AAEC 2018 Summer Arts Institutes

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Sitka Basic Arts Institute 2017

21 teachers attended the invigorating
two-week institute

Juneau Basic and Beyond 2017

16 teachers attended the two-week
Juneau Basic and Beyond Institute

Anchorage Arts are Exceptional Institute 2017

26 teachers attended the one-week special-education focused Institute

AAEC Annual Board Retreat

The AAEC Board met in Wasilla for the 2017 Fall Retreat

Administrators Academy - Juneau - 2017

Over 40 School Administrators met in Juneau in September 2017.

About AAEC

The Alaska Arts Education Consortium (AAEC) is an affiliation of school districts, organizations and individuals committed to preparing and supporting educators so that they can teach the arts across the curriculum. Our mission is to advance teaching and learning in and through the arts across Alaska by:

Prepares and supports educators to teach the arts across the curriculum
Promotes the awareness of the importance of teaching and learning in and through the arts
Expands the opportunities to fulfill its mission through meaningful and ongoing relationships with partners,grantors, donors and alumni

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Latest News from AAEC

AAEC Board members attend Statewide Conference

Sep 8, 2018

The Alaska State Council on the Arts recently held the 2018 Alaska Arts Convergence conference in Fairbanks. Five members of the Alaska Arts Education Consortium board attended the Interconnect Conference as pictured below. AAEC has been a leader in actively...

AAEC 2018 Summer Arts Institutes

Aug 20, 2018

During this past summer, AAEC worked with three school districts to host Arts Institutes: In chronological order: • Mat-su "Steppin it up with the Arts" Institute. Lead by Donna Breeden, Allison Little and Nita Rearden the 20 participants studied drama, visual art...

2018 LKSD 2018 Festival of Arts website…a great way to organize and celebrate your students art!

Apr 19, 2018

The Lower Kuskokwim School District is holding it's Festival of Arts in Bethel during April. This year all visual art was photographed and is on a website. You can scan through and sort by grade, media, or even by school where the art was made. And you can, until...

Honoring our 2018 Champions of Arts in Education

Mar 10, 2018

Every year AAEC solicits nominations from across Alaska to honor ‘Alaska’s Champions of Arts in Education’ in four categories. There were many nominees this year and they are all worthy, but there are only four categories. This year’s honorees are Ginger Crockett, Sally Grimsrud, Lake Argus Siner, and Miah Lager.

Governor agrees: March is Alaska Arts Education Month!

Mar 4, 2018

March is National and Alaska's Art Education Month. This month we celebrate the extremely important role the arts play in any student's education. Throughout Alaska school districts will host student art show, student music performances, theatrical presentations,...