The field of arts education research has continued to evolve since the Arts Education Partnership launched its research database, ArtsEdSearch, in 2012. In 2020, AEP conducted a Needs Assessment of this continually growing collection of studies to help determine what research was widely available and what was missing. This session will highlight the results of this assessment and will look at the current landscape of arts education research, including priority topics. Join us to consider strategies for advancing arts education research and learn how individuals and organizations working across the arts and education depend on research to inform their work.

Threshold Concepts for Art - Tackling big ideas in the art room.

What does arts education policy look like in your state and how can research help inform these policies? Join the Arts Education Partnership for this session that will discuss the ways that arts education is present in state policy across the country. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn more about how evidence-based research can provide a nonpartisan, non-advocacy-based approach to supporting policymakers and education leaders in their decision making. This session will also share more about AEP’s resources and how AEP partner organizations and the broad arts education field use them to advance and expand their work.

Marcus Doyle, M.A., set up his own commercial photographic darkroom in North London in 1998 and then moved into the fine art photography market, producing work through galleries for private and commercial clients, as well as undertaking commercial assignments. Doyle has artist representation in seven galleries based in the UK, Europe, and the United States, with more than 30 solo exhibitions to date. In addition to commercial representation in the UK and U.S., Doyle has produced three photography books: Night Vision (Vintage Works, 2005), By Coastal (Viewfinder Workshops Ltd., 2011), and most recently The Flowery Room. His photography work consists mainly of landscapes and the environmentally challenged areas within it.

Advocating for Art

Theology and Art Curriculum Alignment

Using the elements of art — shape, line, color, texture, value — students make sense of images of planets, asteroids, comets and moons, honing observation skills and inspiring questions. Learners of all ages create a beautiful piece of art while learning to recognize geologic and atmospheric features of solar system objects. The lesson begins with what we know here on Earth and then uses that awareness to help students interpret features on distant objects in the solar system. Art and the Cosmic Connection offers a terrific bridge between Earth and space science, as well as a wonderful dive into the potential of science to inspire art — and art to empower science!