From the President
Dear Colleagues in Art,
Though the summer finds many of us relaxing and
spending more time with our family and friends, some significant developments
in art education have transpired in June.
Sadly we bid farewell to ArtsKentucky, the arts
organization that has represented our state’s arts issues and opportunities for
the past 15 years. Grants and
sponsorship dollars have significantly been reduced which has caused the Board
of Directors to close its doors. Many of
us are familiar with the Kentucky Arts Advocacy Day that they sponsored each
February.
From KDE we
learn, “Twenty-three schools across Kentucky performed a whirl wind evaluation of their
comprehensive school arts programs, collected evidence supporting their self evaluation,
wrote a rationale backing their findings, completed a survey concerning the
pilot process, and submitted their findings to KDE.” The Program Review Pilots results are
undergoing analysis and revisions in July and should be available to Kentucky
teachers as schools begin their academic year of 2010-2011. For further information and news concerning
Kentucky’s Arts and Humanities, The Kentucky Department of Education presents
its June 2010 Newsletter at this link below.
http://www.education.ky.gov/users/otl/ArtsandHumanities/AH_Newsletter_06_10.pdf
It’s still not too late to submit a proposal for our Fall
Conference to present your expertise in an area of art education. Check out our links to Conference on the left
of this letter. Kimberly Newton, our
Conference Chair, has been busy this summer coordinating the Western Kentucky
University site to insure a tremendous conference. Join us in registering for Conference
early!
Enjoying Summer through Art!
President of KyAEA
