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Does asking for money make you anxious? And how do you know you’re asking the right people the right number of times? Kim Klein, a grassroots fundraising expert, had the answers to these questions and more at a workshop on October 29 held at the invitation of Maytree and the Atkinson Foundation.

http://maytree.com/blog/2013/12/raising-money-to-make-change/

Companies all across America are starting to see a critical talent gap as older employees retire. Arts students may not have all the traditional skills, but they have the most important one: Creativity.

http://m.fastcompany.com/3007541/mfa-new-mba

Salutations des organisateurs de la 14ème Festival Mondial du Théâtre pour Enfants, Vous êtes invités à participer à la prochaine “Jouez! Un symposium”, 4 - 6 Juin 2016 Stratford, Ontario, Canada. Cet événement de deux jours commencera le 14ème Festival Mondial du Théâtre pour Enfants, qui se tiendra du Théâtre Association International Amateur (AITA / IATA) pour la première fois en Amérique du Nord dans la ville pittoresque de Stratford, en Ontario, 5-14 Juin 2016. Les organisateurs s'attendent que “Jouez!

A special issue of Psychology & Marketing Journal on has been published on "Marketing the Arts".

Access it here:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mar.2014.31.issue-8/issuetoc

Greetings from the organizers of the 14th World Festival of Children's Theatre,

Do you work in the arts? Have you ever considered becoming a teacher?

Artist in the Community Education (ACE) teacher candidates draw on their professional arts experiences to teach students at all levels.

http://educ.queensu.ca/ace

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 18, 2014

Kingston, ON - On September 24th, the Canadian Network for Arts & Learning (CNAL) will welcome members and guests for the launch of its first Networking Hub at Queen’s University in Kingston, with a professional development and networking event hosted by the UNESCO Chair in Arts & Learning.

The 'Changing Education Through the Arts' (CETA) program provides arts-integrated professional learning opportunities to elementary and middle school teachers in selected school districts across the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.

Learn more about the CETA program and the recent selected findings from the John F. Kennedy Center's Arts in Education Research Study in this downloadable article:

http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/how-to/arts-integration/~/media/ArtsEdge/LessonPrintables/articles/arts-integration/KC-AE-Selected_Findings_CETA.pdf

Music education for children in England is to receive an £18m boost in funding, the Department for Education says.

The extra money will be allocated to music education, including to the national network of 123 music education hubs established in 2012.

http://www.bbc.com/news/education-28420197

WOOD BUFFALO, ALTA – First Nations, Métis, and Inuit (FNMI) students in Northern Alberta’s Wood Buffalo region logged test results above provincial averages for students of all backgrounds following enrollment in a breakthrough program, The Royal Conservatory of Music announced today.
Learn more here:

http://www.rcmusic.ca/aboriginal-students-test-scores-soar