Hi State Education Policy Network,
I hope this email finds you well. I am writing with more details about next month’s annual meeting of the SEPN. You can find action items highlighted throughout.
The first in-person, annual meeting of the State Education Policy Network (SEPN) will be taking place on Sunday, March 11, 2018 in Washington, D.C. immediately following the Arts Education Partnership’s
State Policy Symposium.
Please find the agenda for the Annual Meeting here.
If you have not registered or previously had trouble registering,
please do so here. If the issue persists, please let me know by email at
jpoulin@artsusa.org.
You may notice as part of the agenda, we will be attending the Turnaround Arts Talent Show at the Kennedy Center.
Please RSVP for this event here. More information about the talent show is included
at the end of this email.
Additionally, below please find more details about the details regarding the meeting and surrounding events:
- Americans for the Arts’ original hotel room block at the Grand Hyatt is
completely booked. Our Meetings and Events team has secured a second hotel room block at the
Courtyard by Marriott Washington Convention Center, which is just a few
short blocks away (map here). The room rate is $269 single/double occupancy per night (exclusive of tax & hotel fees).
To reserve a room online,
please click here. Or, you can call the Courtyard by Marriott Washington Convention Center at 202.638.4600 and be sure to mention the Arts Advocacy Day/Americans for the Arts to receive our group rate. Government rates may be available by calling
the hotels.
- Immediately following the SEPN Annual Meeting is
Arts Advocacy Day. Online registration for Arts Advocacy Day closes TODAY (Feb. 21). Onsite registration will be available, but you'll save money by locking in before the deadline.
Should you have any questions, please let me know. We look forward to seeing you in Washington, D.C.
My best,
Jeff
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Jeff M. Poulin
Arts Education Program Manager
Americans for the Arts
1000 Vermont Avenue, NW, 6th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
P: 202.371.2830 x2041
F: 202.371.0424
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. www.AmericansForTheArts.org
Media: @JeffMPoulin
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Americans for the Arts is the nation's leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts in America. With more than 50 years of service, it is dedicated to representing
and serving local communities and creating opportunities for every American to participate in and appreciate all forms of the arts.
Please find the below invitation from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and Turnaround Arts to attend the Turnaround Arts Talent Show on
Sunday, March 11 in Washington, D.C.
The Turnaround Arts Talent Show is a bi-annual event that brings together artists, students, partners and advocates all the way from Hawaii to Rhode Island to celebrate the transformation taking place in Turnaround
Arts schools as a result of the program’s collective efforts. This year’s show will feature student performers alongside Valerie June, Keb’ Mo’, Bernie Williams, Lil’ Buck and others. The event will premiere the Love Train music video produced in collaboration
with Playing for Change starring more than 500 courageous students and 40 Turnaround Artists from across the country.
This year, the Turnaround Arts Talent Show will proudly take the stage at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in the Eisenhower Theater from 4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
If you are interested in attending this event, please RSVP before February 26 by registering
HERE.
