Art Works: Making the Magic Happen
January 23-29, 2012, Lake Buena Vista, Florida        

Featuring a week of education, excursions and exchanges of knowledge.

Members will share and learn best practices in arts education and take daily tours of local member arts schools. They'll explore and spark creativity at Walt Disney World®, The Ringling Museum of Art, and the Dali Museum, just to name a few. And they’ll gather for such highly anticipated events as the Annual Conference membership meeting, reception, awards dinner, student performances, and the On Your Way celebration dinner.

CONFERENCE GUIDELINES
The Arts Schools Network's annual conference is the highlight of the organization's year and the major vehicle for its programs.

Each conference is a dynamic learning and social event that offers opportunities to:
• Meet professional educators
• Share experiences and ideas
• Learn from arts education experts, researchers, and other arts leaders in lectures, workshops, and presentations
• Experience quality student performances
• Help fund the organization

Each conference site and theme is selected to:
• Appeal to a wide segment of the membership
• Attract high quality presenters and a large number of attendees
• Focus on multiple areas in the arts
• Address timely issues

Conference fees: 
  Member in good standing: $549
  Member in good standing one day only: $249
  Join now - become a member $549 plus $405 dues:  $954
  Lunch guest Thursday - ASN Awards: $60
  Dinner guest Thursday -  Student Recognition $125

ACCOMODATION INFORMATION at Disney's Contemporary Resort
Please call 1-407-939-4686 to make your hotel reservations in the ASN room block at the Disney's Contemporary Resort.  If the nights you request are booked, Disney has extended our room rate to Disney's Polynesian Resort based on availability. Disney's Polynesian Resort is one of the resorts on the monorail beam and guests are able to take the monorail to Disney's Contemporary Resort.
CLICK HERE to see our micro site which contains valuable details for the attendees such as information on Discounted Theme Park Tickets, and much more.

Fly in and out of Orlando International Airport.  Click to learn more about the FREE shuttle to/from the airport: Disney's Magical Express® Transportation.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS:
JANUARY 23-29, 2012
-detailed schedule in PDF form- 

Monday, January 23
Depart Disney's Contemporary Resort for Cultural Tours - St. Petersburg and Sarasota, FL

• Includes tours of: The Dali Museum, Ringling College of Art and Design - fund development lecture by Larry Thompson, J.D., President, and tour of digital media labs, Gounds and Gardens, and Ringling Museum of Art.

Tuesday, January 24
Depart Disney's Contemporary Resort for School and Cultural Tours - Tampa, FL

• Site tours of Davenport School for the Arts (grades K-8) with student presentation, Principal Brian Kier; and Orange Grove Middle School of the Arts (grades 6-8) with ABT master classes, Principal Scott Rudes, Ph.D.
  
• Site tour of Howard W. Blake School of the Arts, with student performance guitar ensemble, address by Superintendent, Principal Greg Basham, and lunch sponsored sponsored by Howard W. Blake Friends of the Arts
• Site tour of David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts
• ASN Member Model Replication - Aquarium and Arts Integration Showcase (grades K-12) Florida Aquarium

Wednesday, January 25
Depart Disney's Contemporary Resort for School and Cultural Tours - Lakeland, FL

• Breakfast Table Topics:  Arts Integration-Dr. Mary Palmer; Emerging Schools-Terri Milsap; Fund Development-Jackie Cornelius and Mary Martha Lappe; Middle School Issues-Scott Rudes, Ph.D.; Social Media- Ralph Opacic, Ed.D.; Technology and the Arts-Team from Abbotsford School of Integrated Arts - (ASIA) North Poplar
• School tours: Harrison School for the Arts (grades 9-12), welcome by Superintendent, tour, student performance, ABT master classes.  Wenger - Partnership New Design and Redesign, Cathy Scheiffer; NobleHour - Engaging Youth to Volunteer and Work through Social Networking, Scott Fore
  Principal Craig Collins, Ed.D.
• General Session, Pam Stewart, Chancellor, Division of Public Schools, Florida Department of Education, "Addressing Creativity"
• Imagination Summit Overview and Findings - Skype conversation with Scott Noppe-Brandon, Executive Director, Lincoln Center Institute; Moderator, Larry Thompson, J.D., President, Ringling College of Art and Design
• Imagination Challenge, Facilitator Denise Davis-Cotton, Ed.D., Argosy University, Founder Detroit School of Arts; lunch sponsors Harrison School for the Arts & The Hilda Sutton and William D. Blanton Charitable Foundation
• Tour Florida Southern College Annie Pfeiffer Chapel, performance by FSC Chamber Singers, Dr. Beth Gibbs, D.M.A., Director; and Frank Lloyd Wright historic complex, James Rogers, Ph.D., Chair, Division of Fine and Performing Arts
• Tour Polk Museum of Art, student performance, Adam Justice, Curator of Art
   

Thursday, January 26
at Disney's Contemporary Resort, Walt Disney World® & Epcot® 

• Breakfast sponsored by Soundtree
• Annual Meeting of the Membership, President Ralph Opacic, Ed.D.
• Member Concurrent Sessions Round 1:
  1-Making Your Own Way, Nontraditional Routes, Douglas Ashcraft, D.M.A., Dean of the Arts, Idyllwild Arts Academy; Jonathan Sharp, Ballet Instructor, Idyllwild Arts Academy; and Colleen Glenney, Director of Admissions, Berklee School of Music
  2-Artists for Positive Social Change:  An Integration of Life and Work, Photography Professor and Artists in Residence David Scheinbaum, Santa Fe University of Art and Design
  3-The Future of Music Technology - Jim Frankel, Managing Director, Sound Tree
  4-ASN Student Recognition Program Nuts and Bolts-On Your Way, Chair Valerie Morris, Dean of the College of Charleston's School of Arts; Dejen Tesfagiorgis, President Arts App; and program judges Lara Teeter, Webster University's Leigh Gerdine School of the Arts; Associate Professor Musical Theatre; Kim Russo, Fine Arts Department Head, Ringling College of Art and Design; Michael Wyshock, Faculty Visual Arts, Ringling College of Art and Design
• 5-Planning Guide Session, Fundamental Requirements of a Music Suite, Denny Meyer, Project Manager, Wenger Corporation
• Member Concurrent Sessions Round 2:
  1-College and Career, Musical Theatre Admissions, Dorothy Marshall Englis, Chair, Conservatory of Theatre Arts, Leigh Gerdine School of the Arts, Webster University; Kate Gelabert, Associate Professor and Head of the BFA Music Theatre Program, Florida State University; Lara Teeter, Webster University, Leigh Gerdine School of the Arts; Earl D. Weaver, Associate Professor, Coordinator, Musical Theatre/Dance, University of Central Florida - Orlando
  2-Social Networks on Stage and in the Classroom, M. Scott Tatum, Head of Theatre, Technical Director, McCallum Fine Arts Academy
  3-Exemplary Schools & Evaluation Nuts and Bolts, R. Scott Allen, Ed.D., Chair Best Practices Committee, Principal, Houston High School for the Performing and Visual Arts; with Committee members and representatives from Exemplary School Designees
  4-Master Series Life in the Arts Nuts & Bolts, Donn K. Harris, Chair Master Series Committee, Executive Director and Artistic Director, Oakland School for the Arts; Jackie Collins, principal, Idaho Arts Charter School; Roy Fluhrer, Ph.D., Fine Art Center; Ralph Opacic, Ed.D., Executive Director, Orange County High School of the Arts; Rory Pullens, CEO, Head of School, Duke Ellington School of the Arts; Maureen O'Brien, Strategic Directions Officer, Santa Fe University of Art and Design
  5-Acoustic Primer, Problems and Solutions, If Only We Could Hear, Denny Meyer, Product Manager, Wenger Corporation
• Awards and Recognition Luncheon, Chair Denise Davis-Cotton, Ed.D., with student performance: Bak Middle School of the Arts choir,Connie Drosakis and Kent Taylor, Directors, Principal Elizabeth Kennday; Exemplary Schools, Scott Allen, Ed.D., Chair, with student performances Douglas Anderson School of the Arts Jazz Ensemble, Director Jeff Clayton, and Wind Symphony, Director Shawn Barat
• Finding Nemo The Musical (VIP Seating) Participants will watch the musical and, at a session on Friday morning, learn from the Disney Entertainment Creative Team about the innovative lighting, sound, special effects and stunning theatrical puppets used in the show.
• Meet and greet between Student Recognition winners and college representatives
• On Your Way Student Recognition Celebration Dinner: Film, Musical Theatre, Voice, & Visual Arts Winners; Pianist Richard Anderson, Harrison School for the Arts; ASN member school visual artwork on display; welcome by Craig Collins, Ed.D., ASN President, Principal, Harrison School for the Arts; Dreyfoos High School of the Arts Philharmonic Orchestra, Wendell Simmons, Director; Past Presidents' Recognition, Denise Davis-Cotton, Ed.D., Argosy Universtiy; On Your Way student winners-classical voice, filmmaking, musical theatre, visual arts, Valerie Morris, Dean of the College of Charleston's School of the Arts, Dr. Douglas Ashcraft, pianist; student performance New World School of the Arts Dance Ensemble, Mary Lisa Burns, Dean of Dance 

Friday, January 27
at Disney's Contemporary Resort, Walt Disney World® & Epcot®

• Finding Nemo - The Musical, Disney Entertainment Creative Team discusses the innovative lighting, sound, special effects and stunning theatrical puppets that go into the Nemo production, introduction-ASN Board Members Pamela Jordan and Tom Sherry
• Disney Institute Inspiring Creativity, introduction-ASN Board Member Donn Harris
• Member Concurrent Sessions Round 3:
  1-College and Career - Financing Your Education, Patricia Decker, Director of Recruitment, New York University, Tisch School of the Arts; Bill Barrett, Executive Director, Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design; Carol Kim Vice President of International Relations, CalArts
  2-Arts Integration and Special Needs Students, Jayne Ellicott, Principal, Catherine Middleton Assistant Principal, Ashley River Creative Arts Elementary School
  3-Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP) Initial Findings on Arts High School Alumni, Sally Gaskill, Manager, and Scott Jones, Project Coordinator, SNAAP at Indiana University; Dr. Sarah B . Cunningham, Executive Director of Research, Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts
  4-American Ballet Theatre-National Training Curriculum, Raymond Lukens, Artistic Associate, ABT/NYU Masters Program; Jenna Bitterman, National Training Curriculum Manager; Dennis Walters, Director of Educational Outreach; Richard Toda, Artistic Coordinator for Educational Outreach; Jonathan Sharp, Ballet Instructor, Idyllwild Arts Academy
• Networking Luncheon
• Travel to Orlando Ballet for open studio tour and rehearsal Battle of the Sexes 3, and tours of Orlando Museum of Art
  and Morse Museum of Art to view the Tiffany Glass Collection

CONFERENCE HISTORY:
Listed below by Year, Site, Sponsor

1983 New Haven, CN
Education Center for the Arts

1984 Winston-Salem, NC
North Carolina School of the Arts

1985 Minneapolis, MN
Children's Theatre

1986 Cincinnati, OH
School for Creative and Performing Arts

1987 Birmingham, AL
Alabama School of Fine Arts

1988 Santa Monica, CA
The Crossroads Schools

1989 Washington, DC
Fillmore Arts Center and Duke Ellington School of the Arts

1990 Dallas, TX
Booker T. Washington High School for the Arts

1991 Toronto, ON
Toronto Metropolitan School Boards

1992 Postponed due to Hurricane Andrew

1993 Miami, FL
New World School of the Arts

1994 San Diego, CA
San Diego County Schools

1994 Chicago, IL
Chicago Academy for the Arts

1995 Boston, MA
Walnut Hill School for the Arts
Education Center for the Arts
Hartford Academy of Performing Arts
Center for Creative Youth

1996 Louisville, KY
Youth Performing Art School

1997 Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas Academy

1998 Columbus, OH
Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center
Duxberry Park Elementary School

1999 Denver, CO
Denver School of the Arts

2000 West Palm Beach, FL
Palm Beach County Schools

2001 New Orleans, LA
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts

2002 Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
District of Niagara Academy for the Arts

2003 Costa Mesa, CA
Orange County High School of the Arts

2004 Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee High school of the Arts

2005 Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh High School for the Creative & Performing Arts

2006 Miami, FL
National Foundation for the Advancement in the Arts
New World School of the Arts

2007 Oakland, CA
none

2008 Charleston, SC
College of Charleston, City of Charleston Cultural Affairs Department,
Charleston School of the Arts, Ashley River Creative Arts Elementary

2009 Washington DC
Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Filmore Arts Center,
Kennedy Center, Baltimore School for the Arts, Barbara Ingram School of the Arts

2010/11 Anaheim, CA
CalArts, Chapman University Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, Colburn School, Disneyland Entertainment Productions, Disneyland Resort, Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, The NAMM Foundation, The NAMM Show, Orange County High School of the Arts, USC Thornton School of Music

Future Conferences
Jan 23-29, 2012 - Lake Buena Vista, FL
Lois Cowles Harrison Center for the Visual and Performing Arts, Disney Entertainment Productions, Walt Disney World®
Hosts: Harrison School for the Arts, Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, Howard W. Blake High School of the Arts, Booker High Visual and Performing Arts Center, New World School of the Arts, Ringling College of Art and Design, Bak Middle School of the Arts, Orange Grove Middle Magnet School of the Arts, Davenport School of the Arts

Oct 15-19, 2012 - Chicago, Illinois
Center for Community Arts Partnerships, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago High School for the Arts, Chicago Academy for the Arts, Kendall College Culinary Institute

2013 - New York City, NY
New York University - Tisch School of the Arts and Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Arts and Performing Arts, The Juilliard School