On my first blog since Artsjournal.com returned from malware hell, (bravo to Doug McLennan for all his hard work to restore Artsjournal.com to its normal state), I bring to you the latest and greatest on how to cut education budgets during a crisis: the Broward Country Public Schools (Florida) are asking arts, physical education, and librarians to cut their programs and … [Read more...] about Florida Arts Teachers Asked to Take 50% Pay Cuts to Keep Jobs and Draconian Cuts Proposed for NYSCA
Archives for April 2010
Guest Arts Education Blogger, Jon Deak: Creating Music with El Sistema, Part Six
Click here for Part Five Caracas, 13 de Abril, 2010 Having been so blown away by the rehearsal of the Simón Bolívar orchestra the previous Friday (see Part Three), and totally involved with planning these Young Composer classes, one might excuse me if attending the concert of the Mahler 7th Symphony this Tuesday evening would be somewhat of a let-down. But no. Even though … [Read more...] about Guest Arts Education Blogger, Jon Deak: Creating Music with El Sistema, Part Six
The Tools of Creativity, by Jon Deak
The Tools of Creativity By Jon Deak April 10, 2010 Hola Dani - You had asked me a very good and pointed question: "If you say that the children can already compose, then what exactly do you give them in your classes?" So, just to make things clear, I do want to give an answer to that. But first, we must recognize that all children are different, and that they have different … [Read more...] about The Tools of Creativity, by Jon Deak
Guest Arts Education Blogger, Jon Deak: Creating Music with El Sistema, Part Five
Click here for Part Four Caracas, April 13 Another day of wonders and the unpredictable. Today, Diana Arismendi, head of El Taller de Escritura Creativa, the Center for Creative Writing, and a prominent Venezuelan composer, returns from Puerto Rico to help us organize our efforts. I need her to feel that our program of starting kids composing at a very early age will help her … [Read more...] about Guest Arts Education Blogger, Jon Deak: Creating Music with El Sistema, Part Five
Arts Education and Social Justice
This article, The Hijacking of Arts Education, was forwarded to me by my friend Andy Wolf, who just wrote this terrific and important piece for the NY Daily News urging New York State to forgo applying to Race to the Top.The first piece, the hijacking piece, which strikes me as a sort of way out there, Joe McCarthy world view where art education is being infiltrated by … [Read more...] about Arts Education and Social Justice