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Nancy Beasley joined ArtsTeach in June as regional director of North Carolina Wolf Trap.

Beasley was the principal at Selwyn Elementary School in Charlotte for many years and has a strong background as an early childhood curriculum specialist. She helped to design the Bright Beginnings curriculum used by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, as well as served as a teacher with the system. She has also been an adjunct instructor at Queens University and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Beasley earned her undergraduate degree in elementary education from Duke University and her master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She is certified in supervision and administration.

Beasley will serve as the liaison to the Wolf Trap Institute and will be responsible for building partnerships with area university research departments. She will design and implement teacher, parent and teaching artist training institutes.


Janet Starke Krogman joins ArtsTeach as program and grants manager

CHARLOTTE N.C., March 8, 2006 – Deborah Cooper, executive director of ArtsTeach, today announced Janet Starke Krogman has joined the organization as program and grants manager. She will begin her new position on March 13, 2006.

“Janet brings a solid background in arts management and education to ArtsTeach,” Cooper said. “She has spent the past decade working in and administering arts education programs here in Charlotte and in the Midwest. She will be a great asset to our organization,” she added.

Krogman earned a bachelors degree in arts management from Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia and is currently completing a masters in arts administration at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio.

In her new role, Krogman will be responsible for the oversight and management of all program areas at ArtsTeach. This includes managing projects with input from the ArtsTeach Board, supervising staff and serving as the organizational point person on research and grant writing.

While in graduate school, Krogman served as the assistant arts projects manager for the Greater Cincinnati Television Educational Foundation where she assisted in arts projects, including an arts integration program for teachers. She conducted site visits for teacher meetings and artist residencies, and planned and implemented summer workshops and other professional development opportunities for teachers.

In 2001-2003, prior to moving to Ohio, she was the associate director of the Education Institute for the North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center here in Charlotte. In this role, she managed the day-to-day operations of school and community programs and events and worked with senior staff in programming, development and marketing.

She also served as general manager of the Barksdale Theatre in Richmond, Virginia from 2000-2001, as director of educational outreach for the Orpheum Theatre in Memphis, Tennessee from 1999-2000 and as coordinator of ArtSmart for the Nashville Institute for the Arts, an affiliate of the Lincoln Center Institute, from 1997-1999.

About ArtsTeach
ArtsTeach, located at Spirit Square in Charlotte, N.C., is an educational partner to the Arts & Science Council. ArtsTeach seeks to maximize academic learning for students by exposure, practice and infusion of the arts. Grants to schools and arts organizations are made for curriculum-based arts experiences and professional development workshops are offered to classroom teachers, arts teachers and teaching artists. ArtsTeach is funded through the generous support of the ASC, CMS and the North Carolina Arts Council. Visit www.artsteach.org