2012 Michigan Youth Arts Festival information TBA

2011 Michigan Youth Arts Festival (MYAF)
Dinae L. Winder, MASTA Liaison to MYAF

Michigan Youth Arts now features something for everyone you know from the Youth Arts Festival,
to targeted advocacy across our state, and a FUNrasier, FUNDraiser – the inaugural 5 K run. Read on and get involved!

Destination: MYA Festival

For true inspiration, a spring treat, attend the 49th annual Michigan Youth Arts Festival, May 12-14 on the campus of Western Michigan University. You owe it to yourself and your students to experience this one-of-a-kind event!!!

High school student artists from 10 disciplines - from dance or Poetry Out Loud to instrumental music - participate in over 50 interactive, hands-on, educational rehearsals, workshops and master classes taught by distinguished working professionals in the arts. Nearly 20 performances and exhibitions are also an integral part of the Festival experience. Featured as this year’s guest orchestra accompanying MSBOA concerto soloists is the Grand Rapids Youth Symphony with conductor John Varineau. Another highlight, MYA Honors Orchestra, highlights conductor Kypros Markou, faculty from Wayne State, assisted by MSBOA Orchestra Educator of the Year Tim Staudacher from Muskegon’s Mona Shores High School.

In fact, come and enjoy all the events below yourself - all free and open to the public - across disciplines. Note especially the MASTA Honors Ensemble premier performance on Saturday, May 14 as part of the Collage Concert from 10am to noon in the Dalton Recital Hall (in the music building at WMU). MASTA selects the Honors Ensemble as part of the annual Chamber Music Festival and Competition, this year held Monday, March 7, 2011 at Michigan State with the Merling Trio as featured guest ensemble and adjudicators. To apply go to http://www.astamichigan.org/events/events/cmf.html. 

THURSDAY, MAY 12
5:30pm – 6:30pm
Visual Arts Exhibit presented by the College for Creative Studies
Opening Reception, Richmond Center Student Gallery
In association with the Michigan Art Education Association & VSA Michigan
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Welcoming Celebration, Miller Auditorium
9:00pm – 10:00pm
Theatre Performance, Miller Auditorium
In association with the Michigan Interscholastic Forensic Association

FRIDAY, MAY 13
9:00am – 7:00pm
Visual Arts Exhibit presented by the College for Creative Studies
Richmond Center Student Gallery
In association with the Michigan Art Education Association & VSA Michigan
9:00am – 11:30am
Vocal Solo & Ensemble Recital presented by J.W. Pepper
Dalton Center Recital Hall
In association with the Michigan School Vocal Music Association
10:30am – 12:30pm
College Fair, Miller Auditorium Grand Tier Lobby
1:00pm – 3:30pm
Vocal Solo & Ensemble Recital presented by J.W. Pepper
Dalton Center Recital Hall
In association with the Michigan School Vocal Music Association
4:30pm – 5:30pm
Film Festival presented by the College for Creative Studies
Brown Hall, Room 1025
In association with Digital Arts, Film & Television
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Gala Concert, Miller Auditorium
Brass fanfare; Choral performances; Educators of the Year; Outstanding Soloists
9:30pm – 10:30pm
Theatre Showcase, Shaw Theatre
In association with the Michigan Educational Theatre Association

SATURDAY, MAY 14
9:00am – 3:00pm
Visual Arts Exhibit presented by the College for Creative Studies
Richmond Center Student Gallery
In association with the Michigan Art Education Association & VSA Michigan
10:00am – 12:00 p.m
Instrumental Collage presented by J.W. Pepper
Dalton Center Recital Hall
In association with MSBOA and MASTA
10:00am – 12:00pm
Dance Showcase, Shaw Theatre
In association with the Michigan Dance Council
9:30am – 11:00am
Film Festival presented by the College for Creative Studies
Brown Hall, Room 1025
In association with Digital Arts, Film & Television
1:00pm – 2:00pm
Theatre Showcase, Shaw Theatre
In association with the Michigan Educational Theatre Association
2:30pm – 5:00pm
Honors Concert, Miller Auditorium
In association with MSBOA and the MSVMA

Need directions to Western, want to view details of the 2011 Festival or want recommendations for a lodging? Find all this and more at http://www.michiganyoutharts.org/Education-Awards.html

MYA - Your Partner In Arts Advocacy

Michigan Youth Arts is positioned in our state to offer leadership in arts education across disciplines. It offers statewide arts education programming, strengthens arts and culture by establishing and facilitating partnerships between arts education organizations, increases the visibility of quality arts education in Michigan schools, nurtures the creative talents of Michigan’s youth, encourages their present and future participation in the arts, and provides them with opportunities to explore careers in the arts. 

2011 Michigan Arts Education Census

Michigan Youth Arts, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the Michigan Department of Education are pleased to announce the launch of the 2011 Michigan Arts Education Census - a statewide survey intended to assess the status and condition of arts education in K-12 schools in Michigan. 

Michigan’s statewide arts education advocates have teamed with Quadrant Arts Education Research to develop and implement a survey targeting public and private schools, in all districts, and reaching 1.6 million students. The project will produce baseline data about arts education access, equity and quantity in K-12 schools in Michigan. 

The project is designed to create the compilation of a never-before-available picture of arts education in Michigan and the institution of baseline information for tracking and measuring progress in arts education in the future. This report will provide the data to drive future educational policy. It will also identify schools that meet a mutually agreed upon set of criteria as “Model Schools.” These schools will be the basis for further research to identify the attributes of successful programs as guides for other schools. 

The project will be conducted during the 2010/2011 school year with the findings released in December of 2011. Watch for it soon via an MASTA email.