Our core mission within K through 12 dance, media arts, music, theatre, and visual arts and the Fine Arts Education Act (FAEA) is to
- promote equity, excellence, inclusion, education and diversity in and through the arts, humanities, literacy, math and sciences, and
- foster a rich cultural life for all New Mexicans, and
- boost learning and achievement
These programs contribute to the richness and strengths of our communities and economy. An FAEA vision: Equity and culture elevates the quality of life in all our communities and drives arts education growth across the creative economy. These programs are inclusive and equitable, and embrace diversity; these programs empower a new generation through creative youth development and education.
The K through 12 arts in education and FAEA have a focus on: advancing inclusion and equity, enriching communities through arts curriculum, growing the creative economy, and empowering a creative generation. The arts will build individualized capacity in every school.
Fine Arts Education Act (FAEA) Application
Due by June 1, 2022 at 5:00 PM MDT
Coming soon
Community of Practice (CoP) Resources
Bringing Digital Tools into the Art Classroom Using Adobe, 11/10/2022
Digital Citizenship is a rapidly growing area of need for our students, and Adobe tools can be used to evaluate students’ understanding of Digital Citizenship. There are lesson plans for every grade level that are easily and quickly implemented in the classroom. Each lesson comes with all the assets (often including templates) for PK-5 educators, 6-8 educators, 9-12 educators, CTE educators, and EdTech professionals.
The Power of Question Formulation for Lifelong Learning, 11/03/22
Building a culture of sustained inquiry in the social studies classroom prepares students to be engaged civic actors for life, and it all begins with questions. This CoP is from the Right Question Institute to learn the Question Formulation Technique (QFT), a simple, powerful strategy that teaches all students how to ask, improve, and pursue their own questions. In this interactive session, participants will experience the strategy for themselves, explore examples from social studies classrooms across grade levels, and leave ready to implement it the next day.
Intersections in Art and Computer Science, 10/20/2022
Art educators learned how computers and software have opened entirely new worlds for the creation of art. This gives students different means for expressing themselves creatively through digital tools. This CoP also helped educators create and animate their own digital pixel art through the coding website Scratch.
Using National History Day and Primary Sources in Conjunction with the New Social Studies Standards, 10/13/2022
New Mexico’s new social studies standards are about inquiry, and project-based education is a proven tool for engaging students. National History Day (not just a day but an experience!) is a program that brings them together, where students conduct primary source research, develop a thesis, and use their creativity to produce a documentary, exhibit, paper, performance, or website. Learn about the National History Day program in New Mexico and how you can use it in your classroom or school to advance your students’ exploration of history.
Benefits of Belonging to the New Mexico Art Education Association, 9/20/2022
Participants learned about the benefits of being a New Mexico Art Association (NMAEA) member, including community supports, leadership opportunities and training, awards programs, and professional learning. NMAEA also provided information on their upcoming 2022 Fall Conference: Re-imagine, Recommit, Reconnect, and Renew, which is in person this year at the University of New Mexico November 4-6. Participants learned about how NMAEA membership can benefit your school district or charter school, your learning, and how the national organization provides support on a wide variety of topics such as STEAM, critical pedagogy, and how to advocate for your program and your students.
Thinking About Student Engagement in a 360 Model, 9/15/2022
This CoP highlighted the My School Votes curriculum from When We All Vote, a national, nonpartisan nonprofit launched by Michelle Obama in 2018. My School Votes builds student-led voter registration clubs in high schools across the country. They will give you the training and resources you need to ensure every eligible student in your school is registered and ready to vote each year, every year. Together, we will develop leadership skills, advocate for local issues, create exceptional voter registration campaigns, and launch young people into cycles of life-long civic engagement.
Strategies to Engage Parents, Families, and Community Members with the New Social Studies Standards, 9/15/2022
This session focused on sharing the research behind high-quality social studies standards and how it relates to the new NM social studies standards. Presenters also focused on strategies on how to engage parents, families, and community members in understanding the content and purpose of the new standards. Resources like the new grade-level parent and family guides were shared as tools to authentically engage parents, families, and community members. There was time for participants to engage with the resources and materials and to share successful strategies with their peers.
Teaching Financial Literacy Through Desmos, 8/11/2022
This session utilized Desmos, the powerful, visual, and free online tool to help students engage with the financial literacy standards of how investments grow, the power of compounding, and understanding loans and credit cards. No prior experience with the software is expected, and the session is appliable to teachers of social studies and math or science teachers who want to add a great tool and activities to their curriculum.
Create New Mexico: Driving Digital Literacy Across the Curriculum, 5/19/2022
Educators will learn about Adobe Creative Cloud apps and lesson plans created for Fine Arts teachers at this FAEA CoP, as well as how to opt in for Create New Mexico, which provides students with more than 20 industry-standard apps for design, photography, video, and web at no charge.
Meeting the Moment: Addressing Racism Through Recognition and Response, 5/18/2022
Like the Hispanic Education Act and the Indian Education Act, the Black Education Act empowers teachers with culturally relevant knowledge that represents the students they serve. This CoP provided information about the Black Education Act as well as training and practical supports available to our classroom heroes.
- CoP Recording
- CoP PowerPoint Presentation
- CoP Handout – New Mexico Black Legends
- CoP Handout – PBS Children Talk About Race
Integrating Primary Sources Into Your Instruction: Accessible Resources From the National Archives, 5/12/2022
This session modeled how to teach with the holdings of the National Archives with a focus on text analysis, collaborative examination of primary sources, and using dialogue to make connections between sources and big ideas. Participants received access to lesson plans and other online materials.
New Mexico Musueum Of Art Humanities Project, 4/21/2022
The New Mexico Museum of Art presented on its Digital Exploration of Humanities Through the Arts project, which will encourage educators to creatively explore the close relationships between art and traditional humanities (i.e. anthropology, archaeology, history, ancient and modern languages, literature, philosophy, and religion). This online platform will reimagine the museum’s extensive and rich collection to foster greater understanding of the contextual connections between art and the humanities, while nurturing visual literacy, broadening the museums outreach and inclusively, and improving access to its collections.
Completing the Fine Arts Education Act (FAEA) Application for the 2022-2023 School Year, 3/18/2022
This CoP taught participants how to complete the newly digitized FAEA application for next school year, which is due June 1, 2022.
Filmmaking and the Use of Film in Teaching Art, 2/24/2022
This CoP focused on student filmmaking and the use of film in teaching art. The CoP featured a presentation from Silver Bullet Productions, a New Mexico nonprofit focused on supporting education by using filmmaking and films as a vehicle for relevant learning.