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...

Carrie Jeruzal Leave a Comment Better Together in the Arts, collaborative scoring, MAEIA, MI-CSS

2020 Update!  The MAEIA Collaborative Scoring System is once again offered to art educators in Michigan in a completely virtual format.  Recently “rebooted” through the “Better Together In the Arts” professional development initiative, visual...

Carrie Jeruzal Leave a Comment

Youth Art Month is a celebration of the visual arts administered by the Council for Art Education (CFAE). The program provides a medium for recognizing skills developed through visual art experiences, including: problem solving, creativity,...

Heather Vaughan-Southard Leave a Comment SEL, Social Emotional Learning

Social-emotional learning (SEL) has been a focus of discussion for educators and families in the 2020-2021 academic year, particularly as COVID-19 forced schools to adapt quickly, and in the process, highlighted the need to better...