Advocacy Day: the State House was rocking!
If anyone doubted that students who love the arts aren’t a joyous and dedicated bunch, they needed only to stop in at Thursday’s Arts Education Advocacy Day at the State […]
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BCTA Program to Continue in Fall of 2014
Building Community Through the Arts program at MAAE will be continuing this fall at Bangor and Brewer High Schools. Keep posted for updates!
Arts education produces innovative students with critical thinking skills
Educators combat “creativity crisis” in art instruction By: Ilana Kowarski District Administration, December 2013 Art/Music In a world of constant technological change, the ability to adapt is priceless. Creativity is […]
Art Makes You Smart — From the New York Times
By BRIAN KISIDA, JAY P. GREENE and DANIEL H. BOWEN Published: November 23, 2013 The New York Times For many education advocates, the arts are a panacea: They supposedly increase […]
“Building Community Through the Arts” Comes Roaring Back
I am pleased to report that I attended the “conference” of our Building Community Through The Arts program (BCTA) on Wednesday this week in Orono. It was an extraordinary experience. […]
Building Community Through the Arts (BCTA) up and running again!
Four academic classes from Brewer HS and Bangor HS have been working on original dance and drama pieces for the past several weeks, and will be performing them for the […]
Save the Date!
Save the date!! April 2, 2014 is Arts Education Day at the Maine State Capitol. We are really pleased to see that Maine Arts Commission and Maine Crafts Association are […]
Kennedy Center on Arts and Special Ed
The Kennedy Center is hosting Intersections: Arts and Special Education Conference, August 7-8, 2013. The conference will address emerging issues about students with disabilities and access to arts education. Because […]
Opportunities & Events
Be sure to scroll down! There are a lot of events and opportunities listed here–but not necessarily in chronological order. We do try to keep it current. Please let us […]
MAAE Board gets high-powered infusion
In the past few weeks three dynamic community leaders have joined the board of the Maine Alliance for Arts & Education (MAAE), helping to cement the organization’s position as the […]