San Jose to Honor "Champions of Arts Education"

SAN JOSE, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 04/07/08 --

WHAT: The City of San Jose will announce the winners of the 2008 Champions of Arts Education Awards. The awards honor exemplary educators, administrators, parents, schools and partners who champion high-quality arts education programs in San Jose's public schools.

WHO: Forrest Williams, Councilmember, City of San Jose Lisa Gonzales, Arts Commissioner, City of San Jose Sharon Gustafson, Chair, San Jose Arts Commission Jill C. Arnone, Vice Chair & Executive Committee Chair, San Jose Arts Commission Winners of the 2008 Champion of Arts Education Awards

WHEN: 6 p.m. Tuesday April 8, 2008

WHERE: San Jose City Hall Rotunda 200 E. Santa Clara Street

BACKGROUND:

The Champions of Arts Education Awards is an activity of San Jose Office of Cultural Affairs and the San Jose Arts Commission. The Office of Cultural Affairs is the City of San Jose's lead agency for supporting and promoting the development of a rich arts and cultural environment for this diverse city's nearly one million residents, its workers who live in neighboring communities, and its many visitors. The San Jose Arts Commission is a citizen advisory body that provides the City Council with advice and recommendations on City policies and programs that affect public access to a wide variety of arts opportunities in San Jose. Its areas of interest include arts education, cultural planning, financial support for the arts and for cultural celebrations, neighborhood arts, public art, and a variety of other issues that affect public opportunities to be both arts audience as well as art maker and participant, and the role of artists and arts enterprises in sustaining the creative economy.

Contact: Steven Brewster (408) 535-8168 office (415) 577-8851 mobile

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