awards for arts achievement

Arts Education Award

The Arts Education Award is given annually to identify the best in arts education program design and execution, as well as leadership. The award brings visibility and national recognition to model partnership programs.

The award is presented to a local organization, government agency or school system that can demonstrate systemic and sustainable results in support of learning in the arts, or through the arts, for public school students for a minimum of five years. Other important criteria include the integration of work into school or district infrastructure, involvement of public school and discipline-based arts educators, effective partnerships, industry-recognized work, success in building capacity for the organization itself and for the community, and conscientious efforts to build the scale of the work.

The award is presented by Americans for the Arts’ Arts Education Network. The network is designed to provide services to the diverse field of arts education and to develop strategies and tools to improve education. Its key constituents are professionals, administrators, educators, and community arts leaders who plan, implement, and/or fund arts education. The Arts Education Network Council is a group of elected leaders who provide guidance and advice to Americans for the Arts on arts education programs and services.

To submit a nomination, please view the awards section of the Americans for the Arts Annual Convention website.  Nominations must be received by 5:00 p.m. EST on March 21, 2012.