Living an Artistic Life
Editor’s Note: As arts educators we often wonder about the long term impact of our teaching. When they have left us, do our students grow into or out of their artistry and creativity?...
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Joni Starr with Nicki Flinn-Culver Leave a Comment
Editor’s Note: As arts educators we often wonder about the long term impact of our teaching. When they have left us, do our students grow into or out of their artistry and creativity?...
Continue ReadingJoni Starr, Liz Wylegala, and Cat Weaver Leave a Comment Dwight Rich School, MAEIA, St. Martha's School, visual arts, Youth Art Month
Youth Art Month is an annual observance each March to emphasize the value of art education for all children and to encourage support for quality school art programs. We at MAEIA thought the best way...
Continue ReadingJustin Christensen-Cooper Leave a Comment Art in the Loft
Editor’s Note: At MAEIA we are dedicated to advancing access to quality arts education for all of Michigan’s students and one effective way to achieve this is partnering schools...
Continue ReadingJoni Starr Leave a Comment Black History Month, Theatre Assessment
In the 8th grade Michigan Merit Theatre Curriculum,
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Fostering the growth of the creative process in children is like growing a garden in the most fertile soil. With exposure to the right elements, and plenty of time and space to...
Continue ReadingNafeesah Symonette Leave a Comment
If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. ~African Proverb While it has been in conversation and practice for over...
Continue ReadingChad Swan-Badgero Leave a Comment Michigan Arts and Culture Council
The times I feel the most frustrated in my work are when I care deeply about something, and it seems that no one is listening. Or that no one cares in the same ways I...
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