship Accepting 2019 Applications
The Jeffrey Ahn, Jr. Fellowship is an annual award for young artists to produce extraordinary independent projects. In providing creative capital to young people, the Fellowship seeks to foster a positive educational and creative process that empowers them to be working artists for a summer, and to experience the freedom and the responsibility that such trust entails. The Fellowship is open to applicants up to 21 years of age; the maximum awarded amount in 2019 is $10,000 and may be shared between more than one winner. The deadline for phase one applications is December 15, 2018 at 5 PM ET.
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October 17, 2018
external resource from Americans for the Arts, Calling All Students & Teachers: Vans Custom Culture Contest
VANS Custom Culture Grants are available to public high schools (including charter schools) serving students in grades 9-12 or community based nonprofit organizations/governmental agencies serving as a fiscal agent for arts programming at a qualifying school. The grants are intended to encourage the inclusion of the arts as an integral component of an excellent education, and to support activities that are consistent with local and national learning standards for arts education. Ten schools across the country will each receive a $2,000 grant to support their work in providing high-quality dance, media arts, music, theatre and/or visual arts instruction for students.
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September 30, 2018
Youth Art Month (YAM)The Youth Art Month Program emphasizes the value of art education for all children, encourages support for quality school art programs, and promotes art material safety.
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August 8, 2018
external resource from Western Governors' Association, Western Governors‘ Association Announces it’s 2019 “Celebrate the West” High School Art Competition
“Celebrate the West” is a regional art competition that challenges high school students to create works inspired by their state. The 2019 competition deadline is April 28, 2019. Winners will be announced at the WGA Annual Meeting in Vail, Colorado.
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June 7, 2018
external resource from Vans Custom Culture, Vans Names Hixson High School In Tennessee 2018 Custom Culture Competition Winner; Awards $75,000
Vans, the original action sports brand and icon of creative expression, named Hixson High School from Hixson, Tennessee as the grand prize winner of the ninth annual Vans Custom Culture art competition. Vans and its program partners, including Journeys, Yoobi, Laguna College of Art + Design (LCAD) and Americans for the Arts, awarded $75,000 towards the school’s arts education program. The remaining finalists – Fontainebleau High School, Larned High School, Middle Township High School, and Moanalua High School – will each receive $10,000 toward their arts program and a limited-edition Vans gift.
Vans Custom Culture
