Summer Institutes

Professional development opportunities for Alaska teachers

Art Bytes

Online art lessons for and by Alaskan teachers

Celebrate our Arts Champions

Honor an Alaskan individual or organizations who champions the arts in education

The Alaska Arts Education Consortium advances teaching and learning in and through the arts across Alaska.

AAEC serves educators across the traditional homelands of the Alaska Native peoples, the original stewards of this land. We honor the Iñupiaq, Dene, Yup’ik and Cup’ik, Sugpiaq, Lingít, Haida, Tsimshian, and Unangax̂, who continue to live, practice, and adapt their ancient cultural traditions. As we advance teaching and learning in and through the arts across Alaska, we are grateful for the privilege to grow from their deep cultural wisdom.

2025 Champions of Arts in Education announced!

Since 2012, the Champions of Arts in Education Award has honored individuals or organizations who promote high quality learning in and through the arts.
This award highlights the positive impact of the arts on the lives of our children and youth.
Please join us in recognizing the 2025 Champions: Rita Christianson, Susan Malutin, Tom Heywood, and Sandy Fortier.

Seeking Teacher Leaders for June 2025 Institute

AAEC will partner with the Haines Borough School District to hold a Placed-Based Learning and the Arts Institute June 2-6, 2025. We are seeking Teacher Leader applicants to lead sessions for Alaskan educators. You will work in a team of three Teacher Leaders with a...

Meet the AK Arts Education Data Project

In 2023 the National Endowment for the Arts and the Alaska State Council on the Arts awarded funds to the Alaska Arts Education Consortium (AAEC) to explore the current state of arts education in Alaska. To accomplish this task, the AAEC initiated the Alaska Arts...

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