Imagination Lesson Plans Available on Curriki

LCI and Curriki October 19, 2011 - LCI’s Imagination Lesson Plans, designed for K-12 learners, are now available for download on Curriki! Back in July, at America’s Imagination Summit, LCI announced its partnership with Curriki, a leading global education community that enables teachers to share learning resources online. Since then, two sets of Imagination Lesson Plans have been uploaded for the benefit of educators worldwide. More will be added soon. The Imagination Lesson Plans, which focus on high-quality works of art, are built to guide teachers in the implementation of LCI’s imaginative learning methodology. They are aligned with the national Common Core Standards. The alliance with Curriki represents an opportunity to introduce imaginative learning to a whole new audience of teachers and students. Visit LCI’s Curriki group here, and learn more about Curriki here. To join Curriki, which will allow you to become a member of LCI’s group and receive updates as additional…

Upcoming Interviews with Summit Speakers

Deepak Chopra September 26, 2011 - As America’s Imagination Summit took place at Lincoln Center on July 21 and 22, Newswire was busy behind the scenes, taping one-on-one interviews with Summit speakers. Visit Newswire’s website for more information on these intimate sessions with luminaries including Deepak Chopra, Sir Ken Robinson, and Disney’s Bruce Vaughn. The short videos give us a chance to hear more from the thought leaders whose diverse perspectives made the Summit such a stimulating success.…

Watch the Imagination Summit

Imagination Summit July 28, 2011 - Imagination SummitLCI is pleased and proud to report that America’s Imagination Summit, held at Lincoln Center on July 21 and 22, was a resounding success! And there’s good news for those of you who missed it: the event was filmed by Newswire and streamed by Livestream. Watch the video footage, and join the discussion around the critical issue of imagination, creativity, and innovation in U.S. education. …

Imagination First Comes Out in Paperback

Imagination First: Unlocking the Power of Possibility June 03, 2011 - In their groundbreaking 2009 book Imagination First: Unlocking the Power of Possibility, Eric Liu and Scott Noppe-Brandon debunked a few myths, took imagination off its lofty pedestal, and made their premise clear: everyone has imagination! It is an essential cognitive skill that this society needs in large supplies if it is to meet the future head-on, and since it is a skill, it must be practiced. The pragmatic approach, resulting in the description of actual imagination practices that are at the core of the book, paid off: the readers were at the very least intrigued, at best they were inspired to change their work strategies, their academic practices, even their own lives. They came from fields of interest as diverse as those of the imagination practitioners described on the book's pages: think food retailer, teacher, marine corps officers. …

A Convergence of Disciplines: Singapore's New ArtScience Museum

June 03, 2011 - Are you interested in a space where art and science resonate together, and in the ways architecture, culture, and imagination converge in that space? Ezra Kyrill Erker wrote recently in the Bangkok Post about just such a confluence: the new ArtScience Museum in Singapore. According to the museum's website, "by demonstrating how creative minds meld the disciplines of art and science to make objects that transform our world, [the museum's permanent exhibition] takes visitors on a journey inside the creative process across three unique spaces." The lotus-shaped museum building by architect Moshe Safdie is, itself, quite fascinating.…

Writing Your Own Picture Book

June 03, 2011 - What goes into the writing and illustration of a children's book? What is the process for seeing such a project through to publication? Whether you are an aspiring contributor yourself, or an educator with a classroom full of young authors and illustrators, Lincoln Center Institute teaching artist Alison Shapiro has a couple of recommendations: one a comprehensive reference on the topic and the other a more focused guide to creating a picture book narrative. Click here to read the full review.…

#1 Most Requested Flamenco Resource

Flamenco by Ken Haas June 03, 2011 - The book Flamenco! by Ken Haas is certainly the most often recommended flamenco resource, if loans to Lincoln Center Institute dance and music teaching artists are any indication. “In addition to a wealth of high-quality, large-format, full-color images, the text provides a range of historical detail,” writes Patrick McKearn. “Such a book is an invaluable source for facilitating inquiry-focused learning that connects the music to its context, the specific work of art to the curriculum, and the students to their innate curiosities.” Click here to access Patrick’s full discussion of the book, with a detailed exploration of one key image.…

Guy Davis at Clearwater

Guy Davis June 03, 2011 - Clearwater’s Great Hudson River Revival is a two-day music festival along the shores of the Hudson River. This year the festival will take place on June 18-19 at Croton Point Park in Croton-on-Hudson, NY. Appearing are Lincoln Center Institute's former repertory artists Guy Davis and Frank London, the latter leading his band the Klezmatics. The 2010 LCI Gala headliner Arlo Guthrie will be performing as well. Interested in seeing former LCI repertory artists along the Hudson River this summer? Click here for the full two-day lineup. As always, check out Peg's List for information on past and present LCI repertory artists.…

The Gates Foundation Donates $20 Million for Innovative Teaching and Learning Tools

June 03, 2011 - The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced it was donating more than $20 million to create cutting-edge learning resources for teaching and learning. These tools will be math and language arts focused and will be provided freely to schools in states that have adopted Common Core Standards, which prepare students for college and careers. Click here to read more about the initiative.…

LCI InEW in Mexico City

LCI in Mexico City June 03, 2011 - As part of our series that features brief experiences by participants in Lincoln Center Institute workshops, we are pleased to print this essay by a teacher from New Jersey who was one of our original participants at the first ever event in Mexico! Register today for an LCI workshop at home or abroad. LCI InEW in Mexico City by Carmen Santa-Cruz, Princeton Day School, Princeton, New Jersey In 2010, for the first time, the Lincoln Center Institute International Educator Workshop was held in Spanish in Mexico City, Mexico, hosted by the Instituto Mexicano del Arte al Servicio de la Educación (IMASE). As a Middle School Spanish teacher in a USA school, I thought the benefits of this workshop would be even greater if I attended in such a fascinating location. I was very fortunate to have that opportunity.The workshop was excellent. Through visual art and theater, we were immersed…