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Mission Statement

Empowering students through the arts.

The Alabama Institute for Education in the Arts is a statewide, multi-arts organization dedicated to bringing about change in education for all Alabama children by providing training programs for educators in comprehensive arts education.

This mission is achieved by providing:

  • Annual Summer Institute offering immersive training to all classroom teachers in their content areas on how to "painlessly weave the arts into their classrooms"

  • FREE Traveling Arts Road Shows throughout the summer delivered through the ALSDE's Regional In-Service Centers

  • Follow-up sessions for participants who come to any of our sessions

  • Online workshops and lesson plan portal beginning in summer of 2026

  • Up to date information on Arts related events throughout the state

 

Alabama Institute for Education in the Arts

Transforming Education Through the Arts

Board Members

Guiding Our Mission

Dr. Margaret Allen

Chairman of the Board

Former Superintendent of Montgomery County Schools

Mr. William Ford

Chairman of the Board, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts; Artist

Mrs. Mary George Jester

Former Principal of LAMP

Mrs. Emily Lowder-Wooten

President, J.K. Lowder Family Foundation

Mrs. Ella Martin

Special Events Coordinator, Landmarks Foundation

Dr. Larry McLemore

Saint James School, Head of School

Mr. Andy Meadows

Arts Consultant, Former Arts Specialist, ALSDE

Mrs. Melba Richardson

Immediate Past Chairman

Former Head of School, Saint James School

Mrs. Emily Thomas

Director of Education and Programming, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts

Mrs. Gibral White

Former Assistant Superintendent, Montgomery Public Schools

Mrs. Cathy Hess Wright

Educator, Dance Instructor

Tribute

Randy Foster

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