Arts council

• NEW YORK, Oct. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Global ocean exploration nonprofit OceanX announced today that seasoned nonprofit strategy consultant Nicole Kidston Thomson has joined the organization in the newly created role of vice president of partnerships.
• As the lead of the partnerships pillar at OceanX, Thomson will work to further establish OceanX as a collaborator and partner with governments, corporations, academia, philanthropists, and funds around the globe to advance science, media, and education objectives in support of the ocean.
• Thomson comes to OceanX after an 18-year career in nonprofit fundraising and strategy.
• "I'm incredibly honored to join the OceanX team to build synergistic partnerships across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors," said Nicole.

• Over the course of February to July 2023, this endeavor engaged 27 participating organizations in a comprehensive program centered around Steve's acclaimed book, "The Sustainability Mindset."
• The key learnings and takeaways from this phase encompassed:
  The clear identification of intended impact, target audiences, and desired outcomes.
• Laura Way, President + CEO at The ACGG, said, “We must be focused on sustainability and resiliency within our arts sector.
• This work would not be possible without the guidance from the NCAC and Guilford County and their support of our initiative, the New Creative Investment.

• NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The 40th Most Outstanding Asian Artist Lifetime Achievement Award Ceremony was held on Saturday, August 12th, in New York, presented by the Chinese American Arts Council (CAAC).
• Chinese pianist Mr. Liu Shih Kun was honored with this prestigious recognition.
• Liu Shih Kun is an esteemed artistic master and a witness of modern and contemporary Chinese history.
• The 84-year-old Liu Shih Kun improvised performances of the Chinese song Ode to the Motherland and the American song America the Beautiful.

• It has wide-ranging benefits for children’s development.
• Here, we’ve outlined some of the ways drawing can be beneficial to children – for communication, memory, and learning – and how parents can support their children as they express themselves creatively.
• Drawing allows children to take their experiences of the world and transform these by making new connections and relationships through their inventive minds.

Communicate and learn

• Drawing also allows children to express themselves and communicate to others.
• It provides a non-verbal way to communicate the wide range of emotional and behavioural difficulties they might be struggling with, to lead to change and growth.
• Drawing can help children learn.
• A group of children were taught two strategies to help them learn a scientific concept.

How parents can help

• First of all, we can help our children draw and learn through drawing by simply giving them the materials and the time to use them.
• We found that children whose parents spent longer with them while they drew took more enjoyment from their drawing.
• Parents may find drawing a useful way to gain greater insight into their children’s experiences and personal reflections.
• Research has shown that children often use drawings made by others, such as cartoons or drawings by their parents or siblings, as inspiration for their own drawings.