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Topic: Arts Education: Professional Development

Arts education is a vast, diverse, and complex field—from disciplines to practitioners, to populations served. Associations across the country are dedicated to providing high-quality professional development for arts educators, teaching artists, and arts education administrators.

The following professional associations represent practitioners and scholars working in theater, music, visual art, and dance education. These national associations also have active state affiliate chapters:

• American Alliance for Theatre and Education
• MENC: The National Association for Music Education
• National Art Education Association
• National Dance Education Organization

Additional organizations dedicated to the professional development of those working in the field of arts education:

• Arts Education Partnership
• Community Arts Network
• The Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network
• National Assembly of State Arts Agencies
• National Endowment for the Arts
• National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts
• President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities
• VSAarts
• Young Audiences, Inc.
• Association of Teaching Artists