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National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Rocco Landesman and U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan issued an invitation to the arts and creative sector to participate in a joint webinar on Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. EDT to learn about two new, innovative community development funding opportunnities.

Last week, HUD and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) released two Notices of Funding Availability (NOFAS): $100 million in grants available through HUD's Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Program, and up to $75 million in grants available through a joint HUD and DOT Sustainable Communities Challenge Grant Program.  Under both programs, arts organizations are eligible to partner with state and local governments, metropolitan planning organizations (MPOS), transit agencies, philanthropic and nonprofit organizations and other eligible applicants to develop consortia grant proposals.

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The Surdna Arts Teachers Fellowship Program (SATF), an initiative of the Surdna Foundation's Thriving Cultures Program, recently announced Fellowship recipients for the tenth round of its national awards. Fifteen outstanding arts teachers, representing 14 specialized public arts high schools and arts-focused magnet and charter high schools from around the country, were selected from an initial pool of 67 applicants.  A total of $76,950 was awarded to teachers, and an additional $1,500 to their schools for post-Fellowship activities. The teachers excel in a broad spectrum of visual, performing, and literary arts.

Award recipients were evaluated by a peer review panel based on demonstrated excellence both as artists and teachers.  All permanently assigned, full- and part-time arts faculty in eligible arts high schools were invited to submit applications.

"We're thrilled to be able to offer these Fellowships to teachers of the arts.  By focusing on their own creative work and interacting with professional artists and colleagues, these teachers are exposed to new ideas and practices that they can carry back to the classroom.

After ten rounds of Fellowships-and close to 200 Fellows-we've witnessed the transformative effect of the Fellowship experience on both the individuals and the schools," said Ellen B. Rudolph, Program Director for Thriving Cultures, Surdna Foundation.

For a list of this year's Fellows and descriptions of their Fellowship activities, click here. Applications for next year's fellowship program will available in the July.  Details will be available on the Surdna Website.

Indiana University's, Center for Postsecondary Research, working with Indiana University's Center for Survey Research and Vanderbilt University's Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy, has just completed the first round of testing for the Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP)-- Tracking the Lives and Careers of Arts Graduates in America.  For updates on this important national project, please visit www.snaap.indiana.edu.

 

The Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP) and Ellen B. Rudolph, Surdna Foundation program director for Thriving Cultures, received the Institutional Research Initiative Award from the Arts Schools Network at its recent annual conference in Washington, D.C.

Based at the Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research, SNAAP is an annual online survey, data management and institutional improvement system designed to enhance the impact of arts-school education.

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