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Arts Ed Month 2023 Week 2: Nature

Challenge 2- Nature #ArtsEdMonthAK Alaska Arts Education Month is here!  We’re celebrating throughout March with a different Creativity Challenge each week.  Get inspired by the week’s theme to explore music, dance, theater, cultural arts, media arts, and visual...

Arts Ed Month 2023 Week 1: Community

Challenge 1- Community! #ArtsEdMonthAK Alaska Arts Education Month is here!  We’re celebrating throughout March with a different Creativity Challenge each week.  Get inspired by the week’s theme to explore music, dance, theater, cultural arts, media arts, and visual...

March is Alaska Arts Education Month!

Happy Alaska Arts in Education Month! Alaska’s Acting Commissioner of Education Heidi Teshner has named March as a month to celebrates the arts in our schools!   AAEC is planning a statewide celebration where students can make art by drawing, singing,...

Summer 2023 Institutes Announced!

We are thrilled to offer three unique Institutes during Summer 2023. Stayed tuned for more information, and the teacher-leader lineup! Literacy through the Arts: Fairbanks, June 5-9, 2023 Arts, Culture and Technology with Storytelling: Bethel, June 12-16, 2023...

AAEC Launches the Rural Arts Iniative

Alaska Arts Education Consortium has launched its newest effort–The Rural Arts Initiative.   The RAI has recruited 5 rural districts from around Alaska–Alaska Gateway, Lower Kuskokwim, Lower Yukon, Nome, and Skagway.  Representatives from each met in...

Nominations now open for the 2023 Champions of the Arts Awards!

For the past 11 years, the Alaska Arts Education Consortium (AAEC) Champions of Arts in Education Award has  honored Alaskan individuals or organizations who “champion” the arts in education. These Champions carry the torch for arts education through high-caliber...