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Heather Vaughan-Southard Leave a Comment Americans for the Arts, Arts Advocacy, arts education, artsedweek, becauseofartsed, impact of the arts

Have you heard? It is National Arts Education Week!  September 11-17, 2016. The National Arts Education Week page on the Americans for the Arts website...

Heather Vaughan-Southard Leave a Comment arts education, community partnership, MAEIA, MCACA, Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs

Thank you, Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs for funding a portion of our work for 2016-17! We are so grateful for your partnership and the opportunity to continue to support communities in...

Nicki Flinn Leave a Comment arts assessment, dance education, Hope College, K-12 arts education, Nicki Flinn, standards, student growth, teacher effectiveness

My career in Dance Education started in the K-12 sector and advanced to higher education as I guide students into the field of Dance Education at Hope College. My experience with MAEIA over the last...

Heather Vaughan-Southard Leave a Comment arts education, arts equipment, arts field trips, arts supplies, community partners, cultural events, grant funding for the arts, Michigan Youth Arts, professional performance

Michigan Youth Arts announces two exciting grant opportunities. In summary: Arts & Culture Trek Grant Open: August 15, 2016 Close: October 21, 2016 Michigan Youth Arts, on behalf of the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, is offering...

Heather Vaughan-Southard Leave a Comment arts assessment, arts education, create, dance advantage, dance assessment, dance education, national standards in dance education, perform, respond, teaching dance

As dancers, we are consistently assessing performance- individually, technically, artistically, collectively, and so on.