AAEC Board of Directors meets in Wasilla
For the second year the AAEC Board is meeting at an Airbnb house in Wasilla. This retreat is the only time in 12 months that the board gets to meet face-to-face. We welcome new members, review our mission and make a plan for the coming year....
AAEC Board members attend Statewide Conference
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
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,...2018 LKSD 2018 Festival of Arts website…a great way to organize and celebrate your students art!
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,...
Honoring our 2018 Champions of Arts in Education
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!
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...
Nominate a 2018 ‘Champion’ of Arts in Education
Do you know a teacher, student, advocate, community group that believes in the arts?
AAEC Board member teaches doll-making workshop in Igiugig
In mid November AAEC Board Member Nita Rearden taught a 3-day dollmaking workshop in Igiugig. Below is her writing and above is a photo of attendee Christina Salmon-Bringhurst with her daughter Erika Yaquelek. Native Art—A Foundation of Cultural Values and Learning...