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The IAC helps strengthen arts education in Indiana by providing assistance to enhance arts education delivery, support, and resources. We hope to increase access to arts education resources for educators, artists, and arts organizations as well as increase public awareness of the value of whole child education and in life-long learning in the arts.

Arts in Education Granting Program

The Arts in Education (AIE) Granting Program was created to help support curriculum needs, impact individual student engagement and performance, and develop a long term commitment to the arts in schools at the primary and secondary levels. Schools are asked to develop a working partnership with an artist, organization, business or group to develop and implement a successful project. All projects must meet current state curriculum standards.

Program Information and Guidelines

Indiana Arts Commission Partners with Young Audiences Indiana for Statewide Summit

The Summit, Arts Powered Education, encouraged and inspired educators, arts administrators and teaching artists about innovative ways to teach in and through the arts. An arts administrator from northern Indiana commented, “Wow! I haven’t been that in touch with my inner-child in years! Great information and inspiration, a great day, thank you!”

Young Audiences Indiana's 13th Annual Institute for Artful Teaching, Arts Powered Education, took place June 8-10, 2009 and offered keynote speakers and break-out sessions throughout the event. This year's event kicked off with a Statewide Summit funded by the Indiana Arts Commission through the Indiana Cultural Trust license plate interest. The first day of the Institute was a Statewide Summit.

The Summit allowed attendees to interact with national and statewide presenters in a "big picture" conversation about arts education. As attendees arrived and registered at the Eiteljorg Museum of Native and Western Art, they were greeted by the Jazz music of Young Audiences roster artists, Naptown Jazz 5. There was a brief interactive session with the participants. Lewis Ricci, Executive Director of the Indiana Arts Commission then introduced the featured plenary session speaker, Ra Joy, Executive Director of the Illinois Arts Alliance. Mr. Joy focused on the importance of arts and arts in education advocacy. He was both inspirational and practical in his advice to teachers, artists, and administrators, on grass roots approaches to advocacy efforts and community organizing. He emphasized the importance of the arts and education having a strong voice in the community. Participants received Arts at the Core, a comprehensive guidebook for planning and advocacy of arts in education programs.

After the plenary session, each of the nine participating teaching artists showcased their best practice presentations. Attendees then chose the presentations and learning labs they wanted to attend later in the afternoon. The attendees enjoyed the opportunity to make a more “educated” decision on the small group sessions. The day culminated in an interactive plenary session with David Darling, nationally recognized recording artist and music educator. This forum brought together for the first time statewide, teachers, artists and arts institutions to share ideas, models and resources on best practices in arts in education from a local and national perspective. This forum was held in conjunction with the already well established Young Audiences Institute for Artful Teaching.

For more information about this event, visit the Young Audiences Indiana website at http://www.yaindy.org/.
Information provided by Young Audiences Indiana.

Indiana Arts Commission to Participate in NEA's Education Leaders Institutes

How does arts education fuel the nation's economic prosperity and innovation? Or capitalize on new media trends? These and other questions will be addressed at upcoming Education Leaders Institutes, a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) initiative that convenes "dream teams" to develop coordinated state arts education plans.

The NEA accepted proposals from state art agencies to participate in their Education Leaders Institutes. After reviewing each proposal, the NEA selected those that stood out from the rest, and the Indiana Arts Commission (IAC) was chosen and will serve as a "team lead" at the Education Leaders Institute taking place in Chicago on June 14-17. Participants in Indiana's group were selected by the IAC and may include state department of education officials, governor's cabinet members, superintendents, district-level school leaders, artists and arts advocates. Participants will discuss topics such as arts education and job training, new media opportunities, curriculum reform, and accountability. As participants exchange ideas, innovative partnerships emerge, coupled with renewed commitment to arts education to train a creative workforce in and out of school. Stay tuned for a report from Indiana's discussion of arts education around the state.

Poetry Out Loud

The Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest was created in 2005 by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation. The contest is administered in partnership with State Arts Agencies.

Poetry Out Loud builds on the recent resurgence of poetry as an oral art form, as demonstrated by the slam poetry movement and the immense popularity of rap music among our youth. The program encourages the nation's youth to learn about great poetry through memorization and performance, which help students master public speaking skills, build self-confidence, and learn about our literary heritage.

Indiana Poetry Out Loud Competition

IPLA Today Feature: The Essential Arts

The Indiana Principal Leadership Academy has a monthly video segment known as IPLA Today. Last summer they asked Sarah Fronczek from the Indiana Department of Education to tape a segment on arts education in Indiana from an administrative point of view—observing current programs, hiring new teachers, and characteristics of high quality arts instruction. To view this video, please visit http://media.doe.in.gov/IPLA/2009-04.html.

State Standards

Indiana Academic Standards for the arts:
http://dc.doe.in.gov/Standards/AcademicStandards/StandardSearch.aspx

Arts Organizations & Resources

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