Ovation TV Introduces New Arts Education Program

-- New York, January 27, 2010: Ovation TV announced the launch of a national arts education initiative at an event for NY City teachers held at the New York Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. Working with Cable in the Classroom and the New York City Department of Education's Office of Arts and Special Projects, Ovation TV developed arts-related curriculum units and companion programs for educators that are now available through a newly created education portal.

Ovation TV's arts education initiative is the result of a year-long collaboration between Ovation TV, the NYC Department of Education and high school visual arts teachers and their students. The network also partnered with Columbia Business School Executive MBA students to develop a relevant, digital arts education platform and marketing plan.

"Advocating the importance of the arts in the education of our youth is a critical part of Ovation TV's mission," said Charles Segars, CEO, Ovation TV. "This new arts education program not only represents a key element of our ongoing commitment, but also complements Cable in the Classroom's expanded broadband initiative by being digitally accessible to educators."

For Ovation TV's curriculum units, the network engaged NYC-area art teachers in developing the lessons and selecting programming clips from Ovation TV documentaries. The initial units focus on the works of Jackson Pollock, Daniel Libeskind and Robert Rauschenberg. The curriculum was introduced to visual arts students from high schools in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Staten Island and teachers found that students learned to create and paint in the exact style and with the very techniques used by American masters. This project and its outcome will serve as the cornerstone of Ovation TV's free web-based education initiative.

Ovation TV also provides a unique online art community where teachers and students can engage in discussions surrounding art in America, view the creations of others, and share their own work.

The Ovation TV curriculum can be accessed by going to OvationTV.com/educators. A new education resource will be added to the portal each month.

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