"Illinois Creates" Arts Education Community Forum To be Held at Virginia Theatre
Champaign - 40 North | 88 West invites the public to join in a critical dialogue sparked by the first statewide study of arts education in Illinois K-12 schools. Educators, artists, parents, administrators, business people and students are encouraged to attend and learn what can be done to ensure that all students have equal access to arts education.
When: 7:00 pm, Monday, March 6th, 2006
Where: Virginia Theatre, 203 West Park, Champaign
Contact: Jennifer Armstrong, 217-351-9841, jennifera@40north.org
Please RSVP by calling 217-351-9841, or email JenniferA@40north.org.
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The Illinois Arts Alliance, 40 North | 88 West, and the Champaign County Cultural Consortium will co-host this community forum on arts education at the Virginia Theatre March 6. 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 in Champaign County.
Light refreshments will be served prior to the 7:00 P.M. program.
40 North | 88 West would like to thank the University of Illinois for its sponsorship of the Illinois Creates event at the Virginia Theatre.
Presenter/panelist:
Julie Adrianopoli
Public Policy Director, Illinois Arts Alliance
Moderator:
John Jennings
Assistant Professor, UIUC School of Art & Design
Panelists:
Nathaniel C. Banks
Director, UIUC African American Cultural Program
Peter B. Fox
Founder, Fox Development Corporation
Naomi Jakobsson
D-Urbana, 103 District, Illinois House of Representatives
Jean Korder
Curriculum Coordinator, Urbana School District 116
Rick Murphy
Fine Arts Chair, Music Director, University Laboratory High School
Trudy Walters
Principal, Barkstall Elementary School
For more information on Illinois Creates or to download "Arts at the Core: Every School, Every Student" (the statewide study on arts education in Illinois), visit http://www.illinoiscreates.org/.
This event is also supported by the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency, and Parkland Community College.
The forum (and others throughout the state) is being coordinated on behalf of Illinois Creates, a statewide arts education coalition of more than 150 business, civic, education and arts organizations dedicated to increasing access to arts education for children in Illinois public schools. The coalition, led by the Illinois Arts Alliance, believes that all Illinois children deserve a quality, comprehensive education that includes the arts as part of the core curriculum, and that arts instruction must be standards-based, sequential, equitable and sustainable.
The Champaign County Cultural Consortium is a network of cultural resource providers and educational organizations that collaborate in the creation, coordination, and promotion of cultural programs for Champaign County Schools. Visit www.culturalconsortium.com for more information.
The Illinois Arts Alliance is Illinois’ primary multidisciplinary arts advocacy and service organization dedicated to promoting the value of the arts to the citizens of Illinois. Go to www.artsalliance.org to learn more.