Learning In The Arts For Children & Youth, Panel #1 (Dance) September 15-16, 2009

Carmen Boston Arts Education Manager National Assembly of State Arts Agencies Washington, DC Amy Chin Nonprofit Management Consultant New York, NY Marcia McCaffrey Consultant, Bureau of Accountability  New Hampshire Department of Education Contoocook, NH Doug Poage (Layperson) Principal Carnation Elementary School Carnation, WA Edward Warburton Associate Professor of Dance University of California, Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA

Learning In The Arts For Children & Youth – Panel #2 (Literature, Musical Theater, Theater)  September 21-25, 2009

John S. Benjamin Theater Director, Retired Arts Education Administrator Shelbyville, KY Odelle Bowman Actor, Director, Storyteller, Arts Educator Lewiston, ME Amy Frimpong Senior Program Officer, Arts Education/Institutional Support Minnesota State Arts Board  Woodbury, MN Marcella Kearns Actor, Teaching Artist New Berlin, WI Chike Nwoffiah Theater Director, Filmmaker Executive Director Oriki Theater Stockton, CA David Olson Artistic Director THEATERWORK Santa Fe, NM Sherry Robbins Poet, Writer, Teaching Artist Amherst, NY Carmaletta M. Williams (Layperson) Executive Director for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Johnson County Community College Grandview, MO

Learning In The Arts For Children & Youth - Panel #3 (Folk & Traditional Arts) September 30-October 1, 2009

Luvenia George Independent Ethnomusicologist Washington, DC Sojin Kim Curator of History Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Los Angeles, CA Rodney Liimatainen (Layperson) Arts Patron and Community Volunteer Chassell, MI Dale Olsen Professor Emeritus of Ethnomusicology Florida State University Tallahassee, FL Gilbert Velez Professional Mariachi Musician and Educator Green Valley, AZ

Learning In The Arts For Children & Youth – Panel #4a (Media Arts) October 7-8, 2009

Ann Demarle  Director of Emergent Media Center & Associate Professor Communication & Creative Media Champlain College Jericho, VT Akili Lee Director Digital Youth Network Chicago, IL Jack Lew Director of Collaborations, Center for Emerging Media Interim Director, School of Visual Arts and Design University of Central Florida Orlando, FL Eileen Newman Managing Director Tribeca Film Institute New York, NY Saul Rockman (Layperson) President Rockman et al San Francisco, CA

Learning In The Arts For Children & Youth – Panel #4b (Media Arts) October 8, 2009

Ann Demarle  Director of Emergent Media Center & Associate Professor Communication & Creative Media Champlain College Jericho, VT Akili Lee Director Digital Youth Network Chicago, IL Jack Lew Director of Collaborations, Center for Emerging Media Interim Director, School of Visual Arts and Design University of Central Florida Orlando, FL Saul Rockman (Layperson) President Rockman et al San Francisco, CA

Learning In The Arts For Children & Youth – Panel #5A (Music and Opera) October 19-23, 2009

David Beauchesne  Trombonist Executive Director Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School Pawtucket, RI Gary Gibbs Executive Director  Texas Commission on the Arts Austin, TX Judith Holifield  Choral Conductor Whole Schools Initiative Director Mississippi Arts Commission Laurel, MS Gerard McKenna  Interim Division Head, Division of Communication College of Fine Arts and Communication University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Stevens Point, WI Michael Merrin (Layperson)  Principal Elk Plain School of Choice Roy, WA Aviva Segall  Music Director and Principal Conductor Omaha Area Youth Orchestras Omaha, NE Rene Singleton  Singer Baton Rouge, LA Judith Willoughby Artistic Director. Canterbury Youth Choruses  Wanda L. Bass Professor: Conducting and Choral Music Education  Oklahoma City University  Oklahoma City, OK

Learning In The Arts For Children & Youth – Panel #5B (Music and Opera) October 23, 2009

Gary Gibbs Executive Director  Texas Commission on the Arts Austin, TX Judith Holifield  Choral Conductor Whole Schools Initiative Director Mississippi Arts Commission Laurel, MS Gerard McKenna  Interim Division Head, Division of Communication College of Fine Arts and Communication University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Stevens Point, WI Michael Merrin (Layperson)  Principal Elk Plain School of Choice Roy, WA Aviva Segall  Music Director and Principal Conductor Omaha Area Youth Orchestras Omaha, NE Rene Singleton  Singer Baton Rouge, LA Judith Willoughby Artistic Director. Canterbury Youth Choruses  Wanda L. Bass Professor: Conducting and Choral Music Education  Oklahoma City University  Oklahoma City, OK

Learning In The Arts For Children & Youth – Panel #6A (Design, Museums, & Visual Arts) November 16-20, 2009

Michael Ray Charles Visual Artist Professor of Art University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX Roger Dell Director of Education Farnsworth Art Museum Rockland, ME Tatiana Gant Director of Arts in Education Programs Illinois Arts Council Chicago, IL James Glen Henry Director of Arts Education Oklahoma State Department of Education Yukon, OK Maruca Salazar Filmmaker and Producer Executive Director Museo de las Americas  Denver, CO Joanne Seelig  Family Programs Coordinator National Building Museum  Washington, DC Dixie Swift (Layperson)  Retired Educator Arts Patron, Community Volunteer Los Angeles, CA

Learning In The Arts For Children & Youth – Panel #6B (Design, Museums, & Visual Arts) November 20, 2009

Michael Ray Charles Visual Artist Professor of Art University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX Tatiana Gant Director of Arts in Education Programs Illinois Arts Council Chicago, IL James Glen Henry Director of Arts Education Oklahoma State Department of Education Yukon, OK Dixie Swift (Layperson)  Retired Educator Arts Patron, Community Volunteer Los Angeles, CA

Learning In The Arts For Children & Youth - Panel #7A (Local Arts Agencies, Presenting) November 30 – December 4, 2009

Sara Boettrich Educator for School Programs Strong National Museum of Play Rochester, NY Paulette Coleman Independent Consultant Strategic Alternatives International Co.  Nashville, TN Grady Hillman Poet, Performer, Literary Translator, Folklorist Director, Center for Community Arts Texas State University – San Marcos Austin, TX Soye Kim (Layperson) Attorney Guerrieri, Edmond, Clayman & Bartos, P.C. Washington, DC Justin Laing Program Officer, Arts and Culture Program The Heinz Endowments  Pittsburgh, PA Lynn Tuttle  Director of Arts Education and Comprehensive Curriculum Arizona Department of Education Phoenix, AZ Jacob Yarrow Programming Director, Hancher Auditorium The University of Iowa Iowa City, IA

Learning In The Arts For Children & Youth - Panel #7B (Local Arts Agencies, Presenting) December 4, 2009

Sara Boettrich Educator for School Programs Strong National Museum of Play Rochester, NY Paulette Coleman Independent Consultant Strategic Alternatives International Co.  Nashville, TN Soye Kim (Layperson) Attorney Guerrieri, Edmond, Clayman & Bartos, P.C. Washington, DC Justin Laing Program Officer, Arts and Culture Program The Heinz Endowments  Pittsburgh, PA Jacob Yarrow Programming Director, Hancher Auditorium The University of Iowa Iowa City, IA