Learn and Create. Together.
The New Jersey Arts Education Collective is a partnership of arts education organizations whose mission is to provide the highest quality professional development for teaching artists and the arts education community.
Image description: Teaching artists and arts administrators crowd around an Arts Ed Now banner. They are smiling as they stand and kneel next to each other. The image was taken at Connect 2016.
We believe.
We believe teaching artists offer a unique contribution to the lives of students, teachers and communities. We envision a network of support between teaching artists and arts education specialists to develop skills, share resources and strengthen the field to benefit New Jersey’s students by providing essential/critical learning of and through the arts.
NJAEC proudly supports Arts Ed Now. Arts Ed Now is a statewide campaign to increase active participation in arts education at all schools in New Jersey. With campaign tools and success stories to guide you, any arts education advocate can become a Change Agent in their school, district or the whole state. Active creative learning is good for all students and good for New Jersey. Let’s do more! For More Information go to www.artsednow.org.
Image description (left): The following words appear in capital white letters on an orange, burgundy, and blue background: ARTS ED NOW.
Image description (above): A participant in a past Connect conference lifts her right hand which is covered in paint. She is smiling and has medium brown skin, black hair pulled back from her face, and dark brown eyes. She is wearing a light purple t-shirt with white writing on it. In front of her are found object sculptures made of wood, paint, string, and bobbins. There are people behind her in the photograph. They are out of focus.