Learning In The Arts For Children & Youth, #1A (Dance) September 18-19, 2008 Carmen Boston Arts Education Manager National Assembly of State Arts Agencies Washington, DC Sara Lee Gibb Dean, College of Health and Human Performance and Professor of Dance Brigham Young University Orem, UT Marcia A. McCaffrey Dancer, Arts Consultant, Bureau of Accountability and School Improvement  New Hampshire Department of Education Contoocook, NH Barry Oreck Arts Education Consultant Director, Professional Development Schoolwide Enrichment Model Brooklyn, NY Ebon Craig Williams (Layperson)  Director, International Programs Northwest School Seattle, WA Learning In The Arts For Children & Youth, #1B (Dance) September 19, 2008 Carmen Boston Arts Education Manager National Assembly of State Arts Agencies Washington, DC Sara Lee Gibb Dean, College of Health and Human Performance and Professor of Dance Brigham Young University Orem, UT Marcia A. Mccaffrey Dancer, Arts Consultant, Bureau of Accountability and School Improvement  New Hampshire Department of Education Contoocook, NH Ebon Craig Williams (Layperson)  Director, International Programs Northwest School Seattle, WA Learning In The Arts For Children & Youth, #2A (Literature, Musical Theater,  Theater) September 22-25, 2008 Odelle Bowman Actor/Director, Storyteller Executive Director A Company of Girls Lewiston, ME Kwame Dawes Playwright, Author, Professor of English University of South Carolina Elgin, SC Amy Frimpong Senior Program Officer Minnesota State Arts Board  Woodbury, MN Marcella Kearns Actor, Education Director Milwaukee Shakespeare Cudahy, WI Mary Liniger Director of Education Services VSA arts Bethesda, MD David Mahaley (Layperson) Principal Franklin Academy High School  Wake Forest, NC Jose Mercado Assistant Professor, Department of Theatre, Film & Video Production,  University of Colorado-Denver Denver, CO Chike Nwoffiah Theater Director and Filmmaker Oriki Theater Stockton, CA Learning In The Arts For Children & Youth, #2B (Literature, Musical Theater, & Theater) September 25, 2008 Odelle Bowman Actor/Director, Storyteller Executive Director A Company of Girls Lewiston, ME Kwame Dawes Playwright, Author, Professor of English University of South Carolina Elgin, SC Amy Frimpong Senior Program Officer Minnesota State Arts Board  Woodbury, MN Marcella Kearns Actor, Education Director Milwaukee Shakespeare Cudahy, WI David Mahaley (Layperson) Principal Franklin Academy High School  Wake Forest, NC Jose Mercado Assistant Professor, Department of Theatre, Film & Video Production,  University of Colorado-Denver Denver, CO Chike Nwoffiah Theater Director and Filmmaker Oriki Theater Stockton, CA Learning In The Arts For Children & Youth, Panel #3 (Folk & Traditional Arts) October 3, 2008 Amanda Dargan  Education Director City Lore Hastings-on-Hudson, NY Luvenia George Ethnomusicologist; Music Educator Washington, DC Rod Liimatainen (Layperson)  Arts Patron, Community Volunteer Chassell, MI Tong Soon Lee Associate Professor, Musicology/Ethnomusicology Emory University Alpharetta, GA Gilbert Velez  Professional Mariachi Musician and Music Educator Green Valley, AZ Learning In The Arts For Children & Youth, #4 (Media Arts)  October 14-15, 2008 Tom Hansell Documentary Filmmaker Appalshop, Inc. Creston, NC Adriana Katzew Visual Artist; Director, Art Education Program Assistant Professor, Art Department University of Vermont Burlington, VT Jack Lew Manager, Global Art Talent Resources Electronic Arts Orlando, FL Nancy Norwood Media Arts Instructor Perpich Center for Arts Education Eden Prairie, MN Saul Rockman (Layperson) President Rockman et al  San Francisco, CA Learning In The Arts For Children & Youth, #5A (Music & Opera)  October 21-24, 2008 Michael Cerveris Program Associate Arts Education Collaborative Pittsburgh, PA Gary Gibbs  Executive Director Texas Commission on the Arts Austin, TX Manon Gimlett Singer, Arts Administrator MacPhail Center for Music Minneapolis, MN Frank Heuser  Associate Professor of Music University of California Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Myran Parker-Brass Singer, Director of Education and Community Programs Boston Symphony Orchestra Shrewsbury, MA René Singleton  Music Educator, Singer Louisiana Sinfonietta Baton Rouge, LA Paul Thompson  Composer, Principal Urban Assembly School of Music and Art  Brooklyn, NY Peggy Wise   (Layperson) Arts Patron, Community Volunteer Winnetka, IL Learning In The Arts For Children & Youth, #5B (Music & Opera)  October 24, 2008 Michael Cerveris Program Associate Arts Education Collaborative Pittsburgh, PA Gary Gibbs  Executive Director Texas Commission on the Arts Austin, TX René Singleton  Music Educator, Singer Louisiana Sinfonietta Baton Rouge, LA Paul Thompson  Composer, Principal Urban Assembly School of Music and Art  Brooklyn, NY Peggy Wise   (Layperson) Arts Patron, Community Volunteer Winnetka, IL Learning In The Arts For Children & Youth, #5C (Music & Opera)  October 24, 2008 Michael Cerveris Program Associate Arts Education Collaborative Pittsburgh, PA Gary Gibbs  Executive Director Texas Commission on the Arts Austin, TX René Singleton  Music Educator, Singer Louisiana Sinfonietta Baton Rouge, LA Peggy Wise   (Layperson) Arts Patron, Community Volunteer Winnetka, IL Learning In The Arts For Children & Youth #6A (Design, Museums, & Visual Arts)  November 5-7, 2008 Dana Baldwin Director of Education Portland Museum of Art Portland, ME Dawn Boyd Visual Artist and Co-Owner Dawn and Irvin Art, LLC  Denver, CO Meredith Davis Professor and Director of Graduate Programs Department of Graphic Design, School of Design  North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC Scott Lundius Director of Education Marwen Chicago, IL Stephen Marc Visual Artist and Professor of Art Herberger College of the Arts Arizona State University Tempe, AZ Paul Ruther Manager of Teacher Programs  The Phillips Collection Takoma Park, MD Robyn Travers (Layperson) Classroom Educator Windward Upper School Mamaroneck, NY Learning In The Arts For Children & Youth #6B (Design, Museums, & Visual Arts)  November 7, 2008 Dana Baldwin Director of Education Portland Museum of Art Portland, ME Dawn Boyd Visual Artist and Co-Owner Dawn and Irvin Art, LLC  Denver, CO Meredith Davis Professor and Director of Graduate Programs Department of Graphic Design, School of Design  North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC Stephen Marc Visual Artist and Professor of Art Herberger College of the Arts Arizona State University Tempe, AZ Robyn Travers (Layperson) Classroom Educator Windward Upper School Mamaroneck, NY Learning In The Arts For Children & Youth, #7A (Locals & Presenting) December 2-5, 2008 Anne Alston Education & Communities Manager  Nebraska Arts Council Omaha, NE Norman Brown (Layperson) Uniserv Director Virginia Beach Education Association Newark, DE Minuette Floyd Associate Professor  University of South Carolina Columbia, SC Tatiana Gant Director of Arts Education  Illinois Arts Council Chicago, IL Brandon Gryde Director of Communications Youth Service America Alexandria, VA Clarivel Ruiz Producer, Director, Screenwriter Director of Youth Programs  Downtown Community Television Bronx, NY Lynn Tuttle Arts Education Specialist Arizona Department of Education Phoenix, AZ Rodney Van Valkenburg Director of Arts Education Allied Arts of Greater Chattanooga Signal Mountain, TN Learning In The Arts For Children & Youth, #7B (Locals & Presenting) December 5, 2008 Norman Brown (Layperson) Uniserv Director Virginia Beach Education Association Newark, DE Minuette Floyd Associate Professor  University of South Carolina Columbia, SC Brandon Gryde Director of Communications Youth Service America Alexandria, VA Lynn Tuttle Arts Education Specialist Arizona Department of Education Phoenix, AZ Rodney Van Valkenburg Director of Arts Education Allied Arts of Greater Chattanooga Signal Mountain, TN American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Panel B2 May 27, 2009 Paulette Coleman (Layperson)  Consultant Strategic Alternatives International Nashville, TN Frank Heuser Associate Professor, Music Education University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Dale Schmid Visual and Performing Arts Coordinator New Jersey State Department of Education Philadelphia, PA Lynn Tuttle Director of Arts Education Arizona Department of Education Phoenix, AZ American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Application Readers  (Readers who did not also serve as panelists) Jean T. Irwin  Arts Education Manager  Utah Arts Council  Salt Lake City, UT Paul A. Sproll  Professor & Head Department of Teaching + Learning in Art + Design  Rhode Island School of Design  Providence, RI