C.W. Post to Host Long Island Arts Education
Conference
"The Balanced Mind IV" to
Feature Artist/Musician Larry Rivers
October 22, 1999 - Art and music educators, administrators
and PTA representatives from across Long Island will meet at
Tilles Center for the Performing Arts on the C.W. Post Campus
of Long Island University on Tuesday, November 4 to discuss strategies
for meeting the New York State Learning Standards and Assessments
in the Arts for students in grades K to 12. The conference,
"The Balanced Mind IV," will feature a keynote address
by award-winning musician and artist Larry Rivers, who will speak
on the creative process and perform with his Jazz Quartet.
Rivers began his career in the 1940s as a jazz saxophonist
and began painting by day. He entered the New York art scene
and established himself as the "badboy" of the art
world. His motifs are drawn from changing society in which preoccupation
with morality, sentimentality, decadence, violence and love alternate.
"The Balanced Mind IV" is sponsored by the School
of Visual and Performing Arts at the C.W. Post Campus; Tilles
Center for the Performing Arts; the C.W. Post Institute for Arts
and Culture; the New York State Council of Administrators of
Music Education - Nassau County Chapter; Nassau BOCES Arts in
Education Programs; and the Nassau County Coalition for Arts
Education.
The conference begins at 8 a.m. and runs to 2:30 p.m. It
will feature 22 workshops taught by several Long Island educators
and artists who have successfully developed programs that incorporate
the Learning Standards for the Arts across all areas of study.
Workshops will focus on art, dance and movement, interdisciplinary
arts, music, and theatre. Registration at the door is $85 per
person and includes continental breakfast and lunch. For registration
information, contact Dr. Mary Jane Bolin at (516) 396-2345.
Tilles Center for the Performing Arts is located on the C.W.
Post Campus of Long Island University, Northern Boulevard (Route
25A), in Brookville, New York.
For more information call the C.W. Post
Public Relations Office at (516) 299-2333 or e-mail pr@cwpost.liu.edu or send
mail to: Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus, 720 Northern
Blvd., Brookville, New York 11548-1300.
