MAEC Leadership Symposium

Today was the Massachusetts Arts Education Consortium Leadership Symposium at the Zeiterion Theater in New Bedford. I really enjoyed having the opportunity to see many of my colleagues and meet many arts advocates who are working really hard to advance the arts agenda in our state, nationally and internationally. I had the privilege to interview our keynote speaker Ms. Karen L. Erickson. To hear the interview go to the podcast box and click on the play button. The podcast is at the right hand side of this posting. If you attended this symposium, have any thoughts you wish to share about the podcast or the idea of arts advocacy, leave your comments. Click on the comments link to share your thoughts with us.

UTOPIA! VIRTUAL MASTERPIECE!

During our discussion group at the Roland Hayes yesterday a great art teacher said that we have been denied one of our greatest resources, each other. Our creativity has been reinventing itself in isolation. Now we have the opportunity to reach out and collaborate. Let’s imagine together. Let’s create a virtual masterpiece.

Here is a question for all my colleagues. If you were the principal in your school, if money and resources where plentiful, and if you could hire the best talent out there; how would your school integrate the arts everyday? What kinds of arts programs would you implement? How would your teachers motivate students? How would you use the resources available to you? COME ON, LET YOUR CREATIVE THOUGHTS TAKE OVER! SHARE THEM WITH US!