MAAE Arts Education Awards
The MAAE Arts Education Awards Nominations are now OPEN! Nomination deadline is April 21 , 2018. Please visit Arts Education Awards--Nominations on our website for the full nominations packet. Also, announcing the Derek Pouncey Memorial Scholarship & Award--a monetary scholarship and award to be giving…
Announcing Winners of the 2016 MAAE Arts Education Awards
The MAAE Arts Education Awards took place at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Resort and Hospitality Center in Biloxi on June 8 at 5 during the Mississippi Arts Commission's Whole Schools Institute. Click HERE for a complete list of winners.
State Games of Mississippi T-shirt Design Contest
25th Anniversary of the State Games of Mississippi state wide shirt design contest. This design contest is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate such a special anniversary. State Games of Mississippi design contest is open to all artists statewide. The two division categories are Volunteer T-shirt…
3rd Annual College Savings Mississippi Art Contest
Students are asked to submit an original piece of art (guidelines apply) answering the question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” A $529 MACS scholarship will be awarded to the 1st place contestant in the following age categories: Pre-Kindergarten – 2nd…
Teaching History in Mississippi: The 2016 Teaching Institute
Teaching History in Mississippi: The 2016 Teaching Institute Saturday, February 20, 2016 10 AM – 3 PM Mississippi Museum of Art The Mississippi Museum of Art, the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library, and the Mississippi State University Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Special Education present…
Mississippi Boy Choir Auditions
Mississippi Boychoir is holding auditions for the second semester of the school year. For more information please contact Lanise Aultman, Mississippi Boychoir, at 601-665-7374 or visit
Mississippi Junior Duck Stamp Art Competition
The Mississippi Junior Duck Stamp Art Competition! Competition entries are due March 15, 2016. This annual art competition is for schools and organizations across the state. The program is similar to the Federal Duck Stamp program. It encourages students to explore their natural world,…
MAAE Welcomes New Board Members
MAAE is excited to announce Chris Roebuck, education director at New Stage Theatre in Jackson, and Susie Johnson, executive director of the Meridian Symphony as new board members for 2015-16. Chris Roebuck has been the education director at New Stage Theatre for 8 years. Before…
From the Desk of the Executive Director: Fall/Winter 2015
Happy Fall/Winter Everyone! In my years with MAAE, I have not experienced a more exciting time to support arts in education. Congress is in the midst of reauthorizing ESSA (now called Every Student Succeeds Act or ESSA), which will allow states to support subjects for…