Newsletters

MI Creative Potential uses data to strengthen arts education across Michigan and to inform policy, resources, and cross-sector partnerships at the state, regional, and local levels. Learn more!

Systems change in arts education requires attention at each tier of interaction, in small and larger scaled dimensions.

Aligning Standards, Instruction, and Curriculum Mapping. Explore resources available through MAEIA!

Learn about authenticity as alignment in arts education! When curriculum, instruction, and assessment are thoughtfully aligned, students gain more than artistic skills.

MI Creative Potential enters the final stretch of our Initiation Phase, and enters the Implementation Phase. The artlook® Michigan annual survey for K-12 districts will be opening in August 2026 for select districts.

Change happens through reflection, innovation, and action. The Michigan Blueprint of a Quality Arts Education Program provides a vision for building and sustaining equitable access to high quality arts education for all K-12 students.

The Blueprint of a Quality Arts Education Program paints the picture for what a Gold Standard Arts Program can look like, supported by a community arts ecosystem. Learn more!

Check out Wharton’s Teaching Artist Institute on April 17 -19. And Northwest Michigan Arts & Culture Network is hosting the 2026 Arts & Culture Summit in May!

Get ready! March is Arts Education Month, the Cultural Advocacy Network is hosting an Arts and Culture Advocacy Day, and MI Creative Potential's Arts Education Policy Roadmap is coming soon!

Heather Vaughan-Southard will present Disciplinary Literacy in the Arts: Moving through Life and Learning, at Transforming Minds on February 26, 2026 at Oakland Schools.

This is the first edition of the redesigned Michigan Arts Education Instruction and Assessment (MAEIA) newsletter!

Michigan has been nominated for the Education Commission of the State’s Fred Newman Award for MI Creative Potential’s advancement of equitable access to quality arts education for all of Michigan’s students!

Year one of the artlook® Michigan roll-out is complete, Heather Vaughan-Southard and Barb Whitney serve with on the Arts Education Partnership's Data Working Group, and MCP launches MI Creative Story.

Representation in Arts Education Matters, artlook® Michigan launched in April, and more!

This inaugural issue of the MCP Newsletter announces a new phase of the Michigan art community's collective work

The Augusts/September newsletter asserts that arts education can be offered during COVID-19, and why arts are more critical than ever. We introduce the MAEIA Arts Lounge and Better Together in the Arts—our new...

The April-May issue of MAEIA News & Updates is packed with timely information for educators adapting to a remote format.

August/September 2019 Issue of MAEIA News and Updates

The MAEIA June/July 2019 Issue includes news on the MAEIA and EduPaths online courses; MI-CSS field test results and new "communities of practice"; a blog post by Cheryl Poole; a featured Model Assessment in music;...

April/May 2019 Issue: MAEIA Institute; Re-Ignite! 2019; Americans Speak Out About the Arts; Cross-curricular connections; and more

February/March 2019 Issue—MAEIA Program Improvement Tools; MI-CSS, powered by OSCAR Classroom, Field Test Opportunity; MMC Highlights; and more

December 2018/January 2019 Issue—Collaborative Scoring System field test invitation; MAEIA leaders receive MAEA awards; Program Review Tool available statewide, and more

Re-ignite 2018 Highlights, MAEIA Moving Forward, featured blog and model assessment, upcoming events, and more.

MAEIA 2018-19 Institute, MAEIA Presenters available, Helping our evaluators understand, Re-ignite 2018!, and more!

MAEIA Resources Support Ed Eval Frameworks, MAEIA Grant-funded PD, Advocating for Students through the Arts, ways to engage in the MAEIA Community, and more!

MAEIA Blogs Focus on Arts Integration, MAEIA's Integrated Arts Assessments, Art as Energy!, and more.

Learn more about MAEIA Fellows and Associates, new web resources for Demonstrating Educator Effectiveness, upcoming events, and more!

The MAEIA online catalog of performance assessments was launched statewide for arts educators in fall of 2016. This year, we’re exploring ways in which teachers are using MAEIA assessments in their classrooms. Check it out!

The MAEIA Project supports Michigan school districts, buildings, educators, and the public in implementing a high quality arts education program in dance, music, theatre, and visual arts for all K-12 students.

I’m excited to welcome you to the premiere issue of the newsletter for the Michigan Arts Education Instruction and Assessment (MAEIA) project.