Art in the News - 2019
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Drawing on 589 responses from female-identifying designers and production personnel, the study found two key obstacles faced by these groups: gender discrimination and lack of support for working parents.
Located in the Inwood neighborhood, the Immigrants Research and Performing Arts Center will “deliver state-of-the-art cultural space in Northern Manhattan, providing a permanent home to honor the vibrancy and history of immigrant contributions to our cultural fabric.”
The report reflects a longitudinal study of student growth in three elementary schools with regular arts integration programs across the state over the past three years, and looks at multiple key skills and knowledge points of the students including student self-image, engagement in learning, vocabulary development, and writing skills.
New Jersey has become the first state in the nation to provide universal access to arts education for all public school students. All New Jersey public schools provide some form of arts education and every student that attends a public school in New Jersey has the opportunity to participate in arts education programs as part of the regular school day.
A study released through the Houston Education Research Consortium shows that expanding arts education in schools helped students in a few ways: boosting students’ compassion for their classmates, lowering discipline rates, and improving students’ scores on writing tests.
The Haslam 3 Foundation, funded by Cleveland Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam, is donating $4.5 million for education programs at three of Cleveland's most prominent arts organizations. The largest of the grants, for $2.5 million, will go to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Receiving $1 million each are the Cleveland Orchestra and Playhouse Square.
For the past 23 years, Sphinx has helped increase the number of Black and Latinx classical musicians in U.S. orchestras from 1.5 percent in 1996, to 5 percent in 2019. The Detroit based organization supports musicians of all levels through education and access, artist development, performing artist programs, and arts leadership.
While school is out for summer, some New York City public school students are taking part in a summer arts intensive. And Tuesday, they got to perform for actor Taye Diggs—a star of Broadway and the big screen. Diggs was in New York for the annual AdoptAClassroom.org donation drive and made a $100,000 donation to the city arts programs.
The state Legislature added $75 million to Oklahoma classrooms, which will start flowing into school this fall. "This is good for kids and it’s something that goes well for academic achievement in the future," said Joy Hofmeister, Oklahoma's state superintendent.
DIAVOLO, a Los Angeles-based dance company, has made it a mission of their Veterans Project to utilize their unique style of movement as a tool to help restore veterans' physical, mental, and emotional strengths through workshops and public performances in communities all around the country. Earlier this year, the Veterans Project expanded to a national program, bringing the initiative to Kansas State University.
