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From: Christine Besack [mailto:mrsbeeswax@comcast.net]
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Subject: NAEA Advocacy alert --- more great information from our professional organization. if not a member already , consider joining NAEA.
NAEA ADVOCACY ALERT
NATIONAL ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
Office of the Executive Director
Phone 703-860-8000 Fax 703-860-2960
Website: http://www.naea-reston.org
E-mail: thatfield@naea-reston.org
NAEA ADDS 28 ADVOCACY ADVISORYS TO WEB SITE
(September, 27)-NAEA announces the installation of 28 NAEA Advisorys to the
Association's web site at www.naea-reston.org during the first week of October
2003. The Advisorys were selected from the collection over the last 15 years,
chosen by a committee and focused on advocacy and policy development. They
are placed it the recent news section with the myriad of other advocacy
materials and can be downloaded by anyone in pdf format.
"During our strategic planning discussions, members emphasized their desire
to see NAEA take a more active role in advocacy for learning in the visual
arts," said NAEA President Mary Ann Stankiewicz. "They also said that they want
to see more content on the web site. Posting on the NAEA web site selected
issues of the NAEA Advisory that address advocacy addresses both of these member
concerns."
Following are a listing of the selected NAEA Advisorys:
1) Why Elementary Art Teachers?, Charles A. Qualley, Fall, 1987
2) Arts Education On Congressional Agenda, Prabha Sahasrabudhe, Fall, 1988
3) Will the Arts Continue to Occupy Place at Margins of Educational
Institutions?, Elliot Eisner, Fall 1989
4) Strategies For Preserving [Art] Electives, Henry P. Traverso, Winter, 1989
5) Excerpts from Testimony Regarding Reauthorization of the National
Endowment for the Arts, Samuel Hope, Summer, 1990
6) Lobbying Activities-A Checklist of What One Can Put In A Newsletter,
William R. Joseph, Fall, 1990
7) Art Education Advocacy Statement, The Pennsylvania Art Education
Association, Fall, 1992
8) Definition of Fine Arts for High School Graduation Requirements, NAEA,
Winter, 1992
9) The Federal Reform of Schools: Looking For The Silver Bullet, Elliot
Eisner, Spring, 1992
10) Art Education Is School Reform, Larry Peeno, Spring, 1993
11) "We Got Trouble...Right Here In..." Unless..., Edwin West, Jr., Emmy L.
Whitehead, Summer, 1993
12) Let the Debate Begin; But Only To The Extent That The Debate Leads To A
Shared, Vision Of Excellence, Mac Arthur Goodwin, Spring, 1994
13) A Proposal for Defining What Constitutes A Substantive Art Education,
Charles Qualley, Spring, 1995
14) The ABC's of Art Program Advocacy and Survival (Parts I and II), John
Michael Gray, Fall, 1995
15) Building Community Support-The Public Arena-Mission and Image for the
Elementary Art Teacher, Ann Cappetta, Donna Fitzgerald, Spring, 1995
16) Leadership and Advocacy Strategies: What Every Art Educator Should Know
and Do, Bonnie Rushlow, Summer 1997
17) Why Can't I Get Any Recognition When I Volunteer For Everything?, Larry
Peeno, Summer, 1997
18) Tennessee Art Education Association's Collaboration for Art Education,
Jim Dodson, Kathy Hawk, Gene Pletcher, Judy Williams, Summer, 1998
19) Building Support for School Art Programs in Your Community, Hope Irvine,
Winter, 1999
20) Significant Differences Between Outreach and Advocacy, Hope Irvine,
Winter 1999
21) "Hey, You're the Art Teacher!" A conversation for recruiting parental
involvement
Marylu Flowers-Schoen, Summer 1999
22) Know Your Rights From Your Lefts, Nancy E. Pipito, Fall, 1999
23) The Stories that Student Art Tells: Examining Student Work as a Strategy
for Arts Advocacy, Don Glass, Winter, 2001
24) Where's the Art?, NAEA, Spring, 2002
25) Understanding Change In Art Education, Suzanne Floyd, Spring, 2002
26) Policy and Arts Education, David B. Pankratz, Spring, 2002
27) Sixteen Legislative Tips for State Art Education Associations and
Members, Thomas A. Hatfield, Fall, 2003
28) Web Sources on Advocacy and Policy, Thomas A. Hatfield, Fall, 2003