NEWS & ARTICLES
Advocacy Day 2017 – March 8th – A Call for Student Advocates!
MAAE is inviting arts educators and community arts program organizers to help us recruit enthusiastic arts students from each state legislative district to come to Advocacy Day 2017 at the Statehouse in Augusta on Wednesday, March 8th. The students (limit two per...
BCTA Program Comes to Augusta
This past month MAAE brought its Building Community Through the Arts creative theater program to the Boys and Girls Club in Augusta. The Boys and Girls Clubs give after school support to low income youth who are potentially at risk. At the Augusta Boys and Girls Club...
Advocacy Day: the State House was rocking!
If anyone doubted that students who love the arts aren't a joyous and dedicated bunch, they needed only to stop in at Thursday's Arts Education Advocacy Day at the State House. Over 200 students of mostly high school age, but also younger, brought their enthusiasm...
Artists at Westbrook High School Make Signs for Advocacy Day!
A big Thanks! to Deb Bickford, president of the MAEA, her Westbrook HS colleague Matt Johnson and their National Art Honor Society students Abby St. Clair, Jenessa Corbett and President Trina Sayed. All five have been hard at work designing and creating the 16 county...
Help Make Arts Education Day 2016 a Success!
Registration for MAAE Arts Education Advocacy Day, Thursday, March 24th, is now open! And attending yourself is only one of the ways you can register your interest and support. In this year of increased statewide attention to arts education generated by the Arts...
Arts Education Advocacy Day is March 24th!
Save the date! Thursday, March 24th, is Maine Alliance for Arts Education Advocacy Day! This year's Advocacy Day coincides with the Maine Arts Commission's initiative of completing the Arts Education Census begun by MAAE in 2009 to find out the status of arts...
Want to Help Maine Students Get Involved with the Arts?
There are many ways you can get involved. We are always looking for teaching artists and for those who wish to fund programs which enrich curriculum and expand our students horizons. Reach out to us. We'd love to hear from you.
email: hello@maineartsed.org