The MAC committee was formed in 2018 as a working group under the guidance of NCCAS. This group is working on analyzing media arts eduction in the United States. The end goal is to gain stakeholders to advocate for media arts education across 50 states while exploring the possibility of building a professional community. The group meets monthly to work on the National Media Arts Education Initiative Paper.
The Working Group:
Dain Olsen- Los Angeles SD, CANarric Rome- American for the Arts, D.C.
Barbara Liedahl- Prince George's County Public Schools, MD
Robb Bomboy- Cumberland Valley SD, Messiah University, PA
Krista Brooke- American for the Arts, D.C.
Lakita Edwards- American for the Arts, D.C.
Joyce Huser- Kansas Department of Education
Dennis Inhulsen- National Art Education Association
Jamie Kasper- Director of the Arts Education Partnership
Aaron Knochel- Penn State University
Marcia McCaffrey- New Hampshire Department of Education
Cory Wilkerson- Educational Theater Association
David Dik- National Executive Director of Young Audiences Arts for Learning
Pam Paulson- Perpich Center for Arts
Kelly Fey Bolender- Americans for the Arts
A brief paper outlining and framing Media Arts Education as a national effort and providing an overview of its current status in U.S education and potential for benefits to learners, communities and the educational system. It outlines a set of prioritized strategies and tasks in order to achieve our Vision and Mission - “access to high quality, standards-based MAE for all learners”. The paper is to be disseminated (e.g. website) and tailored to specific purposes (presentation, toolkit) of information, promotion, advocacy and the solicitation of resources, partners, supporters, members of our nascent organization (e.g. media arts educators, SEADAE, NAMAE, EPIC Games).
Sections are currently being written by two person teams:
- Rough Draft Outline and Rough Narrative
- Intro to MAE - Definition/description
- MAC organization (history, and formalization)
- State of Media Arts Education - 2021
- Possibilities and Potentials
- Challenges
- Proposed Solutions and Strategies
The paper is due to be completed in the Spring of 2021
