Summer Institutes

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
  • Understand the impact of the arts on student performance, motivation and brain activity
  • Experience the production, criticism & appreciation of art
  • Form a cadre of teachers in the arts across Alaska

11,800+ Alaska students now receiving more arts education from teachers trained at AAEC institutes

For the summer of 2013, AAEC will be offering two 2-week Basic Arts Institutes and one week long Special Topics Institute:  Alutiiq Cultural Arts.

The Basics will be offered in:

Sitka  June 2-14

Nome July 28-August 9

The Special Topics Institute will be offered in:

Kodiak  May 29 -June 4

Deadline registration for Basic Arts Institutes in Sitka and Nome has been extended until April 30, 2013. Registration to the Kodiak Special Topics Institute is now closed.