Heather Vaughan-Southard Leave a Comment ArtPrize, arts education, Byron Center West Middle School, collaboration, communicating an idea, cutouts, Grand Rapids, Janine Campbell, legacy projects, MAEIA Blueprint, MAEIA program review tool, professional development, professional learning, Robert Rauschenberg, The Lab School of Washington D.C., The Power of Art Conference, visual arts

Professional development is an impactful tool for teachers. When it is directed in ways that allows teachers to take what they have learned and apply it in their own classrooms to engage students, it becomes...

Holly Olszewski Leave a Comment arts education, arts funding, arts resources, Holly Olszewski, Leadership Fellow, MAEIA, MCACA, Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, state resources, Traverse City

Far too many projects in the arts have the lights ‘turned out’ because they lack the funding to continue. Recently, I had the wonderful opportunity to attend the

Karrie LaFave Leave a Comment Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

I was first introduced to the world of the arts as a student at Detroit’s NE side Van Zile Elementary School. As a third grader, I walked into the music classroom of Mr. David...

Karrie LaFave Leave a Comment Culturally Responsive Teaching

Editor’s Note:  This is the second in a four part series by Nafeesah Symonette on the important topic of culturally responsive teaching. Be sure to check out her first post