March 2015
• The Instructional Priorities for all (ten) Colorado Academic Standards: On our Communications page, we have a new fact sheet that captures the
Instructional Priorities of the Colorado Academic Standards . The
Instructional Priorities fact sheet illustrates how the standards reflect our collective efforts to create the educational experiences we want for all
Colorado students. It also provides short statements regarding the specific focus of each of the ten content areas of the Colorado Academic Standards and offers a brief timeline for the creation of the standards, their Colorado origins and authorship
• PLC Bytes. The newest Arts Education PLC Byte “Comparison of Colorado
Academic Arts Standards to the National Core Arts Standards” is now available at http://www.cde.state.co.us/coarts/coloradoandnationalartsstandards .
These short tutorials summarize the findings of comparison reviews conducted by Colorado arts standards authors and PK-12 and Higher
Education arts specialists. Each review has been summarized into an infographic and a “how to” navigation page is available to use/replicate/share.
• CDE Arts Webpage
Karol Gates
Gates_k@cde.state.co.us
(720) 202-9268
@KarolGatesArts
• Arts Education Guidebook
The Colorado Content Collaboratives have created performance assessments in all content areas using a Performance Assessment Process now available to all educators. Performance assessments were developed in two groups. Group
One performance assessments were developed to measure specific Colorado
Academic Standards that lacked current and sufficient assessment representation. The standards to which these assessments are aligned are often thought of as “hard to measure” and require more performance-based components in order to determine student mastery.
Group Two performance assessments are specifically aligned to one of the CDE
District Sample Curriculum Units . Each performance assessment defines a task or a set of tasks and includes a rubric for determining the quality of the students’ performance.
Colorado Creative Industries
Think 360 Arts
Colorado Arts Education Association
Colorado Music Educator’s Association
Colorado Association for Music
Curriculum and Instruction
Colorado State Thespians
Colorado Dance Education Organization
Music In Our Schools Month® or “MIOSM” is NAfME’s annual celebration during March which engages music educators, students, and communities from around the country in promoting the benefits of high quality music education programs in schools.
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The annual Creative Industries Summit is a two-day conference that targets creative entrepreneurs, emerging creatives, municipal and non-profit cultural workers, and creative district leaders. Topics address practical, nuts-and-bolts approaches to creative business and how-to’s for working collectively with creatives, municipalities and businesses. Click here for details:
Denver, March 3, 2015 - Earlier this year, Think 360 Arts for Learning and Colorado Creative Industries announced the creation of Colorado Arts
Partnership (CAP) Grants in order to support Colorado schools in executing innovative arts in education programs that demonstrate strong collaboration among community arts partners and teachers in order to provide arts instruction to students.
The first round of grant deadlines closed on February 15, 2015, at which time 30 Colorado public schools had requested funding for innovative arts education programs, totaling $79,000 in requests.
An independent panel of judges reviewed each of the grants based on a comprehensive rubric, and awarded 19 schools from 9 Colorado counties a total of $37,500 in grants.
The schools selected for funding are: Air Academy High School, Aspen Community School, Beulah School of Natural Sciences, Burlington Elementary,
Cesar Chavez Academy, Chatfield High School, Colorado High School Charter, Denver School of the Arts, Discovery Canyon Campus Middle School,
Eagleview Middle School, Garfield Elementary, Glenwood Springs High School, Grand Valley High School, North High School, Skyline High School, Smith
Renaissance Academy, Stedman Elementary, The da Vinci Academy, and Whittier ECE-8.
Grant-funded activities will occur in the spring of 2015, and exemplary projects will be featured on Think 360 Arts' website this summer.
For more information about CAP Grants please visit http://think360arts.org/ .
You do not want to miss Arts for Colorado’s Arts Advocacy Day 2015! Your elected officials need to know why the arts should be supported–and Arts for Colorado gives you the opportunity to tell them. This event extends beyond advocating for arts, and offers dynamic professional development sessions that will help take your career and organization to the next level. Register
A $10,000 grant for curriculum support with educators, administrators, staff and others in Adams, Boulder, Denver and Jefferson counties
Applications for the Alliance Project Grant are being accepted for public schools with middle school grades in Adams, Boulder, Denver, and Jefferson counties in Colorado with free workshops, assemblies, field trips, bus and sub support to build curriculum connections and learning opportunities for students from over 27 arts, culture and science organizations. Science workshops and art exhibits on campus, field trips to concerts and performances, assemblies for your school, history programs and so much more!
Click here for the Alliance Project Application through Survey Monkey Alliance Application Applications are due April 22 nd .
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Contest Deadline April 6, 2015
Students-Think of a happy day playing outside and be inspired to draw a masterpiece. Beauty surrounds us here in Colorado so draw something beautiful!
Your artwork inspires us! Use markers, colored pencils or paint. Winners and honorable mentions will be posted on this website. The Grand Prize is a two night stay for a family of four at Sylvan Dale Guest Ranch in Loveland, Colorado! Deadline for artwork is April 6th, 2015. See Contest Details for more information. The theme of this year’s contest is “Home on the Range”.
Think of a happy day outside in Colorado and be inspired!
http://www.thebloomproject-coloradokidsdraw.com/
The Tony Awards® and Carnegie Mellon University are presenting the first inaugural Excellence in Theatre Education Award at the 2015 Tony Awards on
June 7th. Nominations are being accepted for teachers who use the power of the arts to transform lives. Deadline: March 31 st More
Accepting all mediums (including, but not limited to, drawings, paintings, films, photographs, graphic novels, comics, etc.).
Theme: “Magna Carta: Symbol of Freedom Under Law”
Deadline: March 31, 2015
Eligibility: U.S. students in grades 9-12 or the equivalent. Individual and groups submissions are welcomed.
Prizes: Runners-up for both the individual and team categories will receive prizes with a value not to exceed $250.00 and winners for both the individual and team categories will receive prizes with a value not to exceed $750.00
For more information on this year’s theme and how to enter, visit www.ambar.org/lawday
March 2015

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The Adobe Youth Voices Awards is a global competition that honors youth who make original, outstanding digital media to creatively express theirvision for positive change. Youth ages 13 to 19 are invited to submit media that inspires, informs, and generates solutions.
There are five awards categories: Documentary, Narrative, Animation, Visual, and Social Venture. More
The deadline is April 20, 2015. Award winners and finalists become eligible to apply for the Adobe Youth Voices college scholarships .
The FIFTH annual Colorado Creative Careers Festival is scheduled for Friday, April 17, 2015 , on the Kunsmiller Creative Arts Campus in Southwest Denver and we need you to share your talent and expertise with Colorado high school students and educators! For more information on the Creative Careers
Festival , please visit our web page at http://www.coloradostateplan.com/artsAV.htm
The Festival will feature hands-on workshops, informational sessions about current and developing careers in the creative industries, and an opportunity for students to receive an interactive critique of their work. The workshop sessions will focus on the areas of Digital Arts, Film and Video Production,
Technical Theater, and Sound and Audio Production. We are interested in both introductory and advanced workshops that are interactive and wherever possible, hands-on. We will also need volunteers who are able to conduct student portfolio reviews and mock job or college interviews. Sessions are approximately 50 minutes in length.
To apply to present or volunteer to support at the Creative Careers Festival, please complete the online application at http://tinyurl.com/CCCF2015
. Applications will be accepted through Friday, March 6
We are expecting 350-450 high school students from across Colorado and are excited about working with you to create a dynamic experience for these young adults.
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The Center for Visual Art (CVA) at MSU Denver http://www.msudenver.edu/cva/ will host a summer internship program in collaboration with Goodwill
Industries http://www.goodwilldenver.org/ . Building on the success of previous years, interns will contribute to OhHeckYeah http://www.briancorrigan.net/OhHeckYeah , design original work and develop professional relationships and skills in the creative industry. OhHeckYeah, a first-of-its-kind arts+technology initiative transforms urban arts districts into street arcades through LED screens, custom built games and social media.
Workforce development lays the groundwork for successful execution of both the original artwork and ambassadorship. Students will practice resume writing, networking skills, and career planning for employment in the creative sector. Capitalizing on the tremendous resources in the local creative field, interns will develop relationships with professionals in a variety of disciplines including planning, development, philanthropy, design and management through site visits, panel discussions, and hands on workshops.
The program is targeted for students interested in careers in a creative industry.
Applications will be accepted through March 15 . Young artists ages 16-20 should apply: http://cvayoungartiststudio.weebly.com/hs-internship.html
For additional information contact: Talya Dornbush at tdornbus@msudenver.edu
or Nache Greene at ngreene@goodwilldenver.org
March 2015

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Learn Adobe Premier and the World of Filming and Editing!
Interested in Film? Want to learn to take your videos to the next level? Over Spring Break, this video boot camp will whip your filming skills into shape. Work with professional software, a real client, and your filming creativity to produce a kick-starter video that will teach you how filming and editing works, and give you something new for our portfolio.
Estimated at a $200 value, this workshop is being offered for FREE, on top of paying you $50 upon completion of the entire 20 hours!
Donations are always greatly appreciated to help us supplement the program delivery cost. Call or email us now if you have any questions or want to learn more about this awesome and exciting new workshop!
Limit 10 Students! Earn $50! Click below for an application to reserve your spot in this awesome and exciting new workshop! Apply Here ! email: info@arts-street.org
call/fax: 303.825.1334
visit: www.arts-street.org
We are all set to be in Denver July 6-10, 2015, for World Music Drumming Level 1 and Curriculum Update! In addition, Denver district music teachers will qualify for the $149 discount on workshop registration. Registration will begin shortly after the new year. Workshop tuition: 3 Graduate credits,
VanderCook ($859) OR Non-Credit ($539). For info visit: www.worldmusicdrumming.com
Phone: 414-332-2277 Find us on Facebook! facebook.com/WorldMusicDrumming
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April 23-24
June 9-11
June TBD
June 21-26
June 22-26
September 17-18
October 3-4
November 12-15
December 3-5
Arts Advocacy Day at the Capitol
CTE Creative Careers Festival http://artsforcolorado.org
http://www.coloradostateplan.com/artsAV.htm
CCI Summit http://www.coloradocreativeindustries.org/summit
UNC Center for Arts Integration Leadership Institute http://www.arts.unco.edu/ciae/index.html
CSU Creative Movement in the Classroom
Art Source Summer Institute
Think 360 Arts Institute for Creative Teaching
Colorado Theatre Educators Conference
TBD my teacher pages link http://think360arts.org
http://cothespians.com
Colorado Dance Conference, Students and Teachers http://www.co-deo.org/
CAEA Educator Conference
Colorado State Thespian Conference http://caeaco.org/ http://cothespians.com
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