Arts Online newsletter

Week of April 29, 2024

This is our chance to cheer on Ohio's Poetry Out Loud (POL) state champion, Amanda Braig! Join us for the POL National Finals May 1-2, and support Braig, who will compete with students from across the country for the title of 2024 National Champion and a grand prize of $20,000. Braig first competes in the May 1 semi-final round at 9 a.m., and if she progresses, will move onto the final round on May 2. Learn more and watch the competition, HERE.

Tue., May 1, 2024

Art Possible Ohio and OhioDance

FREE virtual Workshop: Audio DescriptionTraining for Dance Performance

More info and registration HERE.

Wed.-Thur., May 15-16, 2024

OAC (Ohio Arts Council)

ARTS IMPACT OHIO 2024 CONFERENCE, Toledo. SOLD OUT

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

Wed.-Thur., June 5-6, 2024

DESTINATION ARTS INTEGRATION

OKCC/OTAR

Mansfield. Save the dates!

More info and registration HERE.

Fri.-Sun., July 26-28, 2024

USITT - Midwest Educational Theater Technical Symposium 

Logansport, Indiana

More info and registration HERE.

Sunday, September 22, 2024

Ohio Alliance for Arts Education

50TH ANNIVERSARY GALA CELEBRATION

Wooster. Save the date!

ARTS-FYI & News from GOVERNOR DEWINE

Arts education postively impacts people across our community

• Poetry Out Loud competition heats up with Ohio's own going to the Nationals

• Three NEA grants you should know about

• Learn about the Art Possible "Accessible Expressions state-wide tour"

• Welcome and get to know Jodi Kushins, OAC's Arts Learning Coordinator

• Join the FREE workshop to learn about audio descriptions for dance performances

• Midwest Educational Technical Theatre Symposium registration is now open

• Governor DeWine's office announced the grant recipients for the College Credit Plus program. Learn more

ARTS IN OUR LIVES!

OHIO 135th GENERAL ASSEMBLY

We've distilled so much legislative information into clear, concise reading for you

• New Representatives have been elected; policies for students on OTC drugs, for those visually impaired, cell phone use and more

• Ensuring President Biden will be on the November ballot

• Capital Budget expenditures

• Hearings on nonpublic school requirements, EDChoice, Release Time - Religious Instruction, Education Regulation Law Changes, Licensing, Who can teach what, Staff reductions rules, Parental Notification, Single-Sex bathrooms, Prohibiting commitment tio certain beliefs and more

• This section is packed with information that explains it plainly, STAY INFORMED!

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Please join or renew your membership online now HERE.

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Arts On Line Newsletter (AOL) is published weekly by the Ohio Alliance for Arts Education to keep you informed. We research, report and distill information affecting the arts, education, policy, research, and community arts and professional development opportunities. AOL is made possible with support from the Ohio Music Education Association, Ohio Art Education Association, Ohio Thespians, OhioDance, and the Ohio Arts Council. 

It is written by Joan Platz, OAAE's Research and Information Coordinator.