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The Los Angeles County Arts Commission will accept applications for arts education programs to be listed on www.LAArtsEd.org starting July 15, 2009.

www.LAArtsEd.org is Los Angeles County's first interactive website that supports the arts education needs of educators, community stakeholders and policy makers by providing centralized access to the tools and information necessary to achieve sequential K-12 arts education, The Program Directory, launched in February 2004, centralizes access to quality, approved, K-12 arts education programs that meet the Content Standards for California Public Schools, which include the Visual and Performing Arts Standards, for 94,000 teachers and school administrators throughout the County's 81 school districts. The directory enables educators to strategically search for arts education programs by arts discipline, subject area, grade level, program type, and cultural origin. The site contains streaming flash video, photographs, and an electronic booking form. For artists and organizations, the online Program Directory offers a free marketing opportunity to reach the 94,000 teachers and administrators in Los Angeles County.

2009 GUIDELINES & ELECTRONIC APPLICATION:
The new application guidelines are available online at www.laartsed.org/application. Please read them fully and follow guidelines and instructions carefully.

APPLICATION DEADLINE IS AUGUST 26, 2009:
All applications must be submitted electronically by 5:00 p.m. August 26.
All supplemental materials must be postmarked August 26.
Incomplete applications will not be considered.

In order to be listed on the directory, arts organizations and artists must be approved by a peer panel comprised of arts organizations, artists, educators and parents.

APPLICATION WORKSHOP
Wednesday, July 29
10:00am - 12:00 pm
1055 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 800
Los Angeles, CA 90017

RSVP by Friday, July 24th at
http://laartsedworkshop.eventbrite.com/

RESIDENCY PROGRAMS ESPECIALLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY:
For the 2010-2011 school year, the Los Angeles County Arts Commission and the Los Angeles County Office of Education will continue the Arts for All Residency Grant Program designed to assist Arts for All school districts county-wide in developing artist residencies in music, dance, theater and visual arts for students in kindergarten to 12th grades. This program, made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts, brings residencies to over 6,000 students in Arts for All districts. For more information, please contact Megan Kirkpatrick, Implementation Manager, Arts for All: Los Angeles County Regional Blueprint for Arts Education, at mkirkpatrick@arts.lacounty.gov.

ALREADY HAVE PROGRAMS LISTED ON LAArtsED.org?
Organizations already approved for listing on the website can submit logistical program updates for their 2009-2010 programs during this application period. All program updates must be accompanied by a Program Update Form. A shift in the scope of existing programs (audience or grade served, application of the standards, program format or subject, etc.) or the addition of new programs requires the submission of a new application to be reviewed by the peer panel.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
The Arts Education Program Directory is a key strategy in Arts for All: Los Angeles County Regional Blueprint for Arts Education, which is designed to increase sequential K-12 instruction in dance, music, theatre and the visual arts throughout the districts in the County. To learn more about Arts for All or the on-line Program Directory, please visit www.lacountyarts.org or contact the Arts Commission at artsforall@arts.lacounty.gov.

QUESTIONS:
Elisha Wilson Beach
Implementation Coordinator
Arts for All: LA County Regional Blueprint for Arts Education
artsforall@arts.lacounty.gov
213-202-5936

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