About the Work of the Alliance 

• We support arts education

  • Annual sponsorship of presenters for professional learning conferences hosted by Missouri’s statewide arts education organizations. 

  • Annual sponsorship of clinicians/directors for Missouri All-State honor ensembles 

  • Hosting professional learning networks offering free, high quality, content-specific professional learning experiences. 

  • We support professional learning that is both content-specific and that which addresses issues related to inclusion/diversity and also helping teachers learn to integrate the arts across the curriculum, 

• We promote arts education 

  • Professional learning in arts education and Arts Integration 

  • Student exhibit, contests and scholarship opportunities 

  • Mentors for new teachers

  • Collaboration with Missouri non-profit arts organizations engaged in arts education

  • Missouri Fine Arts Academy

  • Student arts advocacy training

  • State and local arts advocacy events

  • We celebrate excellence in arts education, honor arts ed advocates, and celebrate the work of student artists

  • Arts Centered Education residency opportunities

• We advocate for arts education 

  1. We are the eyes, ears and voice for statewide policies which impact arts education

  2. We compile reports from the monthly meetings of the State Board of Educaiton

  3. We have a Legislative and policy watch team which monitors pending legislation

  4. We remain vigilant in reinforcing the value of arts education

  5. We raise visibility and awareness

  6. We provide resources for local arts advocacy efforts

  7. We  connect and unite Missouri’s arts education community serving as a conduit for communication and coalition for action in focus areas such as legislation, and policy issues, and crisis response