Mission

To improve, enhance, and promote arts education in Florida.

Vision

For every child in every school to have a well-rounded education that includes a comprehensive, sequential, high-quality program of arts instruction; and for all Florida communities to have broad-based cultural programs available to support lifelong learning in and through the arts.

Our Mission and Vision is based on the premise that the arts:

• are basic to a complete education;

• are essential to the vitality and quality of life in schools and communities;

• address both cultural inclusiveness and diversity;

• are powerful in the education of students with special needs; and

• have a positive impact on student achievement.

Since 1981, Florida Alliance for Arts Education (FAAE) has worked to bring schools and communities together to improve, enhance and promote lifelong learning, in and through the arts, from birth through adulthood.

The Arts are essential to the vitality and quality of life in schools and communities. Education is even more powerful when it includes arts instruction and broad-based cultural programs.

As the statewide umbrella organization for arts education, FAAE touches thousands of lives each year, serving educators, administrators, students, families, and advocates in rural and urban communities throughout Florida.

Executive Committee:
Lianna Knight, President
Caroll Vick, Vice President
Edna Bland, Secretary
Joseph D’Ambrosi,.Treasurer

Board of Directors:
Kathryn Austin
Christopher Burns
John S. Gebhardt
Dr. Mary Palmer
Michael Petty
Alyona Ushe
Daryl Ward
Donna Wissinger

Advisory Board:
Jane Condon
Jennifer Coolidge
Debbie Fahmie
Jennifer N. Jones

Board Liaisons:
Ellie Potts Barrett
LaTonya Hicks
Kathleen D. Sanz
Jermaine Thornton
Christa Whittaker