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Celebrating Michigan MAEIA Partners
Our MAEIA team is grateful to have relationships with talented and skilled partners advancing creativity in education across Michigan. MAEIA partners are a coalition of organizations committed to supporting high-quality arts education...
Continue ReadingIt’s #ArtsEdWeek! Share your #BecauseofArtsEd story!
Heather Vaughan-Southard Leave a Comment Americans for the Arts, Arts Advocacy, arts education, artsedweek, becauseofartsed, impact of the arts
Have you heard? It is National Arts Education Week! September 11-17, 2016. The National Arts Education Week page on the Americans for the Arts website offers three...
Continue ReadingMichael 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 ReadingCelebrating Youth Art Month with Student Voices
Karrie LaFave Leave a Comment Student Voice, Youth Art Month
Youth Art Month is an annual observance each March that emphasizes the value of art education for all children and encourages support for quality school...
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