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COCA's Arts Education Grant (Deadline: Sep 17)
The goal of COCA's Arts Education Grant is to remove financial barriers for arts educators to access resources and arts experiences for their students, materials and equipment for their classrooms, and arts specific professional development opportunities for their own continuing education. Click here for more details.
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EDUCATORS - We'd love to have you as a COCA member!
COCA exists to serve the arts community and memberships are a big part of what allows us to do that. We provide services to educators and students and if you have benefited from COCA's support and resources, won't you consider become a new or renewing COCA member? Learn more by clicking here.
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Order the arts license plate and let your support show wherever you go.
Purchasing a State of the Arts license plate is an affordable way to make a direct contribution to arts and culture in Leon County.
COCA gets $20 from the sale of each arts tag in Leon County and those funds support arts education programs in our community.
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Please share these resources with others and if you've found resources that could help other arts teachers, please email them to Amanda Thompson at amanda@tallahasseearts.org.
Click here to visit our Pinterest page for a huge, COCA curated list of creative, educational, and entertaining arts activities in all disciplines. These resources are sure to keep little ones, tweens, and teens learning and growing artistically.
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Interactive Map of 530 Female Composers from Across the Globe
Maria Anna Mozart is one of hundreds of women composers you’ll find in the interactive map created by Sakira Ventura, a music teacher from Valencia, Spain, who has collected 530 composers, placed them geographically on the map, and included links to Wikipedia pages, websites, and Spotify. The map is in Spanish, as are all of the short biographies in each composer’s window, but Ventura links to their English-language Wikipedia pages, making this an excellent resource for English speakers as well, and a much-needed one. Click here for more datils and a link to the map.
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The Florida Music Education Association Awards Program offers awards to recognize accomplishments of teachers, school administrators, and others who have made outstanding contributions to music education. To learn more and submit a nomination, click here.
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Florida Humanities English for Families Grants (Deadline: Oct. 15)
Developed in partnership with the Orange County Library System (OCLS), Florida Humanities invites public libraries to apply for funding to participate in an expansion of its new English for Families pilot program, a multi-week series of interactive classes for parents and children (ages 6-12) that focuses on developing English vocabulary and literacy skills through strategic and fun story reading. More info here.
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Florida State Fair Art Portfolio Contest for High School Seniors (Deadline: Dec. 3)
This is an excellent opportunity for you to showcase your artwork, build your resume and of course, win scholarship money for continuing your education. A total of $6,500 in scholarship money will be awarded this year! Digital prints from original artwork will be used in final exhibition, so no shipping of artwork or taking it out of circulation for other competitions. Learn more about this opportunity here.
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New State Teaching Artist Directory Seeking Registrants
The Florida Alliance for Arts Education in partnership with the Florida Department of State Division of Cultural Affairs, made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, invite community and school teaching artists to register in the newly launched State Teaching Artist Directory. There is no fee to register. When there are enough registrations, the directory search engine will be launched and sent to schools and community organizations who would like to employ the services of teaching artists. To register, click here.
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Professional Development & Artistic Planning Grants (Deadline: Rolling)
Grants are available for organizations to support the professional development needs of Southern presenters, programmers, or curators, strengthen program design, and increase organizational capacity. This funding can support staff's travel expenses to conferences, festivals, exhibitions, workshops, and other professional development opportunities, or artists' travel expenses for onsite planning meetings with presenting organizations. Click here to learn more.
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Awesome Tallahassee (Deadline: Rolling)
Each month Awesome Tallahassee awards a $1,000 grant to people doing awesome things in our community. If you have a great idea for the Tallahassee area apply for a grant today! Click here for more details.
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2021 FAAE Annual Summit
(September 23-26 in Ft. Myers)
Florida's Premier Arts Education Conference. Bringing together all stakeholders in arts education. Click here to see the keynote speakers, the breakout sessions, hotel info and to register.
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2021 FATE Conference: The Best of Both Worlds(October 14-16 at Disney Springs)
The The Florida Association for Theatre Education conference registration will be live soon and the Early Bird Special ($190) has been extended until 9/1/2021. After that it will be $210 for members.
The conference committee and Chair Taylor Horne has been hard at work on exciting activities. Click here to learn more.
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Call for Instructors
LeMoyne Arts is looking for various types of arts instructors confident in teaching a wide variety of media. We work with our instructors to offer varied and engaging programs, as unique and artistic as our instructors themselves. LeMoyne offers four 8-week studio sessions for adults, teens, and children: Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall, as well as a myriad of one or two-day workshops year-round. Click here to see all the available positions.
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Family-friendly content on Tallahassee Arts Guide
Check out all the local, in-person and virtual arts offerings including events, classes, workshops, and lessons. Visit us at www.TallahasseeArts.org to access our resources and to add your own arts-related listings.
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Sounds of Tallahassee - Call to Musicians
Vibrant and diverse, creative and innovative - Tallahassee's music community has long been one of our greatest assets. "Sounds of Tallahassee" serves as a portal to the unique musical offerings that make the Big Bend region so special. In partnership with Moose Magnificat Radio and Cat Family Records, COCA offers this auditory adventure. We invite you to be part of "Sounds of Tallahassee," an initiative that promotes area musicians and connects them with new audiences. Any musician living in a 100-mile radius of Tallahassee is eligible for this opportunity. More info here.
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COCA's Arts Education Grant (Deadline: Sep 17)
The goal of COCA's Arts Education Grant is to remove financial barriers for arts educators to access resources and arts experiences for their students, materials and equipment for their classrooms, and arts specific professional development opportunities for their own continuing education. Click here for more details.
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Volunteer with Classroom Connection
This partnership between the Tallahassee Chamber, Leon County Schools, and World Class Schools provides a strong foundation for our kindergarteners. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many parents opted to “redshirt” their children from entering school last fall and will enroll them for kindergarten in the 2021-2022 school year. Leon County Schools is preparing to welcome more than 3,000 kindergarteners this August, which is about 400+ more than a regular school year. With more than 170 classrooms up for adoption, we are asking our members to join us in supporting our children in their most critical year of development. This is not a monetary ask. We are asking for volunteer time and teacher support. Sign up here.
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Technical Theatre Class at Young Actors Theatre (Beginning Thursday, Sept. 9)
Young Actors Theatre is proud to announce the first Tech Class taught at our facility. Designed for both the high school “techie,” and the traditional musical theatre student, this program will make sure each student has a deep appreciation for all. Click here for more details.
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The Bardlings Fall 2021 Auditions
(Friday, Sept. 10 from 5-7 pm and Saturday, Sept. 11 from 10am-1 pm)
Auditions will be hosted at the Oasis Center for Women and Children. The Bardlings auditions are open to middle and high school students only. Come prepared with a 60-90 second monologue and expect to also cold read from our Fall production, Zombie Shakespeare. Bardlings rehearsals are Wednesdays from 6:00 – 7:30 pm and Fridays from 5:00 – 7:00 pm through the months of September, October, and November. Click here for more details.
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58th Annual LeMoyne Arts Holiday Show: "Art Deco the Halls" Call to Artists (Deadline: Sept. 17)
LeMoyne Arts is seeking artists and fine crafters aged 18+ to fill our gallery with the fabulous, original, giftable pieces that our community has come to expect and love from this Tallahassee tradition. Join us in transforming the LeMoyne Arts Gallery into a holiday wonderland, visited by families, art lovers, and gift seekers of all ages. This year, there will be an overarching theme relating to Art Deco, Black & Gold, 1920s glamour. Creating work inspired by the theme is encouraged, but not required. Click here for more info.
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Auditions - MTI's All Together Now!
(Sept. 19 & 20 at 7pm at Theatre Tallahassee)
Open auditions for All Together Now! – Produced by New Stage Theatreworks, in partnership with Quincy Music Theatre and Theatre Tallahassee. Come join the cast of this global event celebrating local theatre – performing November 12-15 in both Quincy and Tallahassee. This show is a fundraiser for some of the companies that had to shut down during the pandemic, with more than 3,800 performances at 1,600 schools and theatres around the world in just one weekend. We are looking for a diverse cast reflective of the theatre community – all races, ethnicities, genders and ages. See more here.
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Two Regimes Exhibition (on view through Sept. 30 at the Gallery for Innovation and the Arts)
This exhibition showcases 16 giclee canvas prints of Nadia Werbitzky’s paintings along with 16 text board passages from her mother’s book “Two Regimes … A Mother’s Memoir of Wartime Survival” by Teodora Verbitskaya. Two Regimes is the life’s work of these two women and focuses on their family’s life from 1927 to 1945 while living under the two regimes of Stalin and Hitler. Click here for more info.
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Memorial to the Enslaved Request for Designs (Deadline: Dec. 17)
Goodwood Museum & Gardens Memorial to the Enslaved is a sacred and contemplative place that brings together descendants, the community, and partners to educate, remember, and honor cultures and traditions to promote healing in the present and serve as inspiration for equality and social justice in the future. Enrolled students, recent graduates, and artists with ties to Tallahassee, Florida, are eligible to submit a proposal for their design work to be considered for the Goodwood Memorial to the Enslaved. Individuals with expertise in the study areas of art, design, architecture, engineering, and environmental sciences, or individuals with creative interest and design skills are welcome to submit proposals. Students invited to submit include those enrolled in local high school art programs (Grades 9-12) and college students attending Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University, Florida State University, Tallahassee Community College, and Lively Technical College. Black artists/designers are encouraged to apply. Click here for more info.
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Gear Up for National Arts in Education Week!
This year from Sept. 12-18, the field of arts education will join together in communities across the country to tell the story of the transformative power of the arts in education. From celebrating arts education by hosting a local event to sharing the value of arts education with policymakers and your online community, it’s now easier than ever to amplify arts education’s impact. Join the social media campaign on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or YouTube by using #BecauseOfArtsEd. Learn more here.
We Believe Arts Education is Essential! If you do too, take action now and sign this letter to Dr. Miguel A. Cardona, U.S. Secretary of Education, urging him to take specific steps at the Department of Education to help rectify these inequities through better data and assessments, clearer communication with state and local officials, and engagement of senior staff. Learn more here.
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About the Arts in Education Newsletter |
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Amanda Karioth Thompson
Assistant Director
Education & Exhibitions Manager
Council on Culture & Arts
850-224-2500
amanda@tallahasseearts.org
To submit listings for COCA's Arts in Education Monthly Newsletter, send a description of 50 words or less to Amanda Karioth Thompson at amanda@tallahasseearts.org. COCA reserves the right to include or exclude any listing at its discretion and to determine the content and placement of all listings. Deadline for submission is 5:00pm on the fourth Monday of the month.
COCA does not endorse any artists, organizations, or programs listed herein, nor imply stature through their inclusion in this newsletter. While we have made every effort to ensure that this information is correct, we cannot guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the information.
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