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 Americans for the Arts, Arts Advocacy, Arts Education Field Guide, Arts Education for America's Students, Arts Education Partnership, ArtScan, Barb Whitney, Creative Many Michigan, Critical Links, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Doing Well and Doing Good by Doing Art, ESSA, Imagination Project, James Catterall, Lansing Arts Gallery and Education Center, MAEIA, UCLA

Access to the arts for students in schools offers an avenue for self-expression and a source of inspiration. Beyond that, the arts develop students’ critical thinking skills. Additionally, numerous studies prove the arts benefit academic...

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Years ago, I worked with a colleague who told me she had viewed the catalogue of MAEIA assessment items and wondered, “Who Teaches that Way?” I think her impression was there was a lot of...