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Holding a community forum on arts education is a great way to raise awareness and build support for arts education in your community.  The Illinois Arts Alliance is looking for partners in communities throughout the state that would like to work with us to co-host a arts education community forum.  These forums have been extremely successful in Carbondale and Champaign!

At each of the forums the Illinois Arts Alliance will present the results of a study revealing broad disparities in the amount of arts education provided in public schools throughout the state.  The report, Arts at the Core: Every School, Every Student, contains data on the types of arts programs being provided, where the gaps are and how Illinois compares nationally.  Following the presentation, a distinguished group of local panelists will discuss arts education challenges and successes and identify ways to strengthen arts education in the local school system.

December 8 – Community Forum on Arts Education in Carbondale
 

Local Hosts:  Carbondale Community Arts and Southern Illinois University
Presenter:  Alene Valkanas, Illinois Arts Alliance
Opening Remarks:  Glenn Poshard, SIU President
Panelist:
    Paulette Aronson, Visual Art Educator, Anna Elementary District 37 and Illinois Arts Educator of the Year
Dr. Andrea Brown, Illinois State Board of Education Board Member
Tatiana Gant, Director Arts in Education, Illinois Arts Council
Superintendent Elizabeth Lewin, Carbondale Elementary School District
Nancy Stemper, Executive Director, Carbondale Community Arts and President, Carbondale Elementary School Board (panel moderator)

 

March 6 – Community Forum on Arts Education in Champaign County
 

Local Hosts:  40 North/88 West, Champaign County Cultural Consortium, Parkland College, University of Illinois
Presenter:  Julie Adrianopoli, Illinois Arts Alliance
Panelist:
    State Representative Naomi Jakobsson
Nathaniel C. Banks, Director, UIUC African-American Cultural Program and Board Member, Champaign Community Unit School District #4;
Kim Fox, Founder, Fox Development Corporation
Jean Korder, Curriculum Coordinator, Urbana School District 116
Rick Murphy, Fine Arts Chair, Music Director, University Laboratory High School and Past President, Illinois Music Educators Association
Trudy Walters, Principal, Barkstall Elementary School 
John Jennings, Professor of Art at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (panel moderator)

Contact Julie at 312.855.3105 x11 if you would like more information.

 

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