Post Archive
Our previous posts show where we’ve been and where we’re headed.
AEC Turns 25
AEC Turns 25! We are THRILLED to be celebrating AEC’s 25th anniversary [...]
ACTIVATE Arts Learning Conference registration is open!
ACTIVATE Arts Learning Conference registration is open! Arts Ed Collaborative’s ACTIVATE Arts [...]
Seeking New Arts Partners to Join artlook® SWPA
Looking to share your awesome arts programs with schools? Arts Ed Collaborative (AEC) is inviting new arts partners to join artlook® SWPA, a free online hub created to help educators in our region to immerse young people in powerful, personally relevant arts learning opportunities.
New Arts Ed Collaborative Resources Available
The AEC team has learned a thing or two about arts education over the years. And in that time, we developed a number of homegrown texts and tools to support our advocacy, curriculum, and program evaluation efforts.
artlook® SWPA School Sign Ups Are Due July 31!
Are you ready to showcase the importance of arts education in your school or district? Join more than 200 schools and arts partners across the region by completing your artlook® SWPA commitment form by July 31.
20 Reasons to Join AEC’s Arts Ed Leadership Academy
Are you ready to take the next step in your leadership journey? THIS IS YOUR YEAR! Arts Ed Collaborative’s flagship program is celebrating its 20th anniversary and there’s no better time to join the growing group of Leadership Academy alumni.
Looking Ahead to the 2023-2024 School Year
Happy New Year! The Arts Ed Collaborative (AEC) team is coming back online after some time off at the end of the year. We are rested and ready to delve back into active programs with Armstrong School District, Burrell School District, Duquesne City School District, Pittsburgh Public Schools, and Woodland Hills School District.
Activating Arts Learning Together
Activating Arts Learning Together That’s a wrap! We are closing the books on [...]
Grateful for Arts Educators
Grateful for Arts Educators The season of gratitude is upon us, and [...]
Two Pittsburgh Teaching Artists Earn the Young Audiences National Teaching Artist Credential
Two Pittsburgh Teaching Artists Earn the Young Audiences National Teaching Artist Credential [...]
A back-to-school vision
A back-to-school vision At Arts Ed Collaborative, we believe that all children deserve [...]
Schools and districts are invited to join artlook® SWPA!
Schools and districts are invited to join artlook® SWPA! Like you, the Arts Ed Collaborative [...]
Wrapping up the Teaching Artists as Substitutes Initiative (TASI)
Wrapping up the Teaching Artists as Substitutes Initiative (TASI) Starting in 2020, Arts Ed Collaborative [...]
Arts Ed Opportunities for you!
Arts Ed Opportunities for you! The Arts Ed Collaborative (AEC) team has been hard at [...]
SWPA school districts, are you on the map?
SWPA school districts, are you on the map? Arts Ed Collaborative [...]
Kesha Silver joins Arts Ed Collaborative
Kesha Silver joins Arts Ed Collaborative Arts Ed Collaborative is delighted to announce the addition [...]
Leadership Academy Announcements
Leadership Academy Announcements On Friday, April 8, 2022, the Arts Ed Collaborative (AEC) team had [...]
Arts Ed Collaborative is hiring!
Arts Ed Collaborative is hiring! Arts Ed Collaborative (AEC) was established in 1998 to support [...]
Looking Forward, Looking Back
Looking Forward, Looking Back As we embark upon a new year, I have been reflecting [...]
Lets Celebrate the arts this Giving Tuesday
Let's Celebrate the Arts this Giving Tuesday As 2021 winds down, we at AEC want [...]
artlook® SWPA Is Here!
artlook® SWPA Has Arrived! The wait is over—artlook® SWPA is now live and ready [...]
Coming Soon to SWPA!
A New Arts Ed Resource Is Here Coming soon to Southwestern PA is artlook® [...]
Welcome Bradley Hill!
AEC Welcomes Bradley Hill Arts Ed Collaborative is delighted to announce the addition of Bradley Hill to [...]
Reflecting on COVID
We’ve all had quite a year! Whether transitioning from in-person to virtual learning or pivoting [...]
This Is Our Moment
This Is Our Moment Reimagining Education with New Federal Funding If the pandemic is a [...]
Professional Learning through Reflective Artmaking
Book Review: Professional Learning through Reflective Artmaking For many arts educators, it’s tricky to strike [...]
AEC Seeks Creative Learning Coordinator
Arts Ed Collaborative is hiring! The Creative Learning Network (CLN) Anchor is a partnership led [...]
Leadership Academy 2021
Leadership Academy 2021 is here! Our flagship program is back. For nearly 20 years, we've [...]
AEC receives Young Audiences Grant
Arts Ed Collaborative one of five Young Audiences grant recipients Arts Ed Collaborative is honored [...]
Teaching Artist Substitute Initiative
Arts Ed Collaborative seeks six teaching artists Arts Ed Collaborative (AEC) seeks six teaching artists [...]
Arts Ed Advocacy During COVID
Ways to Advocate for Arts Ed During COVID Together, we are preparing for a challenging [...]
AEC Seeks Core Teaching Artist
AEC Seeks Core Teaching Artist Arts Ed Collaborative seeks a Core Teaching Artist with a [...]
AIU Virtual Learning
Upcoming Virtual Learning Resources from AIU3 As the COVID-19 crisis continues into the fall, the [...]
Creative Learning Network
We're excited to announce the new Creative Learning Network website! You've probably seen the #ArtsLearningAtHome [...]
Leadership Academy Applications Open
Leadership Academy Applications Open - Applications for Leadership Academy 2020 are now open. [...]
COVID-19 Resources Available
COVID-19 Arts Ed Resources Although the coronavirus pandemic has upended arts education and our daily [...]
Anqwenique Kinsel Is Our New Director of Programs
Anqwenique Kinsel Is Our New Director of Programs Arts Ed Collaborative is delighted to announce [...]
Arts Education Consulting Opportunity
Arts Education Consulting Opportunity Arts Ed Collaborative has spent the past eight months in the [...]
NASBE Features Yael Silk
NASBE Features Yael Silk Arts Ed Collaborative’s own Yael Silk is heavily featured in NASBE’s [...]
Intern with Arts Ed Collaborative
Intern with Arts Ed Collaborative We're looking for evaluation and communication assistants! Arts Ed [...]
Remake Learning Features Leadership Academy
Remake Learning Features Leadership Academy Our friends at Remake Learning just published a piece highlighting [...]
Jasiri X Headlining Regional Arts Ed Day
Jasiri X Headlining Regional Arts Ed Day Arts Ed Collaborative is very excited to announce [...]
Congratulations Jamie Kasper
Congratulations Jamie Kasper Please join the Arts Education Collaborative team in congratulating Jamie Kasper, who [...]
October In-Service Day
October In-Service Day Exciting news: AEC will co-host an Arts Ed In-Service Day for music [...]
Dr. Removcik Talks Arts Ed PD
Dr. Removcik Talks Arts Ed PD When it comes to professional learning, administrators have a [...]
AEC Welcomes Chris Duerr
AEC Welcomes Chris Duerr AEC is pleased to welcome Chris Duerr as our new manager [...]
Mytbusting in Arts Education
Mythbusting in Arts Education AEC staff members often encounter what we call “urban myths” of [...]
Toward an Equitable Music Program
Toward an Equitable Music Program At Arts Education Collaborative, we are passionate about developing school [...]
Interview with TeamBuilders Group
Interview with TeamBuilders Group AEC recently began corresponding with The TeamBuilders Group, a peer organization [...]
RAED 2018 Keynote
RAED 2018 Keynote by Anqwenique Kinsel Give yourself permission to be/think/create/educate outside of the box. [...]
The Value of Evaluation
The Value of Evaluation Evaluation is about posing thoughtful questions, systematically searching for evidence, actively [...]
Shared Delivery of Arts Education
Shared Delivery of Arts Education At the top of AEC’s website is our mission: “we [...]
Congratulations Kendrick Lamar
Congratulations Kendrick Lamar Kendrick Lamar has won the Pulitzer Prize for Music for his 2017 [...]
AEC Announces New Executive Director
AEC Announces New Executive Director Arts Education Collaborative is thrilled to announce the appointment of [...]
Thank You, Sarah
Thank You, Sarah Dr. Sarah Tambucci joined the Arts Education Collaborative in 2001, but the [...]
Pennsylvania, Arts Integration, and ESSA
Pennsylvania, Arts Integration, and ESSA In September, the Pennsylvania Department of Education submitted a proposed [...]
Dr. Tambucci Announces Retirement
Dr. Tambucci Announces Retirement Dear Friends, It is with mixed emotions that I wish to [...]
Regional Arts Education Day 2017
Regional Arts Education Day 2017 Join us for a day of learning! Recharge your professional [...]
CLAE Cohort 7 Matriculates
CLAE Cohort 7 Matriculates On May 15, 2017 we said goodbye and good luck to [...]
Remake Learning Days Offer Learning Opportunities For All
Remake Learning Days Offer Learning Opportunities For All The members of the Remake Learning Network [...]
AEC Steering Committee Chair Honored
AEC Steering Committee Chair Honored The Consortium for Public Education host the Champions of Learning Awards [...]
OneNote(book) to Rule Them All
OneNote(book) to Rule Them All by Jamie Kasper, AEC Associate Director ISTE, the International Society [...]
New shoes. New Year. New Opportunities.
New shoes. New Year. New Opportunities. It really doesn’t matter what it is, the word [...]
Teacher Professional Learning Workshops: Thinking Like an Artist
Teacher Professional Learning Workshops: Thinking Like an Artist January 26, February 9, March 23, and [...]
Got Tech? Now What? Learn. Design. Create.
Got Tech? Now What? Learn. Design. Create. Arts Education Collaborative and MCG Youth & Arts [...]
Americans for the Arts Releases Memo on U.S. Department of Education Guidance
Americans for the Arts Releases Memo on U.S. Department of Education Guidance MEMO To: [...]
1Hood’s Jasiri X at Regional Arts Education Day
1Hood's Jasiri X at Regional Arts Education Day Arts Education Collaborative is overjoyed to announce [...]
Regional Arts Education Day: Artist as Teacher
Regional Arts Education Day: Artist as Teacher Several sessions at Regional Arts Education Day will [...]
AftA Releases Memo on Every Student Succeeds Act
AftA Releases Memo on Every Student Succeeds Act Since passage of the Every Student Succeeds [...]
Leadership Academy 2016 Kicks Off
Leadership Academy 2016 Kicks Off AEC welcomed the Leadership Academy class of 2016 at our [...]
(Re)Making at Highlands High School
(Re)Making at Highlands High School Arts Education Collaborative was pleased to support several local school [...]
2016 LEAD Conference
2016 LEAD Conference The Kennedy Center's Office of VSA & Accessibility is thrilled to bring [...]
Arts Education Collaborative Receives First NEA Grant
Arts Education Collaborative Receives First NEA Grant National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu [...]
State of the States
State of the States Each year, the Arts Education Partnership (AEP) releases a “State of [...]
