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Michael Letts: Art as Energy!
Heather Vaughan-Southard Leave a Comment arts assessment, arts education, creative process, creativity, energy, Harvard Project Zero, MAEIA, Michael Letts, Oliver Herring, performance events, performance tasks, process-based learning, Thomas Hirschhorn, time-based
One integral aspect of many MAEIA assessment items is time limits. Sometimes this may seem unnatural, high pressure, or “test-oriented.” But in the arts, limiting time can often...
Continue ReadingMaking Connections: Transforming MAEIA Assessments into Arts-Integrated Learning Opportunities, Visual Arts and Social Studies, 6th grade
Karrie LaFave Leave a Comment cross-curricular connections, social studies
In this 4th in a series of 4 blog posts, I share ideas inspired by MAEIA assessments for arts curriculum integration across K-12 school subjects. These arts...
Continue ReadingPowerful Voices in Michigan Arts Education
Heather Vaughan-Southard Leave a Comment accolades, achievements, AFTA, Americans for the Arts, Arts Advocacy, arts education, Barb Whitney, dance education, MAEIA contributors, MAEIA Leadership Associates, Nicole Flinn, research, SP3, State Policy Pilot Program
We offer hearty congratulations to two MAEIA contributors who have received prominent attention this month. The National Dance Educators Organization convened in San Antonio, TX this November. Executive Director, Susan McGreevy-Nichols, annually awards a dance...
Continue ReadingCelebrating Youth Art Month with Student Voices
Karrie LaFave 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...
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