{"id":2917,"date":"2010-05-18T09:22:31","date_gmt":"2010-05-18T13:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=2917"},"modified":"2010-10-26T14:36:44","modified_gmt":"2010-10-26T18:36:44","slug":"national-forum-hosted-by-southeast-center-for-education-in-the-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2010\/05\/national-forum-hosted-by-southeast-center-for-education-in-the-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"National forum hosted by Southeast Center for Education in the Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"<a title=\"National forum hosted by Southeast Center for Education in the Arts by UTChattanooga, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/utchattanooga\/4618742478\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3394\/4618742478_465bd529f4.jpg\" alt=\"National forum hosted by Southeast Center for Education in the Arts\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\"\/><\/a>\n<p>The Southeast Center for Education in the Arts hosted its third national \u201cArts &amp; Education Forum: Arts @ the Core of 21st Century Learning\u201d<em> <\/em>at the Chattanoogan.<\/p>\n<p>Forum participants included 42 presenters who represented 43 organizations from 15 states and Trinidad and Tobago. National organizations included the College Board, Crayola, and the Partnership for 21st Century Skills. Local institutions included the Creative Discovery Museum and Hunter Museum, Nashville\u2019s Tennessee Performing Arts Center, and Atlanta\u2019s Alliance Theatre. Teachers and students from Barger Academy, Battle Academy, Normal Park Museum Magnet Upper School, and Chattanooga Girls Choir also participated.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Cheri Sterman, director of child development and consumer relationships for Crayola, gave the keynote address \u201cJoining Voices: Arts Advocacy and 21<sup>st<\/sup> Century Readiness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The forum explored how educators can rally support and funding for arts education in their communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 3 R\u2019s, reading, writing, and arithmetic, are not enough. Students need to learn communication, creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration,\u201d said Sterman.<\/p>\n<p>Sterman\u2019s discussion reinforced the idea that \u201cadvocacy begins with belief and results in change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Educators need to better explain why children need arts education and cite the benefits, such as better graduation rates and improved test scores.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey must show that art education has a real economic impact in their community,\u201d Sterman said.<\/p>\n<p>Art education advocates must have an action plan, she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey need to find out who is the decision maker that can help make change. Show them how art can enhance learning in many subjects, and build partnerships within the school and the community,\u201d Sterman explained.<\/p>\n<p>The Forum was conducted in collaboration with the City of Chattanooga\u2019s Department of Education, Arts &amp; Culture with partial funding from the Tennessee Arts Commission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Southeast Center for Education in the Arts hosted its third national \u201cArts &amp; Education Forum: Arts @ the Core of 21st Century Learning\u201d at the Chattanoogan. Forum participants included 42 presenters who represented 43 organizations from 15 states and Trinidad and Tobago. 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