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NEW STANDARDS FOR A NEW CENTURY Every year, Habla: The Center for Language and Culture in Merida, Mexico, convenes the Habla International Education Summit to provide a series of "Idea Talks" to extend the thinking of the Center. Click to see a video of “New Standards for a New Century”, the talk given in January 2009 by Arnold Aprill, Founding and Creative Director of CAPE. You can also access other Habla Idea Talks.   ARCHIVE CAPE Strategic Planning Conference on Arts Integration, February 2003, Chicago A PDF of Arnold Aprill's Conference Opening Remarks will open in a separate browser window. |
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CREATING CONNECTIONS CAPE's Founding and Creative Director Arnold Aprill was the keynote speaker at the Arts, Culture, and the Community conference on June 17. 2008, hosted by the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Center for Urban Initiatives and Research in cooperation with the Cultural Alliance of Greater Milwaukee. After the conference concluded, Arnold was interviewed by Milwaukee Public Radio about strategies for creating connections between cultural institutions and communities. Click to listen to Arnie's interview (courtesy of Milwaukee Public Radio). MOVING TOWARD A CULTURE OF EVIDENCE CAPE researcher Gail Burnaford and CAPE Executive Diretor Arnold Aprill presented their paper on CAPE's methodology at the European and international research symposium Evaluating the Impact of Arts & Cultural Education at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, France, January 2007. Click on Moving Toward a Culture of Evidence: Documentation and Action Research in the Practice of Arts Partnerships to see a streaming video of their presentation, plus access to their PowerPoint presentation. LETTER FROM VANCOUVER This keynote speech was given by Arnold Aprill at the ArtsSmarts/GénieArts Canadian national annual meeting of arts education partnerships in October 2006. A video of this speech as delivered can be viewed on-line at www.artssmarts.ca/eng/arnold.cfm. Click the following to download a PDF of the Vancouver address. This speech has been accepted for publication by the Teaching Artist Journal, going to print in the Fall of 2008. Permission requests for reprinting should be addressed to the publisher of the Journal, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. LETTER FROM ENGLAND The British initiatives Creative Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE UK) and Creative Partnerships were modeled in part on the Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education. CAPE's Executive Director, Arnold Aprill, was invited to visit those partnerships and to present at their national gathering in July 2006. To download a PDF of Arnold's notes from this visit click Letter from England. WRITING IN THE MARGINS A presentation by Arnold Aprill, Executive Director of CAPE, and Gigi Schroeder-Yu, CAPE researcher, at the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Arts Education, November 2005 in Seoul, Korea. Click the following to read this presentation. A PDF of Writing in the Margins: Democratized Access to Arts Education will open in a separate browser window. |
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ARTS IN EDUCATION: A NEW ROLE A pressentation by Professor Kai-ming Cheng, Chair of Education, University of Hong Kong, made at the UNESCO International Arts Education Symposium, November 2005 in Seoul, Korea. Click the following to review a PDF of Professor Cheng's PowerPoint presentation, which makes the case for the importance of arts education in a post-industrial world. It will open in a separate browser window. IMAGINING NEW PARTNERSHIPS: ARTISTS SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES A Melbourne Conversation, October 2003 Convened by: City of Melbourne, Australia in partnership with the Cultural Development Network Opening up schools to artist residencies stimulates childrens' imagination, knowledge and confidence, and can strengthen links between schools and their local communities. Imagination is the key to innovation. Children are our link to the future. This forum explores opportunities for education institutions, councils, artists and communities to use imagination as a building block for new creative partnerships. Click the following to review a conversation between: Jennifer Bott, CEO, Australia Council Arnold Aprill, Executive Director, Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE) A PDF of Imagining New Partnerships will open in a separate browser window. WHOLE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT THROUGH THE ARTS Challenging the "Art for Its Own Sake" vs. "Art for Social Service" Dichotomy Given at the Grantmakers in the Arts, "Art Under 21" Conference, November,1998 Arnold Aprill, Executive Director, CAPE Arnold Aprill challenges what he believes is a false dichotomy that has been set up between serious art making and art as a social service. He proposes that this false dichotomy springs out of the limits of service models (as opposed to capacity building models), as well as misconceptions of the functions of art. Click the following to read this presentation. A PDF of Challenging the "Art for Its Own Sake" vs. "Art for Social Service" Dichotomy will open in a separate browser window. |
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