arts education

Council

Nominations and Elections
Interested Americans for the Arts professional members may nominate themselves or colleagues for open positions on the Arts Education Council. Nominations are currently closed but will open again in the fall of 2009. To ensure you receive the notice, please contact membership@artsusa.org and request to receive electronic communications, with an interest area of education.

About the Council
The Arts Education Council represents the Arts Education Network—a segment of the professional members of Americans for the Arts who work to improve access to, and quality of, arts education. The council provides guidance on the development and execution of programs and services that meet the needs of the Arts Education Network. Network members are arts professionals, staff of arts organizations, advocates, and community and education leaders. Operations of the council occur as follows.

• Council members are responsible for advising Americans for the Arts on national association and membership services. As such, council members understand the scope of work at Americans for the Arts and support staff's efforts to strategically expand and improve professional growth services.
• Currently 12 members sit on the council. Information for each member is available.
• Members serve staggered, three-year terms. Each member is eligible for a second, renewed term.
• Council meetings occur quarterly. Two requisite, in-person meetings occur in summer and winter, one in conjunction with the Americans for the Arts Annual Convention in June and one in conjunction with other network council meetings in winter. Additional meetings take place via conference call or in-person, if the Council chooses. All travel and expenses must be covered by Council members.