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United Nations Arts Initiative

Arts Integration Into Education
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"Promoting the arts as a vehicle for solution oriented strategic
planning and development across the globe."

Humanitarian, writer, composer, artist H-II: Stephen Michael Apatow cuts to the heart of emotions and intensity of life on the fast track.  2010 marked 20 years of dedication to humanitarian relief efforts and policy development as founder of the nonprofit organization Humanitarian Resource Institute.  In the late 2000's, his work as an artist/publisher with American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), dance educator, founder/director of the International Dancescience Development Program he developed the HRI "Arts Integration Into Education" initiative that is today known as the United Nations Arts Initiative. The mission, utilizing artists, who have the innovation, creativity and a connection with the grassroots level as a bridge, to lead U.S. and international humanitarian relief efforts and policy development.

"Arts Integration Into Education," through the "United Nations Arts Initiative" provides a unique opportunity for members of the arts community  to impact prioritized humanitarian emergencies and relief operations across the globe.   Efforts to "Bridge Unmet Needs to Untapped Resources," includes participation  with strategic planning, critical analysis, expert think tank development for background discussions, peer reviewed data compilation and communications that engage decision makers and target audiences on the grassroots level in 192 United Nations member countries.

Humanitarian Resource Institute education and policy initiatives reach:

  • newspaper, radio and television, corporate, intergovernmental, non-governmental, United Nations, community action and interfaith organizations in approximately 195 countries.  
  • grassroots networks (household level), corporate, municipal, state and federal government, community action and interfaith organizations in approximately 3100 United States Counties.

Artists, you have a voice, let it be heard.

For additional information, contact:

Stephen Michael Apatow
Founder, Humanitarian Resource Institute (UN:NGO:DESA) and the United Nations Arts Initiative
Artist/Publisher: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
Speaker: International Association of Speakers Bureaus
Phone: (203) 668-0282

Internet: www.unarts.org
Email: s.m.apatow@unarts.org
Twitter:
UNArts

HRI:UNArts: International Dancescience Development Program
Internet: www.edancescience.org

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The award winning group Sounds inspires listeners across the globe: Three Grammys, Thee Stellar Awards, International Time for Peace Award, One Emmy Nomination, Two Gold Records, International Dance Music Award, Soul Train Award, One Platinum Record, Three NAACP Image Award Nominations.  Album: Sound/Video Production: Atomic K Records and Productions.

Sounds Wins NAACP Image Award
World music album: Sounds of Blackness, “Sounds of Blackness”
Washington Post: 17 February 2012


Sounds of Blackness has entered into a strategic partnership with the nonprofit organization Humanitarian Resource Institute (HRI), led by writer, composer, artist H-II: Stephen Michael Apatow. HRI is planning a series of promotional events and PSAs for the United Nations Arts Initiative to support humanitarian relief operations in the U.S. and abroad. The group's video, "Fly Again", is currently featured on the UNArts website, www.unarts.org, and will be part of the organization’s "Arts Integration Into Education" project. “Sounds of Blackness, through its latest single release, ‘Fly Again,’ has provided the world with an uplifting message of hope, and inspiration for artists and members of the entertainment industry that have taken the lead in solution oriented humanitarian relief efforts in 192 countries, in cooperation with the United Nations Arts Initiative,” said Apatow. --  Malaco Music Group Recording Artists The Sounds of Blackness Releases 10th CD on 40th Anniversary: 17 October 2011.

Soundtrack "Fly Again" Featured in Rock The World Compilation
Rock The World: United Nations Arts Initiative on AirPlay Direct

  • Rock The World - 192 Countries - EPK 2011 : HRI:UNArts 2 November 2011. Sounds of Blackness Partnership. Soundtracks: "Fly Again" Artists: Sounds, "Rock The World and "The American Way" Artist: H-II Stephen Michael Apatow.

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Inspirational video of student Emily Patterson (Joffrey Ballet) from the movie "The Company." - The International Dancescience Development Program  - Reaching the Next Level of Performance in Technical and Artistic Development


Performing Arts
 
United States
  • National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA): The National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA) is the membership organization that unites, represents and serves the nation's state and jurisdictional arts agencies. Each of the 56 states and jurisdictions has created an agency to support excellence in and access to the arts. On the web at:  http://www.nasaa-arts.org
  • The Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network (KCAAEN) includes 46 state Alliance organizations, operating in partnership with the Kennedy Center to achieve the following mission: "Recognizing that the arts express the essence of civilization and nurture the highest aspirations of the human spirit, the Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network is dedicated to the support of policies, practices and partnerships that ensure the arts are woven into the very fabric of American education." On the web at: http://www.kennedy-center.org
  • ARTSEDGE, the National Arts Education and Information Network, supports the place of arts education at the center of the curriculum through the creative and appropriate uses of technology. ARTSEDGE helps educators to teach in, through and about the arts. On the web at: http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/
  • The Arts Education Partnership is a national coalition of arts, education, business, philanthropic and government organizations that demonstrates and promotes the essential role of the arts in the learning and development of every child and in the improvement of America's schools. On the web at: http://aep-arts.org/
  • Arts Education Services at Americans for the Arts Through advocacy, research, partnerships, and professional development, Americans for the Arts strives to provide and secure more resources and support for arts education. Brochure on the web at: http://www.artsusa.org/pdf
  • International
  • United States Center for the International Association of Theater for Children and Young People (ASSITEJ/USA). On the web at: http://www.assitej-usa.org 
  • International Drama/Theater and Education Association (IDEA). On the web at: www.idea-org.net  
  • International Society for Education through Art (INSEA). On the web at: http://www.insea.org 
  • International Society for Music Education (ISME). On the web at: http://www.isme.org


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