Count Basie Center Education Committee: Talking Points

Count Basie Center Education Committee:
Talking Points


TALKING POINTS for:

▶ Development & Donors
 
▶ Community Members, Organizations, Schools, Program Participants and Families

Talking Points for Development & Donors

COUNT BASIE CENTER FOR THE ARTS BELIEVES

We believe participation in the arts

  • is essential to a well-rounded education and motivates lifelong learning
  • fosters creativity, self-esteem, teamwork, and problem solving skills
  • develops a strong work ethic and the ability to focus
  • advances community connections and promotes inclusivity and diversity
  • inspires empathy, compassion and tolerance
  • enriches life and generates joy

WHO

  1. Through its education programs the Basie impacts over 20,000 people annually from all over the state

WHAT

  1. The Basie offers programs for children and adults, students, and teachers. Programs are offered in all the areas of performing arts (music, dance, theatre, film/tv, visual art) through classes, workshops, professional development and more.

WHERE

  1. Programs take place in schools, community organizations, out in the community itself, and/or on site at Basie Center campuses.

WHY

  1. Students with high arts participation and low socioeconomic status have a 4 percent dropout rate—five times lower than their low socioeconomic status peers.
  2. Students who take four years of arts and music classes score an average of over 150 points higher on the SAT than students who take only one-half year or less.
  3. Low-income students who are highly engaged in the arts are twice as likely to graduate college as their peers with no arts education.
  4. Two-thirds of public-school teachers believed that the fine arts are among subjects getting crowded out of the school day by a focus on math and English.
  5. Black and Hispanic students lack access to quality arts education compared to their White peers, earning an average of 30 and 25 percent fewer arts credits, respectively.

HOW

  1. The Basie offers financial support and merit-based scholarships, and increased these over 100% in the past year
  2. The Basie partners and collaborates with community organizations on programming, providing support for families and students, and advancing accessibility to arts and culture:
  • Calpulli Mexican Dance Company
  • Lunch Break
  • Red Bank Resource Network
  • Monmouth Mental Health Association
  • HOSA Foundation
  • Red Bank Library
  • coLab Arts
  • Monmouth Arts
  • Parker Family Health Center
  • Red Bank RiverCenter
  • Monmouth Resource Network
  • Fulfill
  • Boys and Girls Club of Monmouth County
  • CARC Monmouth County
  • Red Bank YMCA
  • Red Bank’s Parks & Recreation department
  • Faith-based organizations
  • Red Bank Borough’s Hispanic business community and municipal offices such as Red Bank’s Parks & Recreation department

WHEN / THE FUTURE

    1. The Basie is committed to increasing accessibility to the arts for all through scholarships, whole family/student support, workforce development and more
    2. The Forever for Everyone Endowment aims to raise $20 million dollars, allowing the organization to offer scholarships in perpetuity to Basie Center Academy programs; to promote diversity, equity and inclusion in the performing arts; fund the Basie Center’s goals for strategic growth; and create an emergency fund for upkeep of its campus, including its 96-year-old historic theater.

Questions and Contacts:

      1. General education inquiries – [email protected]
      2. Performing Arts Programs & Jr. Productions – Jessica O’Brien: [email protected]
      3. Basie’s Monmouth Conservatory & Music Programs – Dr. Laura Petillo: [email protected]
      4. Basie Awards & School shows/programs – Anthony Greco: [email protected]
      5. mindALIGNED & New Jersey Poetry Out Loud – Kenya Bullock: [email protected]
      6. Basie Academy Classes & Teen + College Film Fest – Chris Harrison: [email protected]

Talking Points for Community Members, Organizations, Schools, Program Participants & Families

COUNT BASIE CENTER FOR THE ARTS BELIEVES

We believe participation in the arts

  • is essential to a well-rounded education and motivates lifelong learning
  • fosters creativity, self-esteem, teamwork, and problem solving skills
  • develops a strong work ethic and the ability to focus
  • advances community connections and promotes inclusivity and diversity
  • inspires empathy, compassion and tolerance
  • enriches life and generates joy

WHO

  1. Through its education programs the Basie impacts over 20,000 people annually from all over the state
  2. Staff trained in their arts area of specialty, serving multi-lingual participants, participants with disabilities, and more.
  3. The Basie partners and collaborates with community organizations on programming, providing support for families and students, and advancing accessibility to arts and culture:
  • Calpulli Mexican Dance Company
  • Lunch Break
  • Red Bank Resource Network
  • Monmouth Mental Health Association
  • HOSA Foundation
  • Red Bank Library
  • coLab Arts
  • Monmouth Arts
  • Parker Family Health Center
  • Red Bank River Center
  • Monmouth Resource Network
  • Fulfill
  • Boys and Girls Club of Monmouth County
  • CARC Monmouth County
  • Red Bank YMCA
  • Red Bank’s Parks & Recreation department
  • Faith-based organizations
  • Red Bank Borough’s Hispanic business community and municipal offices such as Red Bank’s Parks & Recreation department

WHAT

  1. The Basie offers programs for children and adults, students, and teachers Programs are offered in all the areas of performing arts (music, dance, theatre, film/tv, visual art) through classes, workshops, professional development and more.

WHERE

  1. Programs take place in schools, community organizations, out in the community itself, and/or on site at Basie Center campuses which are fully accessible for all.

WHY

  1. Students with high arts participation and low socioeconomic status have a 4 percent dropout rate—five times lower than their low socioeconomic status peers.
  2. Students who take four years of arts and music classes score an average of over 150 points higher on the SAT than students who take only one-half year or less.
  3. Low-income students who are highly engaged in the arts are twice as likely to graduate college as their peers with no arts education.
  4. Two-thirds of public-school teachers believed that the fine arts are among subjects getting crowded out of the school day by a focus on math and English.
  5. Black and Hispanic students lack access to quality arts education compared to their White peers, earning an average of 30 and 25 percent fewer arts credits, respectively.

HOW

  1. The Basie offers financial support and merit-based scholarships, and increased these over 100% in the past year having given out over 150 support scholarships totaling nearly $60,000.

WHEN / THE FUTURE

  1. The Basie is committed to increasing accessibility to the arts for all through scholarships, whole family/student support, workforce development, fully accessible spaces and studios, and more
  2. The Forever for Everyone Endowment aims to raise $20 million dollars, allowing the organization to offer scholarships in perpetuity to Basie Center Academy programs; to promote diversity, equity and inclusion in the performing arts; fund the Basie Center’s goals for strategic growth; and create an emergency fund for upkeep of its campus, including its 96-year-old historic theater.

Questions and Contacts:

 

Count Basie Center Education Staff

Samantha Giustiniani, Vice President, Education & Outreach
[email protected] / 732-224-8778 x 130

Jessica O’Brien, Education Program Manager
[email protected] / 732-224-8778 x 144

Dr. Laura Petillo, Music Programs Manager
[email protected] / 732-224-8778 x 142

Anthony Greco, Arts Education & Outreach Manager
[email protected] / 732-224-8778 x 154

Kenya Bullock, School Programs & Partnerships Manager
[email protected] / 732-224-8778 x 161

Chris Harrison, Education Associate
[email protected] / 732-224-8778 x 125

FOR INFORMATION ON THE BASIE CENTER’S FOREVER FOR EVERYONE ENDOWMENT PLEASE CONTACT:

Lysa J. Israel
Senior Director of Development
[email protected] / 732-224-8778 x 128