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Lincoln Center Education, the education cornerstone of Lincoln Center and a global leader in arts education and advocacy, announces the first event of the 2015 Next Stage series, a discussion series launched last year with high-profile artists exploring the role of arts education in their creative and commercial work. The first event, taking place today, February 19 at Lincoln Center's Clark Studio Theater, will focus on artists involved in the creation of works for the specific audience of people on the autism spectrum.

Lincoln Center is expanding its Lincoln Center Local series, offering free screenings of world-class performances to library branches around New York City's five boroughs. The Lincoln Cente­­r Local: Free Screenings series, running from January to June 2015, is part of a pilot program run by Lincoln Center Education, and expands upon last year's Lincoln Center Local HD series.

Lincoln Center Education, the education cornerstone of Lincoln Center and a global leader in arts education and advocacy, announces the first event of the 2015 Next Stage series, a discussion series launched last year with high-profile artists exploring the role of arts education in their creative and commercial work. The first event, taking place February 19 at Lincoln Center's Clark Studio Theater, will focus on artists involved in the creation of works for the specific audience of people on the autism spectrum. The panel of directors will discuss the pathways and opportunities to creating performances for this audience, whether it be in the form of an adapted or modified work, or a wholly original work.

Lincoln Center is expanding its Lincoln Center Local series, offering free screenings of world-class performances to library branches around New York City's five boroughs. The Lincoln Cente­­r Local: Free Screenings series, running from January to June 2015, is part of a pilot program run by Lincoln Center Education, and expands upon last year's Lincoln Center Local HD series.

Lincoln Center, in partnership with CUNY's Hunter College School of Education, the New York City Department of Education, and the United Federation of Teachers, today announced the Lincoln Center Scholars Alternative Certification Program, an innovative new initiative to educate, certify and fast-track over a three-year period the placement of high-quality music, dance, theater and visual art teachers in up to 120 New York City public schools, which are currently without adequate or any arts programs.

Brisbane welcomes 200 leading Teaching Artists from around the world to participate in the second International Teaching Artist Conference (ITAC2) from tomorrow (1 July 2014) until Thursday 3 July. This conference follows the inaugural event held in Oslo, Norway in 2012. The term Teaching Artist refers to someone who is an expert or practicing visual or performing artist whose complementary skills enable them to assist communities to learn through a particular art form.

Lincoln Center Education, in partnership with the New York City Department of Education, is pleased to present the second-ever Lincoln Center Arts Teacher award to Laurence Minetti, high school art teacher at the Collegiate Institute for Math and Science in The Bronx. The Lincoln Center Arts Teacher award is part of the DOE's annual "Big Apple Awards," a citywide teacher recognition program open to all full-time teachers in public schools across New York City who push students to excel in and out of the classroom. The Lincoln Center Arts Teacher award is bestowed upon an arts teacher for making a difference in the lives of his or her students, and for going above and beyond in their role as an arts educator. Mr. Minetti will receive a $3,500 classroom grant to deepen his work with his students.

Russell Granet, Executive Director of Lincoln Center Education (LCE), announced details today ofSummer Forum 2014, a re-envisioned professional development experience which expands on Lincoln Center's unparalleled dedication to professional growth for local, national, and international educators and artists. LCE's Summer Forum, which takes place July 7 through 18 and succeeds the previous Summer Session series, will feature in-depth and hands-on educational workshops based on LCE's core values of engagement, equity, integrity and creativity, and its approach to aesthetic education and focus on "thinking like an artist." Summer Forum is open to educators and artists of all kinds, and LCE-trained teaching artists will lead labs that explore the process of imaginative learning and discovery through works of performance and fine art, helping the participants determine how to apply what they have learned in their own classrooms, whether it be towards science, English, history or the arts. Lab topics throughout Summer Forum will include sessions on aesthetic education practices, teaching artistry to arts and Common Core, creating art in the community, and LCE's pedagogy for engaging students in problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.

New programs for Lincoln Center Local HD, a pilot program running April through June in branch libraries in Brooklyn and Queens, were announced today by Russell Granet, Executive Director of Lincoln Center Education. These events, which launched in January, are part of the two-year pilot program that will feature digital streams of programs from Lincoln Center's growing digital content collection, including programs from the Emmy Award-winning series Live From Lincoln Center. The Lincoln Center Local HD pilot program is part of Lincoln Center Education's (LCE) expanded mission to bring Lincoln Center's high-quality resources to new and underserved audiences and communities.

New programs for Lincoln Center Local HD, a pilot program running April through June in branch libraries in Brooklyn and Queens, were announced today by Russell Granet, Executive Director of Lincoln Center Education. These events, which launched in January, are part of the two-year pilot program that will feature digital streams of programs from Lincoln Center's growing digital content collection, including programs from the Emmy Award-winning series Live From Lincoln Center. The Lincoln Center Local HD pilot program is part of Lincoln Center Education's (LCE) expanded mission to bring Lincoln Center's high-quality resources to new and underserved audiences and communities.

Lincoln Center Education, the education cornerstone of Lincoln Center and a global leader in arts education and advocacy, launches Next Stage, a new candid discussion series with high-profile artists exploring the role of arts education in their creative and commercial work. The new series, launching this year and continuing on an annual basis, is aimed at early- to mid-career artists in the fields of theater, dance, music and visual arts. The high-profile artists selected to moderate and speak at the events will represent a range of ages and experience levels within their artistic disciplines, focusing on the intersection of an artist's academic and artistic pursuits and how they go hand in hand, creatively, financially and otherwise. Events of the Next Stage discussion will be hosted and presented by Lincoln Center Education, in partnership with other leading New York City arts organizations.

Reflecting the evolving landscape for arts education in today's society, Lincoln Center Institute-the educational cornerstone of Lincoln Center since 1975 and a global leader in arts education and advocacy-is changing its name to Lincoln Center Education. This name change, announced today by Russell Granet, Executive Director of Lincoln Center Education, is part of a dynamic and multi-faceted refocusing and rebranding of Lincoln Center's education initiative, and is supported by significant funding and innovative new programs.

Lincoln Center Education has teamed up with the Department of Education's "Big Apple Awards" to honor an art teacher for making a difference in the lives of his/her students and for going above and beyond in their role as an arts educator. The Lincoln Center Arts Teacher Award is one of 11 honors given as part of these new DOE sponsored awards. Each Big Apple Teacher Award winner was granted $3,500 for use by the teacher in the classroom.

Russell Granet, nationally known for his work in arts education, has been named Executive Director, Lincoln Center Institute (LCI), it was announced today by Reynold Levy, President, Lincoln Center. His appointment follows a five-month search for a successor to Scott Noppe-Brandon who will be stepping down at the end of August to pursue a new venture.

As previously announced, Lincoln Center Festival 2011, which runs from July 5-August 14, will offer 116 performances by ensembles and artists from some 20 countries, and will include 6 World, North American, U.S., and New York premieres unfolding in seven venues on and off the Lincoln Center campus.

The Literature to Life® program of The American Place Theatre (APT) will kick off its newest campaign, Project 451, with a celebrity gala May 17 and 18 in Theater at St. Clement's, 423 West 46th Street, Manhattan.

The Literature to Life® program of The American Place Theatre (APT) will kick off its newest campaign, Project 451, with a celebrity gala May 17 and 18 in Theater at St. Clement's, 423 West 46th Street, Manhattan.