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California Arts Council's The California Arts Council occasionally writes stories that are more in depth than the Arts Insider News stories about topics that might not be included in major news outlets. These stories had been included in the weekly eNewsletter, and are now posted in this section of our website. Take a look at some of the California Arts Council’s feature stories from the recent past.
Other information resources on the California Arts Council’s website include Arts in the Media (arts news items from major news outlets), Arts Insider News (short arts-related news items written by California Arts Council staff), At the California Arts Council (eNewsletter cover stories and content summaries), and Press Releases from the California Arts Council. Have a subject that is worthy of a California Arts Feature? Please submit information to the web page editor at editor@caartscouncil.com. Some items may be more appropriate for our Arts Happen, Arts in the Media, or Arts Insider News sections. Opinion pieces or items with a strong editorial content from others than the California Arts Council members or staff may not be posted in this section. The information in this section is provided as a service only, and the California Arts Council does not endorse or support the organizations listed. Drafting and posting of California Arts Feature stories is at the discretion of the California Arts Council. Questions and/or concerns about listings may be directed to the web editor at editor@caartscouncil.com. On The Arts: Three Grammar Mistakes, Two Big Words, and One Big LessonWilliam Safire is a man who loves precision. The New York Times writer is best known for his "On Language" column on the uses and misuses of words and phrases in today's world. So it's no surprise that when asked to give a major speech on the arts in Washington DC's Kennedy Center, Safire's focus would be less metaphor and more science. Birth of an Arts Education Program--Inside Out Community Arts In 1996, Johnathan Zeichner found himself unemployed in Los Angeles. The former actor/screenwriter/director who discovered an artistic passion in working for theater-related nonprofits, lost his job after moving the organization he worked for into new territory: public schools. He had started a program entitled the School Project three years earlier in response to the Rodney King riots and the affect on the city's children. "Making the Case" with the California Alliance for Arts Education: Conference 2005 When Kathy Kahn and others involved in the Skyline High School theater arts program in Oakland decided the theater facility needed a serious facelift, they enlisted the school's most famous alumnus to help them out: Tom Hanks. Arts Make Impact on Rural California School The foothills of the Sierras in Northern California are known for their rivers, camping, and place in California history and the Gold Rush. But among arts education experts, the remote area of the San Juan Ridge in the foothills is known for another reason: Grizzly Hill School, an artistic education oasis. The small school located ninety minutes from Sacramento off Highway 49 was recently highlighted in Third Space: When Learning Matters, a book published by the Arts Education Partnership (AEP) that profiled ten schools across the nation that achieved excellence attributed to their arts programs. |
