Celebrate National Arts in Education Week with AICAD
Calling all art teachers and the students who love them! National Arts Education Week (Designated by Congress in 2010 through House Resolution 275) is here and it’s time to urge our elected officials and educational decision makers to support equitable access to the arts for all students as part of a well-rounded k-12 education.
National Arts in Education Week takes place annually during the week beginning with the second Sunday of September. This year it falls on September 13-19, 2015.
We’ve compiled some resources to help you engage:
- Learn the facts about the benefits of arts learning at ArtsEdSearch.org
- What policies are in place in your community that either support or hurt student access and participation in arts learning? Use this searchable database ArtScan.
- Not happy with what’s happening in your state? Find out how you can advocate to decision makers using Americans for the Arts e-books
- Join the celebration on social media during #ArtsEdWeek and be sure to follow AICAD on Facebook and Twitter @AICArtDesign and tag pictures of student artwork with #EncourageCreativity. Students can celebrate their favorite art educators using #TeachTheArts.
- Celebrate in your classroom with over 400 free design-based lesson plans courtesy of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
- Check out the many resources offered by the National Art Education Association for Arts Education Week.
- View the Americans for the Arts’ new advocacy video series Encourage Creativity