Alaska Arts Education Consortium

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,...

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,...

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...

Nominate a 2020 Champions of Arts in Education deadline extended to February 7, 2020

Jan 21, 2020

AAEC annually honors individuals as Champions of Arts in Education. We believes these Champions carry the torch for arts education through high-caliber instruction, arts support, and ongoing arts promotion and support our mission “to promote learning in and through the arts for all Alaska students.”

AAEC Board member teaches doll-making workshop in Igiugig

Dec 18, 2017

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...

2017 Administrators Art Academy

Nov 8, 2017

During the month of September, AAEC hosted an Administrators Arts Academy in Juneau. The event was funded through a Title II A grant from DEED, awarded to BSSD on behalf of the New Visions Network. Districts within the network, supported by the Alaska State Council...