The Reading First initiative, a central component of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, (H.R.1) encourages states and local schools to establish reading programs based in scientific research for all children in kindergarten through Grade 3. Federal funding for reading programs will be tripled from $300 million in FY2001 to $900 million in FY2002.

The new bill will also require states to issue annual report cards on school performance and statewide results; authorize $400 million to help states design and administer tests for students in grades 3 through 8 in the basic subjects of reading and math; provide state and local flexibility for states and local school districts in the use of federal education funds; give parents of children in failing schools the option to transfer their child to a better-performing public or charter school or allow federal Title I funds to be used to provide supplemental education services such as tutoring, after-school services and summer school programs; and this year invest almost $3 billion in improving teacher quality while asking states to put a highly qualified teacher in every public school classroom by 2005.

"There's no greater challenge than to make sure that every child -- and all of us on this stage mean every child, not just a few children -- every single child, regardless of where they live, how they're raised, the income level of their family, every child receive a first-class education in America," President Bush, who made education reform one of his top priorities when he took office in January 2001, told students at Hamilton High School in Hamilton, Ohio where he signed the bill.

"This is the most important reform of federal education laws in 30 years," said Representative George Miller, (D-CA) Senior Democrat, House Education and the Workforce Committee. "This bill will make a concrete difference for our schools. For the first time in federal law, we set a goal of eliminating the harrowing achievement gap between disadvantaged students and their more affluent peers that has plagued our educational system for decades."

Emphasizing that the bill has "unprecedented targeting of federal dollars on those students who need it most, it requires qualified teachers in the classroom, it provides substantial new resources, and it sets bright lines for what we expect our students and schools to achieve," Miller pointed out that the bill also provides for an expanded after-school program, greater support for technology programs, and an expanded reading program, including a new pre-kindergarten reading program.

Miller also noted that while President Bush made education a priority, he failed to request any significant increase in funding to back up his broad outline for reform. Miller worked with other lawmakers to ensure that Congress provide a significant increase in real funding.

Key supporters of the bill included, among many others, Senator Robert Byrd, (D-WV) Sen. Thad Cochran, (R-MS) Sen. Tom Harkin, (D-IA) Sen. Jim Jeffords, (I-VT) Sen. Edward Kennedy, (D-MA) Sen. Ted Stevens, (R-AK) Sen. Arlen Specter, (R-PA) Representative Cass Ballenger, (R-NC) Rep. Mike Castle, (R-DE)Rep. David Obey, (D-WI) Rep. Ralph Regula, (R-OH) and Rep. Louise Slaughter. (D-NY)

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2002 defines the term "core academic subjects" as meaning English, reading or language arts, mathematics, science, foreign languages, civics and government, economics, arts, history, and geography.

Emphasizing that the arts being given equal billing with reading, math, science, and other disciplines in this definition is a "huge improvement in national education policy," The American Symphony Orchestra League explains that "This means that whenever national education programs (such as teacher training, school reform, and technology programs) are targeted to 'core academic subjects,' the arts may be eligible to receive federal funds. Such a broad recognition of the arts has never before been included in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act."

"The new education bill is a step in the right direction, by recognizing arts education as `one of the core academic subjects'. However, there is too much emphasis on standardized tests as the primary benchmark for success. The new legislation extends the Goals 2000 federal legislation which recognized the arts as part of every child's education," said Hollis Headrick, Executive Director of The Center for Arts Education in New York City.

"It is encouraging that federal education grants linking schools to cultural organizations will be available again following the release of last summer's RFP from the Department of Education, (funds appropriated under the Clinton administration)" Headrick continued. "Taken in total, I hope this legislation is a strong indication that the arts are being valued as a serious and rigorous area of study."

For the arts, an important section of the bill is "Assistance for Arts Education". (section 5551) Arts advocates worked hard to ensure the inclusion of this section which enables the U.S. Department of Education to support arts education in competitive grant programs. Direct support for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and VSA arts (Very Special Arts) is also included.

As stated in No Child Left Behind, the purposes of Assistance for Arts Education are: "To support systemic education reform by strengthening arts education as an integral part of the elementary school and secondary school curriculum"; "To help ensure that all students meet challenging State academic content standards and challenging State student academic achievement standards in the arts"; and "To support the national effort to enable all students to demonstrate competence in the arts."

Entities eligible for Department of Education grants are defined as state educational agencies; local educational agencies, institutions of higher education; museums or other cultural institutions; and any other public or private agencies, institutions, or organizations."

Funds available under Assistance for Arts Education may be used for projects which include:

• Research on arts education; Planning, developing, acquiring, expanding, improving, or disseminating information about model school-based arts education programs;

• The development of model State arts education assessments based on State academic achievement standards; The development and implementation of curriculum frameworks for arts education;

• The development of model inservice professional development programs for arts educators and other instructional staff;

• Supporting collaborative activities with Federal agencies or institutions involved in arts education, arts educators, and organizations representing the arts, including State and local arts agencies involved in arts education;

• Supporting model projects and programs in the performing arts for children and youth through arrangements made with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; Supporting model projects and programs by Very Special Arts which assure the participation in mainstream settings in arts and education programs of individuals with disabilities;

• Supporting model projects and programs to integrate arts education into the regular elementary school and secondary school curriculum.

The 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program, which provides grants for before-school, after-school, and summer learning, will now accept applications from community-based organizations.

Eligible entities are now defined to include not only local educational agencies as primary recipient, but also community-based organizations, other public or private entities, or a consortium of two or more of such agencies, organizations, or entities.

Rather than issuing grants to local school districts directly from the federal level, the program will now be allocated to each state to administer. The program is authorized to $1,250,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.

As defined by H.R.1, 21st Century Community Learning Centers:

• "provide opportunities for academic enrichment, including providing tutorial services to help students, particularly students who attend low-performing schools, to meet State and local student academic achievement standards in core academic subjects, such as reading and mathematics";

• "offer students a broad array of additional services, programs, and activities, such as youth development activities, drug and violence prevention programs, counseling programs, art, music, and recreation programs, technology education programs, and character education programs, that are designed to reinforce and complement the regular academic program of participating students";

• "offer families of students served by community learning centers opportunities for literacy and related educational development."

"Advocates' persistence in communicating with Congress and the White House over the years has paid off. Thanks to letters, testimony, research, and strong local education programs, national policymakers have recognized the value of supporting arts education opportunities for all children," Heather Watts, Director of Government Affairs, American Symphony Orchestra League, emphasizes in articles on the NASAA and League Websites.

Among significant challenges, the League notes that the law delegates increasing authority to state education agencies to determine exactly how federal funds are spent. And, schools will now be required to test students in grades three through eight every year in math and reading, with low-performing schools facing serious penalties.

"This high-stakes emphasis on reading and math may create a challenge to arts education opportunities," they caution. "With these changes in place, it will be more important than ever that arts education advocates work with education policymakers at the local and state levels to take advantage of the new federal opportunities."

National arts service organizations, including NASAA and the League, are working together to produce a complete guide to the new education law, with specific examples of how artists, schools, parents, teachers, community organizations and policymakers can work together to increase local support for arts education. The guide is expected be available on the Web in a few months.

Sources/resources:

NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND -- http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/C?c107:./temp/~c107DMbauE
For complete details on Assistance for Arts Education, search the site for 5551

US Department of Education No CHILD LEFT BEHIND WEB SITE -- http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/esea/

"Congress Passes Long-Awaited Education Act;
Arts Education Wins Support"
AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LEAGUE -- http://www.symphony.org/govaff/what/121901.shtml

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF STATE ARTS AGENCIES -- http://www.nasaa-arts.org

AMERICAS FOR THE ARTS -- http://www.artsusa.org -- will kick off their new campaign highlighting the importance of arts education to our nation's kids kicks off in the winter of 2002

"...the arts should be considered core subjects in our nation's schools." - Secretary of Education Paige"
Arts Wire CURRENT -- http://www.artswire.org/current/2001/cur081401.html
August 14, 2001

"THIS IS A TEST: Teens Create an Installation About Standardized Testing - Mobius, Boston, MA"
Arts Wire CURRENT -- http://www.artswire.org/current/2001/cur081401.html
August 14, 2001

"Arts in Education Model Development and Dissemination Grant Program"
Arts Wire CURRENT -- http://www.artswire.org/current/2001/cur052901.html
May 29, 2001

The young writers program will feature readings by Lynette James, a senior, who is president of the writers' club at Asheville High School; Mollie Dezern, who is a junior at Asheville High School and serves as editor of the school's literary magazine; Lauren Northrup, a junior at the Asheville School, who attended a writers' workshop at Brown University last summer and has served as editor of the school's literary magazine; and Asheville School senior Kara Shaffner, who has participated in a number of writing workshops and has served as editor of the school's literary magazine.

Writers at Home is part of the Great Smokies Writing Program, a consortium of the Western North Carolina writers' community and UNCA's Creative Writing Program. The program is free and open to the public.

On its website at http://www.malaprops.com Malaprop bookstore describes itself in a series of sentences among which are:

"A gathering of people who are drawn to peaceful coexistence and the realization of the value of knowledge"
"A place where the books are the stars."
"A place where the reader and the book meet and a journey begins."

For more information, about Writers at Home, visit http://www.unca.edu/news/releases/2002/wah1.html

The 2001-2002 Symphony Premieres Listing -- searchable by orchestra, date or composer -- includes more than 220 works scheduled by 102 orchestras.

The League notes that many of the new works involve interesting collaborations or instrumentation, and that the list of composers ranges from the eminent nonagenarian Elliott Carter (whose cello concerto was premiered by Yo-Yo Ma and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in September 2001) to the emerging voices championed by orchestras like the New York Youth Symphony, which premiered Emily Lenore Doolittle's DANCE in December, 2001, and the Cleveland Chamber Symphony which will premiere Susan Burkey's LONDON7 on February 11, 2002.

Among other premieres scheduled in January and February of 2002, are:

January 26, 2002

• Joseph Packales, REVOLVING VISIONS AT THE END OF THE OCEAN
  COLUMBUS (GA) SYMPHONY
  George Del Gobbo, conductor

  February 1, 2002
  

• Gutierrez, Benjamin, PAVANA PARA CUERDAS (PAVANE FOR STRINGS)
  Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
  SAN ANTONIO SYMPHONY

  February 3, 2002
  

• Libby Larsen, PATTERNS FOR ORCHESTRA
  MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA Scott Terrell, conductor
  Commissioned by the Minnesota Orchestra

  February 15, 2002
  

• Daron Hagen, CONCERTO FOR THE LEFT HAND
  BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
  JoAnn Falletta, conductor
  Gary Graffman, piano

  February 21, 2002
  

• Joseph Schwantner, SEPTEMBER CANTICLE (IN MEMORIAM) FOR ORGAN, BRASS, PERCUSSION AND STRINGS
  DALLAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
  Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
  James Diaz, organ
  Commissioned by the Dallas Symphony Association

  February 22, 2002
  

• Hoffman, Ellen, HE'S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HANDS
  OAKLAND EAST BAY SYMPHONY
  Michael Morgan, conductor
  Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir; Oakland Youth Chorus Commissioned by the Oakland East Bay Symphony/The James Irvine Foundation

The Oakland East Bay Symphony's LET US BREAK BREAD TOGETHER concert will also include a world premiere by 17 year old East Bay composer Noah Schwartz, a composition student of composer John Adams.

Sources/resources:

SYMPHONY MAGAZINE 2001-2002 PREMIERES LISTING -- http://symphony.org/news/mag/premierslist_01_02.shtml -- World, U.S., and Canadian premieres scheduled for the 2001-02 season, as compiled from the annual SYMPHONY survey

THE AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LEAGUE -- http://www.symphony.org -- provides leadership and service to American orchestras while communicating to the public the value and importance of orchestras and the music they perform. Among other resources, NEWMUSICNOW.ORG -- http://www.newmusicnow.org -- is the web site component of Music for a New Millennium, a multi-year initiative of the American Symphony Orchestra League. Music for a New Millennium is designed to help orchestras successfully program and present contemporary American symphonic music, cultivate a growing and appreciative audience, and secure a prominent place for American music in the concert repertoire of the 21st century and beyond.

THE NEW YORK YOUTH SYMPHONY -- http://www.nyyouthsymphony.org/aboutus.htm

THE CLEVELAND CHAMBER SYMPHONY -- http://www.csuohio.edu/ccs/

OAKLAND EAST BAY SYMPHONY -- http://www.oebs.org/page/press.htm

OPEN COMMUNITY FORUM - A BRIEF PANEL DISCUSSION FOLLOWED BY A PUBLIC DIALOGUE ON THE FUTURE OF VISUAL AIDS

"The board and staff of visual aids urge you to come and share your ideas and experiences as we chart the future work of the organization."

Visual AIDS, founded in 1988, was one of the first national initiatives to record the impact of the AIDS pandemic on the artistic community. It brought together the arts and AIDS communities through its renowned national projects DAY WITHOUT ART, Night Without Light, and The Ribbon Project.

Looking to the future, Visual AIDS is initiating a public dialogue on the following questions:

• Does Visual AIDS have a future?

• Who should Visual AIDS serve? Who should be our partners?

• Is the art world still interested in working with Visual AIDS to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS?

• How can Visual AIDS continue to support the growing number of HIV+ member artists in our Archive Project?

• How can art and artists promote HIV/AIDS education? What role can you play in that? What role can Visual AIDS play?

• Should Visual AIDS initiate new programs?

• What do you think is needed?

A panel discussion will set the stage for the discussion. Panelists will include:

Robert Atkins, Co-Founder of Visual AIDS, Editor, ARTERY THE AIDS-ARTS FORUM," Activist, Writer;

Caitlin Cahill, Former Artist Educator, Arts Benefit All Coalition Alternative, Environmental Psychologist

Joyce McDonald, Artist, Visual AIDS Archive Project Member

Luna Luis Ortiz, Artist, Visual AIDS Archive Project Member

Visual AIDS strives to increase public awareness of AIDS through the visual arts, creating programs of exhibitions, events and publications, and working in partnership with artists, galleries, museums and AIDS organizations. By mobilizing the visual arts communities, Visual AIDS raises money to provide direct services to artists living with HIV/AIDS.

Programs include:

• The Archive Project which provides free photo-documentation of the work of artists with HIV/AIDS to ensure that their cultural legacy would be preserved, thereby safeguarding their place within art history and providing a visual record of the AIDS pandemic for future generations. The project also provides other practical services which assist HIV+ artists to pursue a professional career, such as artists' materials grants to low-income artists with HIV/AIDS and exhibition opportunities.

• The Speakers Bureau, a group of artists living with HIV/AIDS who conduct arts based HIV risk reduction workshops in the New York area for all age groups.

• DAY WITHOUT ART, which has evolved since its inception in 1989 to become a day with art -- a collaborative project by over 6,000 arts communities around the world which demonstrates the power of art to raise awareness of the ongoing AIDS pandemic.

For more information, visit http://www.thebody.com/visualaids or call 212/627-9855.

JOHN LANDRUM BRYANT LECTURE/PERFORMANCE SERIES

The Arts in Education (AIE) Program at Harvard Graduate School of Education is intended for self-directed individuals who are interested in fashioning their own arts-related courses of study. AIE students pursue their diverse interests in a one-year Master's or Certificate of Advanced Studies program embedded in a broad-based school of education. The program also offers all students in the Graduate School of Education the opportunity to encounter and consider applications and demonstrations of the arts in education.

The AIE program recognizes the importance of arts learning both within schools, both in non-arts and arts classrooms, as well as beyond school walls in the community. A number of AIE students have a particular interest in educational partnerships among schools and arts institutions. Within and across these contexts, core learning in the program addresses arts-related issues in educational practice, theory, research, and policy.

A component of the program, The JOHN LANDRUM BRYANT LECTURE/PERFORMANCE SERIES features lectures and or performances by individuals whose expertise is relevant to the program. For instance, 2001 speakers ranged from pianist, musicologist, Robert Freeman, Dean of the College of Fine Arts at the University of Texas at Austin, speaking on the "History and Future of Musical Education in the United States"; to "What the Arts Mean to Young People Who Pursue Them: Performances by and Conversations with Young Artists from The Artists Collective."

As a part of the lecture program individual AIE students who share a common interest with a particular speaker "turn thoughts into things" in the form of a reflection piece/gift tribute -- such as a painting, drawing. composition or performance by the student -- presented to the chosen speaker or performer as a token of gratitude from the Arts in Education Program.

The Spring 2002 Season will feature:

February 13, 2002 - 12:00 noon
Libby Lai-Bun Chiu, Executive Director, Urban Gateways, Chicago
URBAN GATEWAYS: FROM THE CLASSROOM TO THE BOARDROOM TO THE WHITE HOUSE

February 27, 2002 - 12:00 noon
William Strickland, Executive Director, Manchester Craftsmen's Guild, Pittsburgh
ARTS AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

April 10, 2002 - 12:00 noon
(Askwith Lecture Hall - this event only)
Edmund Barry Gaither, Director, Museum of the National Center for Afro-American Artists, Boston
WHAT ABOUT US! CRIES FROM THE MARGINS: A REFLECTION ON DIVERSITY & MUSEUMS

Supported by the Bauman Foundation, the lectures/performances are open to the public. There is no fee, and no registration is required.

Visit http://gseweb.harvard.edu/~aie_web/index.html for more information

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) PUBLIC PROGRAM GRANTS FOR LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS, OR SPECIAL PROJECTS allhumanities programming to the public. Applications must be submitted through a U.S., nonprofit, IRS tax-exempt organization. State and local government agencies are also eligible.

Planning, Scripting, or Production Grants: Deadline - February 1, 2002 For details, visit http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/media.html

The Center for Arts Education is a non-profit, public-private partnership committed to stimulating and sustaining arts education in the New York City public schools.

The goal of the New York City Partnerships for Arts and Education grants program (known as Partnership grants) is to support New York City public schools in partnership with arts organizations, cultural institutions, community-based organizations, and colleges/universities to develop arts education programs that promote student achievement and school improvement.

The Center believes that there are Five Guiding Principles fundamental to developing and implementing effective arts education programs:

(1) Arts as Part of the Core Curriculum
(2) Partnership and Collaboration
(3) Professional Development
(4) School Change through the Arts
(5) Evaluation and Assessment

Schools applying for a Partnership grant must propose a program which builds on the school's current arts education program and incorporates these principles. Schools that have previously received Partnership grants from the Center are ineleigible to apply.

The January 2002 New York City Partnerships for Arts and Education Request for Proposals (RFP) is now available on the Center's website at http://www.cae-nyc.org

It includes the Partnership grant application in its entirety. (instructions, guidelines, forms and the Intent to Apply form)

The Intent to Apply Form is due February 11, 2002. Proposals are due March 11, 2002.

Founded in 1996, through a grant from The Annenberg Foundation, the Center has awarded more than $21.5 million in funding to the City's schools through the New York City Partnerships for Arts and Education, Parents As Arts Partners and Curriculum Development and Access Leadership grants programs. In addition, the Center has developed a Career Development Program placing high school students in internships in the arts and related industries and periodically holds Professional Development and Exchange conferences, workshops and seminars focused on arts education themes to support new and experienced teachers, administrators, artists and representatives of cultural institutions.

NEW YORK CITY, NY -- The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has made funds available for small and mid-sized professional music organizations and individual composers that have sustained documented financial losses as a result of the events of September 11.

The American Music Center will be administering a portion of these funds through the Music Liberty Initiative for New York. Not-for-profit music organizations within the five boroughs of New York and composer who works in the five boroughs who have sustained such losses may be eligible for a Liberty grant.

Complete guidelines, application forms, and a budget worksheet may be downloaded at http://www.amc.net

For more information please contact the American Music Center at 212-366-5260 ext. 33 or e-mail liberty@amc.net

AN ARTIST'S GUIDE TO SEPTEMBER 11 RELIEF EFFORTS and A NON-PROFIT'S GUIDE TO SEPTEMBER 11 RELIEF EFFORTS are now available in pdf form on the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) NEW YORK ARTS RECOVERY FUND Web site at http://www.nyfa.org/9-11.htm

Those in the arts community impacted by the disaster are urged to visit this site for information and updates on assistance.

Sources:/resources:

"A Collaborative Partnership of New York's Arts Service
Organizations on Behalf of Artists and Arts Organizations
NEW YORK ARTS RECOVERY FUND"
Arts Wire CURRENT --t http://www.artswire.org/current/2001/cur121101.html
December 11, 2001

Opportunities for Artists

Asheville, NC -- In memory of Christine Lassiter, who died almost a year ago from brain cancer, her family and friends have established an endowed scholarship fund at UNC Asheville (UNCA) for students pursuing careers in literature and the arts.

"Christine was always out there for other people. All of her work was motivated by an interest in creating community, in creating peace and inspiring vital living. This scholarship is a testimony to her and maintains her legacy," said Connie Schrader, a dancer and choreographer who teaches at UNCA and was a close friend of Lassiter's.

Lassiter worked with residents of an Asheville homeless shelter and encouraged them to put their experiences down on paper. She gave voice to their experiences in her play, ONLY THE DANCE, which was produced by Common Ground Theatre, which she helped to found, in 1997. She worked with Cherokee youths and adults, and developed the performance HEAL THE DIVISIONS, a celebration of their songs and stories.

Lassiter taught creative writing at UNCA, Appalachian State University and East Tennessee State University. Her poem, MIRRORS, won the Randall Jarrell Award. She was a founding member of Asheville Playback Theatre and had finished her first screenplay, STRIPPING DOWN, just before her death.

For more information, visit http://www.unca.edu/news/releases/2002/lassiter.html

SPIRAL THOUGHT -- a small, independent literary magazine dedicated to presenting the work of emerging writers through print and through monthly readings -- is interested in receiving new submissions to the magazine, and recruiting new participants in the reading/event series which is presented at Shakespeare's Sister in Brooklyn on an ongoing basis. For more information visit http://home.switchboard.com/SpiralThought or contact Emily Brown, Editor/Events Coordinator at spiralthought@juno.com Resources:

Shakespeare's Sister describes itself as "a place for finding things to read, see, or listen to. In Brooklyn, Shakespeare's Sister is a reading, sitting, and game room, a gift shop and a gallery, a place for people to come, shop, enjoy art, poetry, and music--and relax." For directions and more information, visit: http://www.shakespearessister.com/

Details about these and other opportunities are available on Arts Wire's Web Site at http://www.artswire.org/current/calls.html To submit "calls" for either artists or organizations, send email to artswire@artswire.org

Deadline: January 12, 2002, Proposals from emerging curators for a potential Spring 2002 show in Chelsea, (NYC) NURTUREart

Deadline: January 25, 2002 - (extended) Video, film and digital and sound media that showcases new work by emerging media artists, THAW 02

Deadline: January 28, 2002, Proposals from Curators for a exhibition in the NY Financial District, NURTUREart

Deadline: February 1, 2002, Finished work and significant proposals for artist-organized exhibit and publication, GENERIC FUN

Deadline: February 14, 2002, Short films and new media on social issues, MEDIA THAT MATTERS ONLINE FILM FESTIVAL

Deadline: February 28, 2001, Artists, ZONE 9 WEB POP-UP GALLERY

Deadlines: early entry: April 26, 2002; late entry deadline: May 31, 2002, New Feature-length or Short Films by American or International Directors of African Heritage, THE 2002 BLACK HARVEST INTERNATIONAL FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL

Deadline - ongoing, Curators, NURTUREart Exhibitions

OPERA AMERICA FELLOWSHIPS INCLUDES HANDS-ON TRAINING AND RESIDENCIES WITH PROFESSIONAL OPERA COMPANIES

OPERA America announces the availability of four competitively selected OPERA America Fellowships in the areas of general administration, artistic administration, and production management/technical direction.

The application deadline is February 4, 2002. Candidates must be committed to a career in North America, able to articulate professional and personal goals, and manifest a high degree of maturity and motivation.

The 12-month Fellowship includes hands-on training and residencies with three professional opera companies. Fellows receive a stipend of $1,200 per month and health insurance coverage, as well as airfare and housing. Fellowships begin in September 2002.

OPERA America Fellowships are intended for entry-level and mid-level professionals. Those eligible for consideration include: individuals entering opera from other fields or disciplines; those already working in the professional opera field who wish to broaden their experience; and graduates of arts administration or technical/production programs.

Since the program's inception, 54 professional opera companies have hosted or mentored 37 Fellows, the majority of whom continue to be active in the field of opera. 95% of these graduates were hired by OPERA America professional companies or other arts organizations immediately upon completion of their Fellowship.

Recipients of the 2001/2002 Fellowships were:

• Rachel Frank was most recently the Artist Liaison for Janice Mayer & Associates LLC, where she coordinated auditions and contracts, as well as assisting artists with travel arrangements. She received her Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance from the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to her senior year, Rachel Frank spent the summer as an intern with OPERA America's Singer Services program, working on such projects as the Online Artist Database and the Career Guide Update. During her Fellowship year, She will focus her attention on artistic administration.

• Chris McCoy received his Bachelor of Science from the University of Kansas in Secondary Theatre and English Education. Currently he is the Academy Registrar of the Denver Center Theatre Company where among other responsibilities he administers the Dramatic Learning workshops and residencies in area schools. Previous work experience includes the Alliance Theatre Company, the Woodruff Arts Center, and Seattle Children's Theatre. His resume includes directing, choreography, and dramaturgy, and teaching experience. Chris McCoy was accepted as an Administrative Fellow with an emphasis on education.

• Kate Noble was accepted as an Administrative Fellow with a focus on development. In May 2001 she completed her master's in arts administration from Indiana University. Her primary graduate internship was as Resource Development Associate with Indianapolis Opera, an affiliation that has continued beyond her internship. She held other positions and internships while at school, including: Development Intern for the University's Foundation; Special Events Assistant for the school of music; Event Coordinator for IU's Opera Theater; and Assistant for JEJ Artists, a regional artist management agency. Kate Noble currently serves as Ticket and Merchandise Sales Specialist for Drum Corps International.

• Trevore Ross will focus his Fellowship year on stage management. Currently working in stage management for Chautauqua Opera, he also has an affiliation with Opera Carolina. During his tenure with Opera Carolina he served as assistant stage manager as well as Education Technical Director/ Tour Manager, coordinating logistics for a 16-week tour of North and South Carolina. Trevore Ross was also the Event/Production Manager for the North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, which encompassed collaborations with all resident and visiting producers. He received his B.A. in Piano Performance from Lander University.

Details about these and other jobs are available on Arts Wire's Web Site at http://www.artswire.org/current/jobs.html

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, The Women's Philharmonic, (San Francisco, CA)

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, Fox Theatre, (Salina, KS)

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, Waterloo Village, (Allamuchy Mountain State Park, NJ)

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, New Media Studies, (Pomona, NJ)

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, San Francisco Camerawork, (San Francisco, CA)

DEPUTY DIRECTOR, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, (Cleveland, OH)

DIRECTOR OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS, Promotion & The Arts, (Baltimore, MD)

PROGRAM COORDINATOR FOR RESIDENCIES, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, (Newark, NJ)

ARTS EDUCATION OFFICER; COMMUNITY ARTS AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTS OFFICER, DANCE AND AWARDS OFFICER, Ontario Arts Council (OAC) (Toronto, CANADA)

EVENT PLANNER, Merit School of Music, (Chicago, IL)

EVENTS PROJECT MANAGER, San Francisco Symphony, (San Francisco, CA)

ARTISTS - TO WORK IN SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, (Greenvale, NY)

ART INSTRUCTORS, Buffalo Arts Studio, (Buffalo, NY)

DEVELOPMENT OFFICER/INSTITUTIONAL GIVING, New York Foundation for the Arts, (New York City, NY)

DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, (New York City, NY)

DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT & MARKETING, Third Street Music School Settlement, (New York City, NY)

DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE, Lower East Side Tenement Museum, (New York City, NY)

STAGE MANAGER, (non-union) City Lights Youth Theatre
(New York City, NY)

TICKET MANAGER, Sangamon Auditorium, University of Illinois at Springfield, (Springfield, IL)

ASSISTANT TO THE DEAN, Dean's Office, Parsons School Of Design, (New York City, NY)

OFFICE MANAGER, LMCC, (New York City, NY)

MARKETING/SALES COORDINATOR, Fine Art Storage Systems, (New York City, NY)

ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR, Japan Society, (New York City, NY)

ASSISTANT TO THE PROJECT DIRECTOR, Dance/NYC, (New York City, NY)

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, Electronic Arts Intermix, (New York City, NY)

PAID APPRENTICE PROGRAM, Berkshire Choral Festival

ACCOMPANIST APPRENTICE, The Berkshire Choral Festival, (Sheffield, MA)

ARTISTIC ADMINISTRATIVE INTERN; HOUSE MANAGER (summer position) Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, (Santa Fe, NM)

CURATORIAL INTERN, Japan Society Gallery, (New York City, NY)

INTERNSHIP, Magnet Entertainment, (New York, NY)

INTERNSHIPS, Glimmerglass Opera, (Cooperstown, NY)

INTERNSHIPS, Bose Pacia Modern gallery, (New York City, NY)

INTERNSHIPS, Jacob's Pillow, (Becket, MA)

INTERN, Richard Frankel Productions, (New York City, NY)

INTERNSHIPS - Teaching Artist Assistants, City Lights Youth Theatre, (New York, NY)

INTERNSHIPS, Production Staff, City Lights Youth Theatre, (New York, NY)

A growing list of links to job resources for artists and arts administrators is available on Arts Wire's Web Site at http://www.artswire.org/current/jobres.html

• Currently Running Plays
  a list of scripts, scores, selections and related materials to shows both On and Off Broadway.

• Upcoming Events
  For instance, Tuesday January 15 The Drama Book Shop and Theatre Communications Group present a performance for kids, parents & teachers based on the new book COOTIE SHOTS: THEATRICAL INOCULATIONS AGAINST BIGOTRY FOR KIDS, PARENTS & TEACHERS: PLAYS POEMS, SONGS Edited by Norma Bowles and Mark E. Rosenthal

• Staff Recommendations
  The staff at the Drama Book Shop are aspiring or regularly working actors, writers, directors, stage managers. The web site devotes a page to each staff member's book recommendations.

  For instance: Sam, a published playwright recommends (among others)

  Mac Wellman, THE BAD INFINITY (Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 1994)
  "A collection of groundbreaking work from one of this country's foremost theatrical imaginations. Even the ones from the 70's seem cutting edge."

  Sam Forman, NEWTON'S SECOND LAW (Baker's Plays, 1995)
  "I wrote this play in high school. It's about dating at New England Prep. Schools. For some reason it is almost exclusively performed in the deep south. Support a young playwright! Buy this play immediately!"

  Brie, a Teaching Artist, recommends: (among others)

  Nellie McCaslin, CREATIVE DRAMA IN THE CLASSROOM AND BEYOND (Longman Pub Group, 1999)
  "Now you can take the foundation from the book above and integrate this classic style of fostering self expression through storytelling, creative writing, journaling, puppetry and oodles and oodles of fantastic ideas. Please note that in the back of this book the author lists a plethora of truly helpful resources."

Resources:

Ed Park
"New York Bookstores on My Mind:
Exquisite Corpse"
THE VILLAGE VOICE -- http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0202/park.php
January 9 - 15, 2002
The author details revitalized Independent bookstores such as the Drama Book Shop and Gotham Bookmart, as well as the closings in 2001 of stores such as A Different Light and Bryn Mawr Book Shop.

Pepinieres europeennes pour jeunes artistes, a program of The Arts Council of England, supports young people working in music, dance, the visual arts and other art forms in residencies in other European countries.

One of the largest network of artistic residencies in Europe, Pepinieres europeennes pour jeunes artistes has been supported by the Arts Council since it was introduced in 1994. It offers 61 residency awards of between three and nine months to emerging artists between the age of 20 and 35.

This year there are residency awards available for artists working in the fields of architecture, audiovisual, choreography, design, literature, multimedia, music, photography, theatre, and visual arts. Participating countries include Austria, Belgium, Canada - Quebec, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, The Netherlands and England.

The objective of the program is to provide a residency abroad for young emerging artists where they can pursue their research and create new work. Accommodation and a materials grant towards the making and research of new works are provided. A host organization in each city will be responsible for welcoming the artist into the host country both professionally and culturally, and for providing access to materials and facilities. During and after the residency, the artists' work will be promoted through exhibitions, publications, concerts, performances and debates.

For more information, visit http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/news/index.html

For a list of events nationwide, visit THE RALEIGH/WAKE MARTIN LUTHER KING CELEBRATION web site at http://www.king-raleigh.org/natlevent/body.cfm

"The annual King Holiday affords us all an opportunity to reflect upon the past while seeking hope, determination and an opportunity to act upon the promise of the future," they state.