The Walton-Verona Independent school district has been recognized by The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Foundation as one of its Best Communities for Music Education. The awards program recognizes outstanding efforts by teachers, administrators, parents, students and community leaders who have made music education part of the curriculum. Designations are made to districts and schools that demonstrate an exceptionally [...]
Education Closet will host its Connectivity Arts Integration and STEAM Conference live and online beginning July 20. The conference provides a flexible and affordable learning option for K-12 classroom and arts educators seeking practical tips, resources and ideas for integrating the arts into any classroom. It will feature more than 20 sessions showcasing best practices in arts integration and STEAM [...]
Register now for the 2nd annual Arts Education Summit, scheduled for June 14-15 at the Galt House in Louisville.
Andrew Perry and his daughter Alexandria, a 7th-grade student at Maurice Bowling Middle School (Owen County) work on the Leader in Me mosaic created by students and family members during a family night at the school.Submitted photo by Anderson Sunda By Anderson C. Sunda anderson.sunda@owen.kyschools.us “Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing [...]
Registration is open for the Berea Festival of Learnshops, scheduled for July 7-23. The event includes workshops lasting from two hours to two days on topics ranging from glass blowing to oil painting, as well as professional development for educators. Two-day arts education and arts in education packages include both hands-on sessions and arts education updates and applications, which include [...]
Kentucky Educational Television (KET) is offering a professional learning experience focused on developing a media arts program for schools offering grades K-8. Media arts incorporates elements from drama, dance, music and visual arts, but also must include technology in the creation and distribution of the product. Media arts projects involve interactivity between the art and the audience through the use [...]
Lisse Lawson Lisse Lawson of Rosa Parks Elementary School (Fayette County) has been named the 2017 Elementary Teacher of the Year by the Kentucky Music Educators Association. Lawson is in her 13th year as general music teacher and chorus director at Rosa Parks. Overall, she has taught 24 years in Fayette, Bourbon and Jessamine counties. In addition to [...]
Kelly Mayes Kelly Mayes of Bryan Station High School (Fayette County) has received the 2017 Outstanding Service Award from the Kentucky chapter of the American String Teachers Association. Mayes has worked five years at Bryan Station, where she is assistant orchestra director and co-leader of the StationARTS program. She also teaches 4th- and 5th-grade orchestra at Cardinal Valley [...]
Arts Integration Academies, which are offered at rotating sites throughout the Commonwealth, are professional learning academies that are active, process based, practical, standards-aligned, and are led by faculty that includes professional artists.
Kentucky’s arts accessibility partners will host the second Cultural Accessibility Summit March 30 at the Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center in Bowling Green. The event is a day of learning and discussion about inclusive arts environments.