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National Endowment for the Arts Announces Grant Recipients for Summer Schools in the Arts ProgramTwenty-five organizations receive $680,000 April 24, 2007
Washington, D.C. -- The National Endowment for the Arts announces recipients of its Summer Schools in the Arts (SSIA) program, an initiative designed to enhance the quantity and quality of arts education opportunities for youth and hence to create model programs. Twenty-five grants totaling $680,000 were awarded to organizations in communities ranging from Boston, Massachusetts to Wailuku, Hawaii. Please see a complete list of the grantees. Through these 25 programs, the students create or perform a work while engaging in a focused study of the work's artistic discipline, thus the students deepen their direct experiences while broadening their understanding of an art form. Students receive at least 90 hours of instruction culminating in a performance or exhibition of their work. The goal is to create rigorous, challenging arts education programs that not only enhance students' art skills but also their study habits and group interaction skills. In addition, each of the selected sites will use national or state standards in the arts to assess the degree of learning. National Endowment for the Arts Director of Arts Education Dr. Sarah Cunningham said, "Supporting excellent programs in arts education is among the NEA's primary goals and Summer Schools in the Arts projects demonstrate significant progress towards achieving that goal. These grantee organizations make a lasting impact on the depth of learning for our young people. Aside from the artistic, social, and developmental skills the students gain, the programs often introduce them to the richness of a life filled with aesthetic experiences." With evaluation as a primary component of the SSIA program, an outside evaluator will assist the NEA in refining the methodologies that in turn will be provided to the grantee organizations in their own evaluation workshop. The NEA will then distribute the results of the evaluations and learning outcomes from each site to public policy and education decision-makers at the national meetings of the Arts Education Partnership. Examples of SSIA projects are: Alaska Arts Southeast Inc. (Sitka Fine Arts Camp), Sitka Alaska $35,000 Friends of NORD, Inc. New Orleans, Louisiana $35,000 For more information about this program and the National Endowment for the Arts, please go to www.arts.gov. Some details of the projects listed in this grant announcement are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval. For additional information, contact the National Endowment for the Arts' Office of Communications at 202-682-5570.
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