Kirk Garbisch has had a tremendous impact on arts education in Wrangell as well as Southeast Alaska as the high school art teacher since 1982. During this time he provided the students of Wrangell with opportunities to develop and show their arts. With technology...
John Sinnok is AAEC’s Champion of the Arts from the Arctic Region. John’s students have entered carvings and sewing in the Heard Museum All Native Student Art and Sale arts show in Phoenix, Arizona every year for the last 10 years and his students consistently win 26...
A second Champion on the Arts comes from the Kenai Peninsula. Elaine Larson is a music, movement and drama specialist in the Kaleidoscope School of Arts and Science, a K-6 public charter school, which she helped to found in the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District...
AAEC ‘s Board knows that “it takes a village” to make positive changes to integrate the arts in Alaska’s classrooms, schools, and communities. It takes school and community individuals, leaders, and groups to bring awareness of why the arts are important in our...
The Alaska Arts Education Consortium Announces 2013 “Champions of Arts in Education” The Alaska Arts Education Consortium (AAEC) Champions of Arts in Education Award was created as a way to formally recognize and honor individuals or organizations from...
