It makes me happy to welcome back my good pal Nick Rabkin to Dewey21c. --RK The Three Horsemen of Arts Education by Nick Rabkin I’ve done research on teaching artists for the last three years—from Boston to San Diego—at NORC at the University of Chicago. (My report is available for download at NORC’s website.) The … [Read more...] about Guest Blog, Nick Rabkin: The Three Horsemen of Arts Education
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From the Source: Q&A With the Nick Rabkin, Author of Arts Education in America: What the Declines Mean for Arts Participation
A lot of attention has been paid to the recent report commissioned by the arts endowment: Arts Education in America: What the Declines Mean for Arts Participation. I thought it would be a great opportunity to pose some questions for the author, Nick Rabkin. Let's just say that rather than leave interpretation to others, that it's always best to hear directly from the horse's … [Read more...] about From the Source: Q&A With the Nick Rabkin, Author of Arts Education in America: What the Declines Mean for Arts Participation
Not So Fast Chairman Rocco: Arts Education Has A Marketplace Too
Okay, everyone is all abuzz about NEA (as in arts endowment, not the National Education Association) Chairman Rocco Landesman raising the issue in a recent blog of there being too much supply for the demand. In other words: there are too many arts organizations in America.It's tough to argue that point. I am just not quite sure what to do with it. Besides letting the … [Read more...] about Not So Fast Chairman Rocco: Arts Education Has A Marketplace Too
NEA Announces RFP for New Logo: Art Works
As most of you know, the NEA, in this case the National Endowment for the Arts, not the National Education Association (for my education readers), has a new tag line: Arts Works.Today, the NEA has released an RFP for the creation of a new logo to illuminate the new tag line. The deadline is February 26th, so you have to act fast!While visiting with senior students in a graphic … [Read more...] about NEA Announces RFP for New Logo: Art Works
David Steiner, former Director of Arts Ed at the NEA to become NYS Commissioner of Education
David Steiner, whom some of you will remember as the Director of Arts Education at the National Endowment for the Arts (he was Sarah Cunningham's predecessor), is set to be announced as the new Commissioner of Education in New York State. The Board of Regents is expected to announce this today.Steiner is presently Dean of Hunter College's School of Education. … [Read more...] about David Steiner, former Director of Arts Ed at the NEA to become NYS Commissioner of Education