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Culturally Responsive Arts Education and The Heinz Foundation
The Heinz Foundation has started the Culturally Responsive Arts Education Initiative which “aims to bring the power of the arts to bear on the particular educational challenges facing African…Continue
Started Nov 22, 2011
Providence Youth Arts Collaborative
At the National Guild for Community Arts Education Conference, I had the privilege of attending the session, "Creative Capital: the Providence Youth Arts Collaborative (PYAC)."Providence Youth Arts…Continue
Started Nov 22, 2011
Brain on Music
Check out Music Empowers Foundation's Facebook spotlight, "Brain on Music." The page features Dr. Christopher Viereck who joins Music Empowers to provide a unique perspective on the positive things…Continue
Started Nov 3, 2011
Join the Discussion about Little Kids Rock's Innovative Methodology as Featured in the NYT!
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Earlier this fall, Little Kids Rock was featured by The New York Times in three major pieces! The first two were Op-Eds, “Beyond Baby Mozart, Kids Who Rock” and “Rock Is Not the Enemy”:…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Numbered Notes Nov 21, 2011.
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The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has posted the guidelines for 2012 Our Town grants.
Our Town supports creative placemaking projects that contribute toward the livability of communities with the arts at their core. Our Town will invest in creative and innovative projects in which communities, together with their arts and design organizations and artists, seek to:
* Improve their qual...ity of life.
* Encourage creative activity.
* Create community identity and a sense of place.
* Revitalize local…
Continue Posted on January 11, 2012 at 5:18pm
Applications Being Accepted for 2012 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards
The President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH), in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, is now accepting applications for the 2012 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards.
Twelve programs this year will receive $10,000 and an invitation to accept their award from the PCAH Honorary Chairman, First…
Continue Posted on January 11, 2012 at 5:16pm
Art Talk with Margaret Martin of the Harmony Project on the Official Blog of the NEA
Posted on November 23, 2011 at 8:57am
Congratulations to Margaret Martin, Winner of 2011 Presidential Citizens Medal
QJMC Partner and Harmony Project Founder, Margaret Martin, received the 2011 Presidential Citizens Medal for replacing violence with music in Los Angeles' high crime gang zones. Margaret received this enormous honor at an intimate ceremony with other medal winners and President Obama. Congratulations Margaret! NBC Nightly News did a special segment on the story:… Continue
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 3:41pm
Blog Posts
Offshoot Project: Global Village Cambodia
Posted by Mathias Aspelin on November 28, 2012 at 1:26pm
How Numbered Notes makes reading music easier!
Posted by Numbered Notes on November 6, 2012 at 12:04am
Powerful Partnerships Institute in NYC, April 19-20
Posted by Jonathan Herman on March 26, 2012 at 4:59pm
Fat Afro Latin Jazz Particpant Max Starcevic Castro Becomes LP Endorser
Posted by Nina Gale Olson on March 13, 2012 at 12:25pm
Save the Date: May 11 and 12- Big Band Poetry Jam w/the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Posted by Nina Gale Olson on March 13, 2012 at 11:36am
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