Creativity Commons: Mr. Rodgers' 21st Century Neighborhood

FAAE President-Elect Bruce Rodgers welcomes you into his "integrated" neighborhood where the Arts, Education, and Commerce live and work in a vibrant, exciting, and mutually supportive society. This will be a provocative look at the creative process and its relationship to the Arts, Education and Commerce. Warning: challenges will be issued.

Special Performance by: VSA arts of Florida

Arts in Action: Winning Strategies in Business, HealthCare, Social Science, Criminal Justice and Local Government- ACE/FAAE Project sponsored by the Florida Department of State/Division of Cultural Affairs

Speaker: Dr. Mary Palmer, Mary Palmer and Associates, Founder, ACE/FAAE

Department of State Division of Cultural Affairs
Speaker: Laura Stone,

Florida Department of Education
Speaker Linda Lovins, Ph. D.

Arts, Technology, Careers and High School Learning Communities: Working Together for Students

Presenters: Cindy Balistreri and Susan Burke
Room: Salon 9

The session will highlight a recent presentation to Sarasota County district administrators by arts community members regarding the integration of careers in the arts, Career and Tech Ed courses, and arts courses in high school Small Learning Communities. Also presented will be research used to convince the district to work with the local arts community to provide professional development for teachers, and integrated, real-world career experiences for arts students.

Including ALL the ARTS in the Elementary Experience
Presenter: Steven E. Dragon, Mary Jane Brantely and Dawn Burns
Room: Salon 10

Gocio Elementary School Principal, Steve Dragon and music and drama teachers, Mary Jane Brantley and Dawn Burns will share their school's plan for including ALL the arts in the elementary experience. Gocio, a Kennedy Center National School of Distinction in Arts Education is currently the only elementary school in Sarasota offering visual art, music, dance and drama to all 800 students taught by certified arts teachers. Topics addressed during this session will include how it all began, scheduling, collaborative planning, community involvement and resources and the annual culminating activity "A Celebration of the Arts!".

Building Collaboration and Developing Partnerships with
Community Arts Organization and Business
Presenters: Jennifer Coolidge, Executive Director of Museum of Florida Art and Marian Winters, Executive Director of VSA arts of Florida
Room: Salon: 9

Use Your Power
Presenter: Sherron Long
Room: Salon 10

Successful advocacy efforts for arts education depend upon you! You are here because you care and understand the vitally important role arts education plays in a child's education and future. To sustain, enhance, and expand arts education within our schools and communities, you must develop your arts education advocacy muscles. Come workout with us during this session. We'll discuss and share strategies and updates to strengthen our collective advocacy muscles to move arts education forward.

Special Performances: West Port High School

“The Spark of Creation” from the musical Children of Eden
Performed by Galyana Castillo Galyana is a 2008 graduate who has completed 4 years of musical theatre and 3 years of acting. She will be attending the Savannah College of Art and Design on a full four-year scholarship.

“The Enchanted Mannequin” an original pantomime - Performed by Acting I students Julio Chavez and Feliciano, Acting II student Rachel Schultz and Acting II and III student, Carlos Tabares

“Coming Home” and original monologue written and performed by Inge Uys

“Steam Heat” from the musical The Pajama Game
Performed by 2008 graduates Galyana Castillo, Angela Damato, and Katie Land
Angela and Katie, along with Galyana, are the first four-year completers in our Musical Theatre program, which was instituted in 2004.

A monologue from The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams - Performed by Travis Campbell

“This Place is Mine” from the musical The Phantom --Performed by Kaitlyn McMonigle

A duet acting scene from The Blueberry Hill Accord by Daryl Watson - Performed by Jennet O’Brien and Stephanie Olney. Jennet and Stephanie are also four year acting students who have graduated and will be attending Savannah College of Art and Design in the fall.

This scene was selected as a Critic’s Choice performance at our District 12 Thespian Festival and went on to receive a “Superior” rating at the Florida State Thespian Festival.

“Astonishing” from the musical Little Women” - Performed by Katie Land

Monologues from Look Homeward, Angel by Ketti Frings and Food Chain by Nicky Silver - Performed by Amanda Amat

“The Impossible Dream” from the musical Man of La Mancha - performed by Derek Galarza Derek is a 2008 graduate who completed four years of acting and three years of musical theatre. He will be attending Carnegie Mellon University in the fall on a full-four year acting scholarship.

MCCA Acting Program Mission Statement

It is the mission of the MCCA Acting program to develop a student’s innate talents. Through exposure to a variety of acting techniques, students will learn character development, movement, voice production, script analysis, improvisation, and pantomime, as well as the practical skills required in theatre, such as resume writing, and the audition process. Acting students are expected to participate in extra-curricular productions as a means of applying the theories and skills taught in class. Students completing the program will be prepared to audition for post-secondary training to further their acting careers, as well as to enjoy theatre as a life-long avocation.

A look at how the arts education and the arts can contribute to economic development, community redevelopment and support social service program in the community.

Panelist: Patty De Young, Peter Moore, Anne Geiger, Tracy

This session will describe two unique partnerships, which is grant program supported by the Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network, each school will discuss their mission, goals and achievements, their development efforts working with local artist and their long range goals for the future.

Building Collaboration and Developing Partnerships with
Community Arts Organization and Business
Presenters: Jennifer Coolidge and Marian Winters
Room: Salon 9

School Career Project
Presenter: Andrea Tobin
Room: Salon 8

You will experience a new website which will give students, teachers, parents, and administrators the opportunity to find out about careers in the Arts. Specific careers are profiled, through written material, podcasts, and video footage, provided by professionals, who are working in those careers. You will have the opportunity to see some careers, in action, and listen to candid interviews. Other career resources are provided to let students know how to prepare for some of the most exciting careers on the planet, in the Arts.

Arts, Technology, Careers and High School Learning Communities: Working Together for Students
Presenters: Cindy Balistreri and Susan Burke
Room: Salon 9

The session will highlight a recent presentation to Sarasota County district administrators by arts community members regarding the integration of careers in the arts, Career and Tech Ed courses, and arts courses in high school Small Learning Communities. Also presented will be research used to convince the district to work with the local arts community to provide professional development for teachers, and integrated, real-world career experiences for arts students.

School Career Project
Presenter: Andrea Tobin
Room: Salon 8

You will experience a new website which will give students, teachers, parents, and administrators the opportunity to find out about careers in the Arts. Specific careers are profiled, through written material, podcasts, and video footage, provided by professionals, who are working in those careers. You will have the opportunity to see some careers, in action, and listen to candid interviews. Other career resources are provided to let students know how to prepare for some of the most exciting careers on the planet, in the Arts.