Ohio Department of Education
Nancy Pistone, Ohio Department of Education Fine Arts Consultant, often participates in Cleveland Arts Education Consortium events. She is part of the team in Columbus that can answer questions concerning the new Fine Arts Academic Content Standards (ACS). For information regarding the Fine Arts ACS or fine arts in Ohio's schools, you can reach Nancy at: nancy.pistone@education.ohio.gov
A brief article describing early impact of the new arts standards can be found by going to: http://education.ohio.gov/getattachment/Topics/Ohio-s-New-Learning-Standards/Fine-Arts/Arts-Update-Summer_2014.pdf.aspx
Information about graduation requirements and the fine arts can be found at: http://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Ohio-s-New-Learning-Standards/Fine-Arts/Fine-Arts-Graduation-Requirements-FAQs
The Ohio Department of Education 2012 Committee for Fine Arts can be found at: http://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Ohio-s-New-Learning-Standards/Fine-Arts/Committee-for-the-Arts-and-Innovative-Thinking
ODE Arts documents and related information can be found at: http://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Ohio-s-New-Learning-Standards/Fine-Arts/Division-of-Arts-Education-News-and-Documents
Cleveland Foundation Blogs — arts & ideas
Kathleen Cerveny, Director of Evaluation and Institutional Learning for The Cleveland Foundation oversees the Creative Fusion Program. She regularly writes blogs about the arts and ideas in Cleveland and surrounding communities. Kathleen's recent "arts & idea" blogs include introductions to the current group of Cleveland's Creative Fusion artists: Mkrtich Tonoyan (May 13), Antonia Cruz (May 6), Alexandru Palatics (Apr 29), Mihaela Kavdanska (Apr 22), Beatriz Garcia-Huidobro (Apr 15), Mauricio Cristobal Cortes Fuentes (Apr 8). To read about them, go to: http://www.clevelandfoundation.org/category/arts-ideas/
Other Blogs
Arts Journal, the daily digest of arts, culture & ideas with articles in all fields from dance and theatre to music and visual art as well as listings, includes an insightful interview with conductor Gustavo Dudamel, “Gustavo Dudamel Talks About Building An Orchestra In LA,” in the Music section and several articles about Chicago’s Mayor Daley in the Issues section, notably one titled “Richard M. Daley, Arts Mayor.” The Arts Journal website also lists a thoughtful article about dance titled “Time To Put The Dance Back In Dance?” in the Dance section as well as a great story about opera in London, “London’s Newest Opera House Is In A Pub” in the Music section and a fun-filed article in the Theatre section, “Theatre’s Baby Boom.” There’s much more. Enjoy browsing and reading.
http://www.artsjournal.com/
Americans for the Arts features blog articles on its website. Check it out to find up-to-date articles about arts and arts education throughout the country. The September 24th blog page includes post by Tim Mikulski about opportunities to pose questions to the President via the Education Nation website for a September 27th Matt Lauer interview.
http://blog.artsusa.org/
Read "Can the Arts Contribute to Healthier Aging?" in the Dana Press blog. September 14th, The National Academics of Sciences hosted a workshop, "Research Gaps and Opportunities for Exploring the Relationship of the Arts to Health and Well-Being in Older Adults" in collaboration with the National Endowment for the Arts and three divisions of the National Institutes of Health where experts from the health and arts fields discussed current arts and aging research.
http://danapress.typepad.com/weblog/arts-education/
These blogs offering tools and information for non-profit organizations may be of interest:
http://www.gettingattention.org - with in-depth case studies, guidance and tools for nonprofit marketing success.
http://www.donorpowerblog.com - fundraising as if donors mattered.
http://nonprofitmarketingblog.com - a blog on nonprofit marketing, fundraising, social media and doing good in the world better and faster.