Advocacy PowerPoint for School Boards

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Advocacy PowerPoint for School Boards
Administrators Sandy Brennan Trudy
WilsonMaine Art Education Association
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Why Learn About Art?
Learning about art is important because
understanding the role of the visual arts in
contemporary society and having the capability to
use the visual arts are essential components of
being well educated for success in our times.
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Art is humanitys most essential, most universal
language. It is not a frill, but a necessary part
of communication. The quality of civilization
can be measured through its music, dance, drama,
architecture, visual arts, and literature. We
must give our children knowledge and
understanding of civilizations most profound
work. Source Toward Civilization A Report on
Arts Education by Ernest L. Boyer, 1988
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"The process of studying and creating art in all
of its distinct forms defines those qualities
that are at the heart of education reform in the
1990's--creativity, perseverance, a sense of
standards, and above all, a striving for
excellence. Richard W. Riley, former U.S.
Secretary of Education
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The Value of Art Education
1. The arts are worth studying simply because of
what they are. Their impact cannot be denied.
Historically, the arts have served to connect our
imaginations with the deepest questions of human
existence Who am I? What must I do? Where
am I going?
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The Value of Art Education

• 2. The arts are used to achieve a multitude of
  human purposes to present issues and ideas, to
  teach or persuade, to entertain, to decorate.
  Becoming literate in the arts helps students
  understand and do these things better.

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The Value of Art Education

• 3. The arts are integral to everyones daily
  life. Our personal, social, economic, and
  cultural environments are shaped by the arts at
  every turn.

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The Value of Art Education

• 4. The arts offer unique sources of enjoyment and
  refreshment for the imagination. They explore
  relationships between ideas and objects and serve
  as links between thought and action. Their
  continuing gift is to help us see and grasp life
  in new ways.

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The Value of Art Education

• 5. The arts help students develop the attitudes,
  characteristics, and intellectual skills required
  to participate effectively in todays society and
  economy.

Source The National Visual Arts Standards,
developed by the Consortium of National Arts
Education Associations
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There are four reasons why art education is
important

• to understand civilization,
• to develop creativity,
• to learn the tools of communication,
• and to develop the capacity for making wise
  choices among the products of the arts.

Source Toward Civilization A Report on Arts
Education by the National Endowment for the Arts
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The visual arts are integral to our everyday
lives.
Cars
Architecture
Furniture
Books
Gardens
Clothing
Signs
Appliances
Tableware
Advertising
Magazines
Television
Movies
Money
Food
Toys
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Skills and Competencies Needed to Succeed in
Today's Workplace(SCANS)

• Resources Identifies, organizes, plans, and
  allocates resources
• Interpersonal Works with others
• Information Acquires and evaluates information
• Systems Understands complex interrelationships
• Technology Works with a variety of technologies

Source What Work Requires of Schools A SCANS
Report for America 2000, U.S. Department of
Labor, June 1991, pp. xvii-xviii.
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SCANS Competencies

• Resources Identifies, organizes, plans, and
  allocates resources
• To create artworks, students learn to identify
  artistic problems, organize and allocate art
  materials, and plan composition and procedures
  for art making.

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SCANS Competencies

• Interpersonal Works with others
• Students learn to work with other artists, art
  materials suppliers, gallery owners, and the
  public.

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SCANS Competencies

• Information Acquires and evaluates information
• Students learn to study artworks, by describing,
  analyzing, interpreting, and evaluating them.

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SCANS Competencies

• Systems Understands complex interrelationships
• Students learn how social, organizational, and
  technological systems work in the arts and
  operate successfully with them.

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SCANS Competencies

• Technology Works with a variety of technologies
• Students learn to choose appropriate technologies
  to create and display artworks.

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CAREERS IN THE VISUAL ARTS
advertising art director, advertising commercial
director, advertising copy writer, advertising
creative director, advertising illustrator,
advertising photographer, aerial photographer,
animation director, animator (digital/traditional)
, antique restorer, architect, architectural
illustrator, architectural technologist, art
auctioneer, art consultant, art critic, art
dealer, art director-film/video/print, art
editor, art historian, art lecturer, art
librarian, art publisher, art teacher, art
therapist, art/film critic, artist-in-residence,
artists' agent, automobile designer, automobile
specialty painter, background artist, basketry
artisan, billboard designer, book jacket
designer, cabinet maker, calligrapher,
caricaturist, carpenter, cartographer,
cartoonist, ceramic tile artisan, ceramicist,
child/day care worker, children's book designer,
children's book illustrator, choreographer,
cinematographer, color consultant, combat
photographer, comic book creator, comic strip
artist, computer graphics designer, conservator,
costume designer, court artist, crafts artisan,
creative director-advertising, curator, cutter
editor, dark room technician, dentist , design
consultant, design engineer, digital artist,
digital film maker , diorama artist, director,
display artist, display designer, documentary
photographer, draftsperson, dressmaker, editorial
art director, editorial illustrator, editorial
photographer, exhibition designer, fabric
designer, fashion buyer, fashion designer,
fashion editor, fashion illustrator, fashion
photographer, fiber artist, field-expedition
artist, film editor, film/video camera operator,
film/video lighting designer, film/video sound
engineer, floor covering designer, florist,
foundry artist, furniture designer, gallery
director, gallery owner, glass blower, glass
designer, graphic artist, graphic designer,
greeting card designer, hair stylist,
illustration agent, illustrator-freelance,
industrial designer, industrial photographer,
interior decorator, interior designer, jeweler,
jewellery designer, landscape architect, layout
artist, layout designer, letterer, lighting
consultant, lighting designer, lithographer, logo
designer, machine designer, magazine designer,
make-up artist, marine illustrator, market
researcher, medical illustrator, metalworker,
milliner, mock-up artist, model maker, mosaicist,
motion picture camera operator, multi media
designer, muralist, museum guide, package
designer, painter, parade float designer/builder,
paste-up artist, performance artist, photo
journalist, photo-retoucher, photographer,
photography editor, plastic surgeon, police
legal photographer, police artist, print maker,
properties artist , publicity director,
puppetmaker, renderer, restorer, salesperson,
scenic designer, scientific illustrator,
sculptor, serigrapher, set designer, sign
painter, silversmith, special effects technician,
stained-glass designer, stonemason, structural
design engineer, stylist, tailor, tatoo artist,
taxidermist, technical illustrator, textbook
author, textile designer, theatrical
photographer, tool designer, tour guide, toy
designer, travel photographer, TV animator, TV
background artist, TV commercials director, TV
director, type designer, typography designer,
upholsterer, urban planner, visual aids artist,
wallpaper designer, weaver, web page designer,
window decorator, woodcarver
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National Art Education Association
http//www.naea-reston.org
NAEAs mission is to promote art education
through professional development, service,
advancement of knowledge and leadership. Many
advocacy documents are available at
http//www.naea-reston.org/news.html
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Americans for the Arts
http//ww3.artsusa.org/
Americans for the Arts is the nation's leading
nonprofit organization for advancing the arts in
America. With a 40-year record of service, they
are dedicated to representing and serving local
communities and creating opportunities for every
American to participate in and appreciate all
forms of the arts. See a list of quotes
at http//www.americansforthearts.org/artsexchang
e/artsquotes.asp
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Arts Education Partnership
http//aep-arts.org/
AEP is a national coalition of arts, education,
business, philanthropic and government
organizations that demonstrate and promote the
essential role of the arts in the learning and
development of every child and in the improvement
of America's schools. See their links list at
http//aep-arts.org/Links.htm
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Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education
Network
http//www.kennedy-center.org/education/kcaaen/hom
e.html
Recognizing that the arts express the essence of
civilization and nurture the highest aspirations
of the human spirit, the Kennedy Center Alliance
for Arts Education Network is dedicated to the
support of policies, practices and partnerships
that ensure the arts are woven into the very
fabric of American education.
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Business Committee for the Arts
http//www.bcainc.org/
The Business Committee for the Arts, Inc. (BCA),
founded in 1967 by David Rockefeller, is a
national not-for-profit organization that brings
business and the arts together. It provides
businesses of all sizes with the services and
resources necessary to develop and advance
partnerships with the arts that benefit business,
the arts and the community.
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Artsedge
http//artsedge.kennedy-center.org/
The National Arts and Education Network
supports the placement of the arts at the center
of the curriculum and advocates creative use of
technology to enhance the K-12 educational
experience. ARTSEDGE empowers educators to teach
in, through, and about the arts by providing the
tools to develop interdisciplinary curricula that
fully integrate the arts with other academic
subjects.
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Presidents Committee on the Arts and Humanities
http//www.pcah.gov/
The Committee was established by Executive Order
in 1982.  The President's Committee on the Arts
and the Humanities plays a key role within each
Administration in identifying issues and
developing initiatives in the arts and the
humanities of critical importance to the nation.
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National Assembly of State Arts Agencies
http//nasaa-arts.org/
NASAA's mission is to advance and promote a
meaningful role for the arts in the lives of
individuals, families and communities throughout
the United States. We empower state arts agencies
through strategic assistance that fosters
leadership, enhances planning and decision
making, and increases resources.
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VSA arts
http//www.vsarts.org/
Designated by the United States Congress as the
coordinating organization for arts programming
for persons with disabilities, VSA arts is
supported by its affiliate network in offering
diverse programs and events and innovative
lifelong learning opportunities at the
international, national, and local levels ranging
from training institutes and artist-in-residence
projects to arts camps and emerging artist award
programs.
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Publications
Critical Links Learning in the Arts and Student
Academic and Social Development http//aep-arts.or
g/CLhome.html 2004-2005 State Arts Education
Policy Database http//www.aep-arts.org/policysear
ch/searchengine Champions of Change http//aep-ar
ts.org/PDF20Files/ChampsReport.pdf
Transforming Education Through the Arts
Challenge http//aep-arts.org/PDF20Files/Final20
Report20TETAC2.pdf Gaining the Arts
Advantage http//aep-arts.org/PDF20Files/GAA20Re
port.pdf