Call for student artwork
VSA Kentucky is extending a Call for Art to K-12 students with disabilities in schools across the Commonwealth.
Kentucky Arts Council offers arts education opportunities
If you’re a Kentucky teacher and you want to schedule a field trip to a museum or play, bring in an artist for a residency with your classroom, schedule a performing artist to visit your school or take advantage of other arts education programs, the Kentucky Arts Council offers many educational opportunity grants for the fall semester.
All-state art competition winners announced
After another successful year of making art, the 2017 Kentucky Art Education Association’s All-State Art Competitions exhibited the best of the best from the Commonwealth of Kentucky
2016 Nation’s Arts Report Card Toolkit available
The National Assessment Governing Board has released the fifth National Assessment of Educational Progress in the Arts.
Paper examines arts education access in rural areas
A new working paper, “Leveraging Change: Increasing Access to Arts Education in Rural Areas,” examines access to arts education in rural areas, including the opportunities and challenges that may arise with increasing access.
2017 U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts awards announced
The White House Commission on Presidential Scholars selected 20 students from YoungArts finalists as recipients of the 2017 U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts award.
Research shows arts education promotes student success
New research commissioned by the William Penn Foundation and conducted by WolfBrown and Johns Hopkins University examines the impact and potential benefits of the arts on students.
Grant program for underserved schools renewed
Three Kentucky schools received New Troupe Charter Grants in the 2016-17 school year.
Art contest invites students to depict life on Mars
The Mars Society is holding an art contest in which students in grades 4-12 may submit up to three works of art illustrating human life on Mars. The society will award cash prizes to the top three finishers and will post the winning works of art to its website. Winners also will also have the opportunity to attend the International [...]
UK School of Music hosting Dalcroze institute
The University of Kentucky School of Music will offer its UK Dalcroze Institute on the Dalcroze Eurhythmics approach to music education July 10-21 in Lexington. The workshop – designed for educators, musicians, dancers and music specialists – teaches participants how to refine their musicianship and teach music through the Dalcroze approach, which focuses on rhythmic movement, refined musicality and improvisation [...]