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Sunday, September 22, 2024, 2-5 pm

Ohio Alliance for Arts Education

50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

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ARTS – FYI

Celebrating National Arts in Education Week, Sept. 9-13, 2024 

• How we, arts education advocates can participate in National Arts Education Week

• Your high school students can enter the Musical Songwriting Challenge!

• Ohio Arts Council awards single largest round of grant awards in its history

• OAC Newsletter updates

• Have a peek at OAAE-OTAR inaugural Small Works Exhibition

SCHOOL YEAR STARTS WITH OPPORTUNITIES

OHIO TEACHER OF THE YEAR & TEACHER AWARDS

State Board of Education announced Daneé Pinckney

the 2025 Ohio Teacher of the Year

• Jennifer Winkler is one of the four finalists and is the 2025 State Board of Education District 11 Teacher of the Year.

• Amanda Schaeffer is the 2025 State Board of Education District 7 Teacher of the Year, and State Director of the Ohio Governor’s Youth Art Exhibition, a program of the Ohio Alliance for Arts Education.

OHIO TEACHERS EARN AWARDS!

SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION

SBE State Board of Education receives $4.66 million from the Controlling Board

• Read about when, why and how

OHIO ARTS LEGISLATION

OHIO 135th GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Education related bills passed in June – summaries, the policies didn't make it, and in-depth coverage of Changes in 

Education Law

• Settle in for a read that will prepare you to be informed

KEEPING YOU INFORMED!

MAKE SURE the arts are not a luxury. Support our mission and JOIN US NOW!

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Arts On Line Newsletter (AOL) is published weekly by the Ohio Alliance for Arts Education to keep you informed. We research, report and distill information affecting the arts, education, policy, research, and community arts and professional development opportunities. AOL is made possible with support from the Ohio Music Education Association, Ohio Art Education Association, Ohio Thespians, OhioDance, and the Ohio Arts Council. 

It is written by Joan Platz, OAAE's Research and Information Coordinator.