The SC Arts in Education Forum is a one-day event for leaders who influence and impact arts education in SC PK-12 education.

This year we will engage with the fundamental question that the 2025 SC Arts in Education Task Force has explored over the last eight months, “How do we expand access to arts learning in our current and future environment?”

Join us for:

• A sneak peek into this group’s process, findings, determined priorities, and an action agenda for the next three years.
• A keynote message by Mary Dell’Erba from the Arts Education Partnership.
• Action Agenda Breakout sessions that engage public comment and experience promising practices from across the state. 

For more information, visit www.abcinstitutesc.org/aief/

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When: January 23, 2026, 9:30 am – 3:00 pm

Where: Lex2 Performing Arts, 3205 Platt Springs Rd, West Columbia, SC 29170

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Registration fee: $10

Your $10 registration fee includes lunch. For a complete menu, click here.

Register on ABC Institute’s Marketplace by January 15. 

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Need a hotel for the night of January 22, 2026?

Arts in Education Forum has secured a discounted rate of just $135/night + tax at: 

Hilton Garden Inn, 110 McSwain Drive, West Columbia, SC 29169

Booking Link

Book by January 2, 2026.

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We look forward to the conversation. 

​ABC Institute is an Arts Grow SC collective network partner. ABC is funded in part by the South Carolina Arts Commission, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts