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Kathy Dewsbury-White Leave a Comment Adaptation, dance, Dewsbury-White, Kathy Dewsbury-White, MAEIA, music, theatre, visual arts

2022 marks the 10th year for the MAEIA Project. The first seven years were about outlining the structure of the organism.  We articulated what gold standard arts programming looked like, we built a robust...

Joni Starr and Guests Leave a Comment arts education, dance, Gratitude, MAEIA, music, theatre, visual arts

This time of year asks us to pay attention to gratitude and the blessings we have received. In my years as an arts educator and advocate, and in my role as MAEIA blog editor, I...

Nafeesah Symonette Leave a Comment COVID-19, Culture, MAEIA

Editor’s Note I am excited to introduce the first post in a four part series written by Nafeesah Symonette on the intersection of Arts Education and Culturally Responsive Teaching in an...

Heather Vaughan-Southard Leave a Comment dance, MAEIA, music, SEL, Social Emotional Learning, theatre, visual arts

Editor’s Note: This is the fifth and final post in Heather’s wonderful series, Social Emotional Learning and the Arts. She has shared her expertise and experience...

Joni Starr, Liz Wylegala, and Cat Weaver 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...

Kathy Dewsbury-White Leave a Comment dance, Kathy Dewsbury-White, Looking Forward, MAEIA, music, theatre, visual arts

This is part two of a two-part series that looks back and looks forward at the purposes and achievements of the Michigan Arts Education Instruction & Assessment (MAEIA) project. Check out

Kathy Dewsbury-White Leave a Comment MAEIA

This is part one of a two-part series that looks back and looks forward at the purposes and achievements of the Michigan Arts Education Instruction and Assessment (MAEIA) project. Read

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...

Cathy DePentu Leave a Comment Cathy DePentu, COVID-19, DePentu, MAEIA, music, virtual learning

So, let’s do a quick recap of the last eight months…I am Director of Orchestras for the Plymouth Canton Community Schools. I teach at “The Park,” a sprawling campus...

Heidi Rhodes Leave a Comment Back to School, collaboration, dance, MAEIA, music, Online Learning, theatre, visual arts

In preparing ourselves as educators for this [input your own adjective here] school year, it is so critical for us to not become an island. More than ever, we must lean on one...