BASIC ARTS INSTITUTES AAEC began offering a Basic Arts Institute  in Juneau in 2003. Basic Arts Institutes, now offered statewide, are two-week intensive, summer opportunities for educators to learn how to use the arts to motivate and increase student learning. Participants at Institutes - Learn how to integrate the arts (visual, drama, music & Native cultural arts) into their school curriculum Work with and learn from Alaska Native Elders...

NOME • 1ST BASIC ARTS INSTITUTE • July 28 – August 9, 2013 • HOSTED BY: Nome and Bering Strait School Districts • 4 UAS ED593 Credits The 1ST Basic Arts Institute in NOME is for K-12 educators who want to experience how the arts can increase student performance, engagement and motivation in grades K-12. Participants learn to integrate a variety of arts (visual, digital storytelling, drama/theatre & traditional cultural arts) into classrooms...

Kodiak • Special Topics ARTS INSTITUTE • May 29 – June 4, 2013 • 3 Kodiak College ED Credits available for $100 Based on repeated requests for more in-depth experiences with the traditional, cultural art forms in Alaska, the AAEC will sponsor the second in a 5 year cycle of one week institutes featuring Alutiiq arts and culture this year. It will include visual and performing arts – carving, weaving, storytelling, singing, carving and...

SITKA • BASIC ARTS INSTITUTE • June 2 – June 14, 2013 • 4 UAS ED593 Credits The Alaska Arts Education Consortium is partnering with the Sitka Summer Fine Arts Camp to offer a unique opportunity for educators who want to experience how the arts can increase student performance, engagement and motivation in grades K-12. Teachers learn to integrate a variety of arts (visual, storytelling, drama, music, movement, and traditional cultural arts) into...