2019 Arts Advocacy Day is a success
The weather may have tampered down our usual annual advocacy day, but we didn’t let the snow and ice get the best of us last week. Our meetings about the...
News and Events
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Mentor Funding Secured!
We are pleased to inform that the $25,000 match for the funds appropriated by the 2018 Iowa legislature has been raised and funding for the mentoring program is secure for...
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Deadline Extended! The Film Lounge: Student Challenge
Know any students who like to make videos? “The Film Lounge: Student Challenge” could be their big break. Encourage Iowa students in grades 7-12 to submit a short original film...
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Iowa Fine Arts Education Summit – Professional Development for Teachers, Administrators and Artists
The Iowa Department of Education, Iowa Arts Council, and Iowa Alliance for Arts Education are excited to announce plans to co-sponsor the first ever Iowa Fine Arts Education Summit, a one-day...
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New Direction on ESSA Funds for the Arts
What You Need to Know: Understanding and Leveraging Federal Title IV Funds for Fine Arts Education in Iowa The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) creates a new funding stream that...
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Arts Advocacy Day in Washington DC
Iowa delegation for the Americans for the Arts Advocacy Day in Washington DC. Helen Duranleau Brennan. Brady Booth(student) from Dubuque, and Leon Kuehner, IAAE Executive Director on Capitol Hill, March...
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2018 Arts Advocacy Day a Success
The Alliance had a very positive Arts Education Advocacy Day at the statehouse in Des Moines on January 17, 2018. We had a great group of high school students from...
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New Fine Arts Standards resources and example now available on DE website
Greetings Fine Arts Educators! We have updated our Department of Education to reflect Iowa’s Fine Arts Standards, which were approved and adopted by the State Board of Education on November...
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Annual Arts Advocacy Day January 17th, 2018
The Iowa Alliance for Arts Education is sponsoring the fifth annual Arts Advocacy Day at the State Capitol in Des Moines on Wednesday, January 17, 2018. We are currently recruiting...
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State Board of Education adopts new fine arts standards for Iowa schools
DES MOINES – Members of the State Board of Education today adopted new fine arts standards for students in preschool through 12th grade. The board adopted, based on an Iowa’s...