During the twenty years I've been teaching the role of advocacy has changed. In the past I felt it was about informing the parents, community, administration and school board members about all of the important things happening in the art room. Advocating our art programs was work, but it was fun. Kinda like show-n-tell.
The role of arts advocacy in the 21st Century has become all that we used to do and then some. It has become political and in all honesty, not as much fun. With attacks on public education reaching epidemic proportions, our role as spokespeople for our programs and our profession is of crucial importance. We must be informed, professional, articulate and make our voices heard not only to the people we focused on in the past, but to our legislators and policy makers.
Click here to see a few of the ways I've advocated for the arts, education, and for kids and families. We can't make a difference if we don't try!
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