InsideOut

The Arts, Education and Reform

Tue, 10/21/2008 - 13:04 — dia.penning The October 15, 2008 Arts Education Resource Fair was a wonderful success, giving rise to a number of thoughts about the state of teaching artist resources in bay area schools.

Creating, Reflecting, Learning

Fri, 08/01/2008 - 15:35 — JMele

San Francisco is an arts-rich town, we all know that. We have our share of artists, arts organizations; street and public art. Like most of my colleagues in art-drenched San Francisco, I attended the Arts Town Hall on June 9 at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. The opening panel discussion included remarks by Alan Brown, a new transplant and arts consultant in the Bay Area.

Staying True/True to the Times -- Judith Tannenbaum

Wed, 05/21/2008 - 09:53 — jtannenbaum

In San Francisco, we’ve just celebrated forty years of the Neighborhood Arts Program. Arlene Goldbard, one of the program's early participants, writes that NAP is “generally regarded as a founder and exemplar of community-based arts work.

John Abodeely On Improved Evaluation of Arts Education Instruction

Mon, 04/07/2008 - 09:08 — jpsalter

“Without research, you’re just another person with an opinion.” –Ken Robinson

Evaluation is instrumental in developing and sustaining good work. Directors of social service organizations must demonstrate their impact in order to sustain funding; program directors must constantly improve their services in order to maintain integrity; funders must show the impact of their granting design to satisfy the scrutiny of their boards and benefactors.