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//**Art in Action**// is an Arts in Education project of ArtsErie (the Arts Council of Erie). A Planning Team oversees the project, and an Advisory Team, which is made up of district superintendents, building principals, Building Champions,* and the Planning Team, helps to keep //**Art in Action**// on track. Four Arts Specialists – one in dance, one in drama, one in music, and one in visual arts – have key roles within the project. In addition to serving on the Planning and Advisory Teams, they work hand-in-hand with teaching artists and classroom teachers, specials teachers, staff and administrators from the //**Art in Action**// partner schools to explore arts integration. Teaching artists and school faculty and staff are the most important project partners, as they implement arts integration and are the true conduits of change.


 * Each Art in Action partner school has a Building Champion. A Building Champion is someone who serves as the //**Art in Action**// point-of-contact, is an advocate or “voice” for the project, and is committed to employing the power of art in action.

**Art in Action Planning Team Members**
Holly Nowak, Art in Action Director, ArtsErie Melinda Meyer, Art in Action Program Associate, ArtsErie Stephanie Westley, Art in Action, ArtsErie Camille Dempsey, Art Specialist, Visual Arts/Technology Specialist Dr. Janyce Hyatt, Art Specialist, Dance Dr. Rosemary Omniewski, Art Specialist, Music/Graduate Course Instructor Cory Wilkerson, Art Specialist, Drama Tania Bogatova, Co-Lead Evaluator, Keystone Research Corporation Joyce Miller, Co-Lead Evaluator, Keystone Research Corporation

Art in Action Advisory Team Members
Art in Action Planning Team (listed above) Charles Heller, Superintendent, Crawford Central SD Lisa Pittner, Superintendent Secretary, Crawford Central SD Ann Noonen, Director of Elementary Curriculum and Technology Coordinator, Crawford Central SD Delta Zahniser, Principal, First District SD Cecily Bailey, Teacher, First District ES/Building Champion Stacie Boca, Librarian, First District ES/Building Champion Constance Youngblood, Superintendent, Penncrest SD Laurie Kantz, Assistant Principal, Cambridge Springs ES Tina Walsh, Art Teacher, Cambridge Springs ES/Building Champion Sandra Myers, Superintendent, Union City Area SD Alisa Willey, Assistant Superintendent, Union City Area SD Gwyn Horner, Principal, Union City ES Megan Sabatini, Art Teacher, Union City ES/Building Champion Della Gentile, Director of School Improvement Services, Northwest Tri-County Intermediate Unit 5 Jeff Zibelman, Northwest Tri-County Intermediate Unit 5

Art in Action Teaching Artists*
Box of Light Studio, Stop Action Animation, Film Mike Bocianowski, Cartooning/Animation Tom Ferraro, Visual Art/Painting Joel Gori, Theater Edward F. Grout, Visual Art/ Glass/ Mosaic/ Collage Mary Knysh, Music Donna Little, Artist/Metalsmith Marianne M. McAuliffe, Folk Arts (Native American Music, Art and Culture) Mary Moodey, Writing, Poetry Saihou Njie, Batik Fine Art, Music One World Tribe, Music and Dance Siobhan Peterson-Walsh, Dance Jude Shingle, Videography Deborah Sementelli-Hoenes, Fiber Arts/ Drawing/ Painting Adam Swartz, Puppetry Kathe Umlauf, Sculpture Clarabelle van Niekerk, Interdisciplinary (Puppets, Dance, Theater) Bernie Wilke, Mural Painting, Drawing, Graphic Design Tracie Yorke, Dance, Technology Lora Zill, Creative Writing

//*** The list of teaching artists participating in Art in Action is ever-growing, and may change from year to year.**//

Art in Action Teaching Artists in Training
Jennifer Dennehy, Dance Amy Gilewicz-Fuchs, Theater Anna Haller, Dance Shari Mastalski, Dance Zack Orr, Music Jeff Rodland, Theater Amber Van Dusen, Visual Arts Dan Winston, Theater Eliza Wolfe, Visual Arts Dana Yeager, Dance

Art in Action Evaluation Team
Joyce A. Miller, Principal Investigator, Keystone Research Corporation Tania Bogatova, Co-Principal Investigator, Keystone Research Corporation Karen Corle, Classroom Observer Alfred Hartick, Classroom Observer Linda Jean Maas, Classroom Observer Pat Melpolder, Classroom Observer Frances Rosiak, Classroom Observer Sally Williams, Classroom Observer

Art in Action Technology Team
Camille Dempsey, Technology Specialist Allison Counasse, Program Associate, Marketing, ArtsErie Erik Perrino, Graphic Design and Marketing Jude Shingle, Videographer Nate Horstman, Technology Instructor, Cambridge Springs ES Dan Ferretti, Technology Instructor, Union City ES