Local Arts Ed Advocacy
ARTS EDUCATION ADVOCACY CALENDAR
Anytime is a great time to advocate for the arts. Sometimes having an anchor point such as those special dates listed below help focus messages or actions which support of the arts and arts education.
SEPTEMBER
National Arts in Education Week (Sept 10-16, 2023)
National Day of Dance (Sept. 16, 2023)
Speech and Theatre Association of Missouri Annual Conference
Second Sunday in September, National Arts in Education Week
OCTOBER
National Humanities Month
School Principal Appreciation Month seek ways to thank your administrators for their support.
International Artist Day (October 25)
National Fine Art Appreciation Day (Oct. 25)
Missouri Art Education Association Fall Conference
NOVEMBER
National Author Day (Nov. 1)
Giving Tuesday
Thank an arts teacher
DECEMBER
Walt Disney Day (Dec. 6)
National Violin Day (Dec. 13)
International Cello Day (Dec. 29)
JANUARY
National Polka Music Month
Missouri Music Educators Conference
FEBRUARY
National Library Lovers Month
Black History Month
Ethnic Equality Month
MARCH
Music in Our Schools Month
Youth Art Month
Dance in our Schools Month
Theatre in our Schools Month
World Theatre Day (Mar. 27, 2023)
Fine Arts Education Month
School Board Appreciation Month seek ways to thank your local school board for their support.
Missouri Art Education Association Spring Conference
APRIL
Jazz Appreciation Month
World Art Day (April 15th)
MAY
School Principals Day (May 1, 2023) seek ways to thank your administrators for their support.
International Drum Month
National Teacher Day (May 4)
National Sing Out Day (May 25)
JUNE
Missouri Bandmasters Association Annual Conference
Missouri Dance Organization Annual Conference
World Day of Music or Fête de la Musique (June 21)
JULY
World Watercolor Month
International Reggae Day (July 1, 2023)
Missouri Choral Directors Association Annual Conference
AUGUST
American Artist Appreciation Month
MAAE can provide access to resources to assist you in local advocacy efforts. We are also willing to help you draft a strategy to help meet your local needs. contact director@moaae.org to see if we can help.
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Every school day needs arts education.
Arts education promotes academic achievement: A 2020 study of over 112,000 students showed that “highly engaged instrumental music students were, on average, academically over one year ahead of their peers.”
Arts education advances social and emotional development.
Arts education reduces disciplinary infractions: A recent study showed that arts education experiences reduce the proportion of students in school receiving disciplinary infractions by 3.6%.
Stay enrolled and graduate: Low-income students who are highly engaged in the arts are twice as likely to graduate college as their peers with no arts education.
More "Arts Education is Essential" STATEMENT endorsed by hundreds of arts and education associations:
Music Teachers National Association
NAMM Foundation
National Art Education Association
National Association for Music Education
National Association of Elementary School Principals
National Association of Secondary School Principals
National Coalition for Core Arts Standards
National Dance Education Organization
National Education Association
National Federation of State High School Associations
National YoungArts Foundation
Organization of American Kodály Educators
Quadrant Research
MORE "Arts Education is Essential" endorsements
QuaverEd Recording Academy
Save The Music Foundation
State Education Agency Directors of Arts Education
The Rock and Roll Forever Foundation
United Sound, Inc.
Varsity Performing Arts
West Music Company
WURRL
Yedu
Yamaha Corporation of America
Young Audiences Arts for Learning
YOUnison
Do you represent a national organization interested in endorsing this statement? Email essential@nafme.org
The MAAE greatly appreciates the financial support provided by the Francis Family Foundation and the MAAE member organizations.
