July 11: Bridging the Gap: Arts Education Conference - Newark, NJ

Bridging the Gap: Arts Education Conference  

Hosted by the Newark Arts Council and the Newark Arts Education Roundtable  

Wednesday, July 11, 2012
9 am – 4 pm
PSEG Ferland Conference Center
80 Park Plaza, Room 101
Newark, NJ

Keynote Speaker

Greater Than the Sum of its Parts: How Partnerships Are the Key to  

Increased Impact for Arts Education  

Margie Johnson Reese | VP of Programs, Big Thought  

Featured Sessions  

Creating Quality: Improving Teaching and Learning in the Arts Education Community  

Margie Johnson Reese  

VP of Programs, Big Thought  

Keeping the Promise for the Students of Newark:

Findings from the 2011 New Jersey

Arts Education Census Project

Robert Morrison 

CEO & Founder, Quadrant Arts Education Research

Quality Counts: Designing Effective

Afterschool and Summer Programs

Katie Willse

Director of Community Initiatives, National Summer Learning Association

The Arts Education Ecosystem:

Overcoming the Culture of Scarcity

Richard Kessler

Dean of Mannes College, The New School for Music

Registration Fees

$150 Organization Group Package (Admission for two and listing as co-sponsor)*

$55 Single Organization Representative

$35 Educators (Admission for one from a public or private school)

$25 Independent Teaching Artists

*Speakers scheduled as of time of printing and are subject to change. Organization Group Packages

purchased after July 2 are not guaranteed co-sponsor listing in program due to print deadlines.

For all questions or special requests, please contact the NAC Arts Education Program Director Paula Jacobs at