Arts in Education Week – Day 5

The celebrating continues

What’s happening this week? If you missed the last three blog posts and wondering about the history of Arts in Education Week: Starting in 2010 Arts in Education Week was designated by Congress with the House Resolution 275. The resolution names the week beginning with the second Sunday in September as National Arts in Education Week. 

Here are some of Jeff Poulin’s favorite #ArtsEdWeek and #BecauseOfArtsEd social media posts that were shared this week:

• Engagement from celebrity artists:

• A Tweet from and graphic featuring Fran Drescher (on twitter,instagram, and Facebook)
• A Tweet from Shepard Fairey
• A tweet from Jenna Ushkowitz

• A new video from Quaver Music
• A Tweet from NEA Acting Chairman, MaryAnn Carter
• Postcards from the Field on Instagram:
• Fairbanks, AK
• San Diego, CA
• Art=Opportunity Campaign

We also began out blog salon on the topic of Broadening and Diversifying the Arts Education Leadership Pipeline. See below for links to the posts which have been posted so far:

• Read the whole blog salon here
• The Power of the Third Space by Samantha Joseph and Jessica Nuñez
• Feel the Turn by Dennie Palmer Wolf and Sanuja Goonetilleke
• The Essential Role of Youth Leadership in Arts Education Advocacy by Julia Di Bussolo and Alexandra Grayson

Tonight’s professional development opportunity:

• Thursday, September 13: Inspire Others to Action – Shared Anecdotes of Growth and Change

• 3:00pm ET – Inspire Others to Action Webinar
• 8:00pm ET – Inspire Others to Action Twitter Chat

Learn more at AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS.