North Carolina: The State of the Arts Conference

Arts learning, both in and out of the classroom, plays a critical role in preparing North Carolina’s school-age children for the future. The North Carolina Arts Council and the state’s arts industry have long recognized the importance for all children to have access to arts learning. Arts Council grants support arts programming for thousands of students across the state each year—enhancing student learning by putting artists in the classroom and in after school programs.

Expanding the range of opportunities for students to experience arts is just one aspect of the state’s arts in education program. Supporting and providing professional development for teaching artists and teachers—in regards to arts integration—is also happening across the state.

To encourage statewide support of arts learning in and through the arts the Arts Council has partnered with some of North Carolina’s leaders in arts in education to sponsor the second State of the Arts conference. Scheduled March 5-7, 2009 at Meredith College in Raleigh, N.C. the theme of the conference is Imagination, Creativity and Innovation: Educating Children for Their Future.

Partners include the N. C. Arts Council, United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County Meredith College in collaboration with Arts North Carolina, A+ Schools Program/UNC-G, N.C. Department of Public Instruction, North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center and Wake County Public School System.

K-12 Educators, who register for the conference, are eligible for 1.5 CEU’s. Workshops and key note speeches by national leaders are also appropriate for administrators and Pre-Service Teachers, Teaching Artists, Arts Organizations and Artists, Policy Makers and Funders, Parents, Business and Community Members, and institutions of higher education.

Additional information about the conference is available here.