Kentucky Art Education Association
Supporting the arts in Kentucky schools since 1958.
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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!

Judi Haynes, Ed. D.,

President of KyAEA


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