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May
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COVID-19 Guidelines for Best Practices in Safety and Instruction in the Arts (Updated Weekly)
Guidelines for Best Practices in Safety and Instruction in the Arts Note: This document will be revised on Fridays as additional research is conducted on best practices in classroom safety for the arts. For the latest updates to this appendix, please check back each week. Click here for most recent update.
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May
30
Andrew Jackson High School Senior Wins S.C. Poetry Out Loud Competition
Judges selected Andrew Jackson High School senior Taylor Wade as state finals competition champion in the national recitation contest Poetry Out Loud, administered in South Carolina by the South Carolina Arts Commission (SCAC). Seven other South Carolina high school students competed with Wade in a virtual state finals. The annual competition was scheduled to […]
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May
30
Free Virtual Summer Retreats for Arts Teachers
The Governor’s School’s Office of Outreach is excited to invite South Carolina arts teachers to participate in their free virtual summer retreats in June presented by Governor’s School faculty and special guests! Receive professional development certificates upon successful completion. Click the link for more information. https://www.scgsah.org/visual-arts-teacher-retreat
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May
30
Artful Fridays in the Month of May
ABC Institute is partnering with South Carolina Afterschool Alliance to offer virtual arts and arts integration lessons every Friday in May. Please share with students and families who may be interested in attending. Individuals and organizations interested in offering a lesson/ activity/ work session, please email abc@winthrop.edu.
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May
30
Distance Learning Ideas!
Do you need ideas for distance learning? Check out this video session for a few tips, tricks, and tools from low tech to high tech. Distance Learning
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May
30
ABC Institute Support During COVID-19
The ABC Institute is committed in continuing to provide arts education support during this unprecedented event that we are all experiencing. Crisis provides an opportunity for creativity. Therefore, we have created zoom meeting rooms for all to collaborate. Please use these rooms to share ideas and provide support for each other. The rooms will be […]
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May
30
SC Governor’s School for Arts and Humanities: Much Has Changed but Some Has Not
When Virginia Uldrick started the Governor’s School for Arts and Humanities 40 years ago, it was a five-week summer program for young artists in South Carolina. Now, it has consistently been one of the top high schools in the state, hovering near a 100% graduation rate every year. Its graduates have been accepted into every Ivy League […]
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May
30
$500,000 Arts Education Increase Proposed
On December 9, the Education Oversight Committee approved the recommendations of their subcommittees, including a $500,000 increase in recurring funding for the SC Arts Commission, specifically for the Arts in Basic Curriculum Project. The SCAC requested a $500,000 increase in their budget proposal filed in September. On November 18, the EIA Subcommittee met to take […]
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May
30
Call for Applications: SC Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities
The South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities, a public, residential high school for artistically talented students, is now accepting applications for the 2020-2021 school year and summer programs. All South Carolina residents in grades 6-11 are eligible to apply through January 8th, online at SCGSAH.org. Located in downtown Greenville, the Governor’s School offers […]
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May
30
Canvas of the People 2020
The South Carolina Arts Commission is fanning out across the state this fall and winter, gathering public input to help it form the next long-range plan for arts and culture in South Carolina. Every 10 years, dating back to 1980, the South Carolina Arts Commission (SCAC) conducts the Canvass of the People in public and […]