The SC Arts in Education Forum is a one-day event that invites leaders who influence and impact arts education in SC PK-12 education to:
For a complete description of the 2024 Session line up, please scroll down.
When: January 19, 2024, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm
Where: Embassy Suites, 200 Stonebridge Dr., Columbia, SC
REGISTER BY JANUARY 8, 2024
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You are cordially invited to join us the evening of January 18th at 5:30 pm at the Columbia Museum of Art for the premier of:
Appetizers and cocktails will be served in the museum gallery following the film.
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To reserve a suite for January 18:
Call 800-EMBASSY or follow this link.
Request the Winthrop University room block; room rates: $139 plus tax.
Reserve by December 28
The SC Arts in Education Forum is supported by Arts Grow SC, which is funded by the South Carolina Arts Commission and the South Carolina Department of Education through American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary Schools Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER) funds.
Susan Magsamen, Founder and Executive Director
International Arts + Mind Lab (IAM Lab)
For more information on Susan Magsamen, please visit www.prhspeakers.com
Why is arts education an important and necessary component of a district’s success? What distinct goals does its delivery meet, and how can it be capitalized to meet the greater needs of a district? In 2018, Portland Public Schools began the strategic planning process to launch a major academic initiative called the Master Arts Education Plan (MAEP). The central goal of the MAEP is to increase equitable access to high-quality arts education in dance, music, theatre, and visual arts for all students. Across the nation, arts experience may differ greatly for students based on zip code. As an equity initiative, the MAEP lays the groundwork for an early arts education that includes fully-formed K-12 pathways through which students can continue to receive a coherent, thoughtfully planned, and equitable arts education. Participants will learn important steps and strategies that support districts in incorporating the arts to attain comprehensive goals around student engagement and achievement. District leaders and arts organization partners can utilize this approach to ensure alignment and cohesion linked to a district’s vision, mission, values, and resources.
Kristen Brayson, Director of Visual & Performing Arts
Portland Public Schools (Portland, OR)
In the fall of 2021, experts in pediatric medicine and psychiatry declared a national emergency in children’s mental health, urging organizations to put in place community-based systems of care, connecting families to school-based care. The US Surgeon General issued a similar statement in December 2021 and gave action points on how corporations, healthcare organizations, and the community can support the school as a critical hub for mental health resiliency through promotion of prevention and treatment interventions. This is where MUSC Arts in Healing stepped in, creating the Clinical Art Therapy Initiative (CATI) alongside district leads, principals, teachers, and MTSS teams to creatively care for the needs of our students in schools across South Carolina. Over the last year, CATI’s team of board-certified art therapists have served more than 680 students across the state, proving that when words are hard to find, artmaking can be a tool for healing a resiliency.
Katie Hinson Sullivan, Art Therapist
Arts in Healing Department at MUSC Health
Michelle Robinson, Program Coordinator
Arts in Healing Department at MUSC health
We will be adding additional sessions as presenters confirm.
147 McLaurin Hall
Winthrop University
Rock Hill, SC 29733
