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CONTACT: Dr. Henry C. Fraind
305-995-1206

January 25, 1999


Arts education in the public schools will be the topic of a forum being held by the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 4, at the Miami Art Museum, 101 West Flagler Street.

Titled "Creating the Arts Advantage: Lessons Learned in Miami," the forum is the first of a series being held in cities with exemplary arts education programs. The arts education program of Miami-Dade Public Schools is widely viewed as one of the nation's most outstanding, in part because of its more than 2,000 partnerships with supporting cultural organizations, other institutions, and businesses.

The forum will ope. n with welcoming remarks from Suzanne Delehanty, director of the Miami Art Museum. Moderating the discussion will be Dr. John Brademas, chair of the President's Committee and president emeritus of New York University. The executive director of the committee is Harriet Mayor Fulbright.

Other panelists will include Superintendent of Schools Roger C. Cuevas; Lilia Garcia, district director of the arts programs in Miami-Dade County Public Schools; Rhoda Levitt, chair of the Florida Arts Council; Michael Spring, chair, Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Council; and Edward Villella, artistic director7 Miami City Ballet. Following the panelists' remarks, the floor will be open to questions and comments from the audience.

The forum is a preface to a new study to be released in February by the President's Committee and the Arts Education Partnership. Titled "Gaining the Arts Advantage," the study will review arts education in America's 16,000 school systems.

To participate or for more information, call the Miami Art Museum at 305-375-1708.

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