This is part of the Department of Education’s Equity and Future Ready initiative.  Spread the word about the Clearinghouse (a work-based learning that includes projects, internships, and apprenticeships that are embedded into classwork) to your networks.  Check out the fine arts projects and consider using one in your classroom. We are looking for arts educators to submit some "Take and Bake Project Ideas" to the Clearinghouse. We need to have more rigorous and authentic fine arts projects up there in general, and music, theater, and dance projects in particular. If you have thoughts or suggestions, please contact our Fine Arts Consultant, Angela Matsuoka at angela.matsuoka@iowa.gov

The Arts Education Data Project is coming to Iowa! The Department of Education has signed on to funding this project and we are in the early phases of mining data. Goal: What is the status of arts education in our schools? The data will be a means to an end to strengthen and extend student engagement, access and participation in the arts. The Arts Education Data Project will take existing data acquired by the Department of Education and make it usable in our field. This data project is already active in 10 states with New Jersey being the first state to include data on their state/school report card. Mid-Spring is the estimated dashboard release date for Iowa art educators to view.  

Mrs. Pieffer introduced me to art, and helped me gain the love and passion I have. She was patient and kind and and always willing to answer a young girls questions. - Former Student  

All teachers sending submissions to the art activity for which Sargent Art has sponsored prizes in your state are eligible to receive the Participation Gift offered by Sargent Art.
 
However, there is an additional step to be taken by each teacher in order to receive this Gift of  Participation. This is entirely optional and each teacher should decide whether she/he would like to receive this Gift.
Sargent Art is requesting the Principal of the school to send in the attached form, with all the information requested in it, directly to Sargent Art.
Kindly take a look at the attached form and make it available to all participating teachers in your state. The Participation Gift will only go to the schools which have submitted this form directly to Sargent Art, via email at artcontest@sargentart.com.
 
I would like to take this opportunity to also clarify that the Participation Gift is in no way connected to the list of Participating Teachers which we are requesting on the third page of the Workbook.  The list of participating teachers provides us with a quantitative measure of the reach of our sponsorship. After the winners are announced, we would ship the individual category prizes to each winner’s school after we receive the list of participating teachers from you.
 
Please feel free to send in your questions, if any, regarding any of the above.
 
Regards,
Bhakti Oza
Sargent Art
Tel: (570) 454 – 3596
Fax: (570) 459 – 1752
www.sargentart.com
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AEI FALL COUNCIL MEETING: OCTOBER 5TH, 2019
MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE VIA GOOGLE HANGOUT: LINK CAN BE FOUND AT THE TOP OF MEETING AGENDA
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​On August 15th, arts advocates from across Iowa gathered to fine tune their advocacy strategies at the Iowa Arts Forum. They learned about actions you can take to ensure the arts are on the agendas of media and policymakers as they set their sights on Iowa for the first-in-the-nation caucuses. Celebrated singer-songwriter and  ArtsVote 2020 Chair Ben Folds  joined Americans for the Arts Action Fund and the Iowa Cultural Coalition with tips to elevate the creative economy by advancing arts policy at the local, state and national levels.