AENJ promotes and maintains the highest possible degree of quality Visual Arts instruction for all learners throughout New Jersey. It is our intent to advocate for the importance of the visual arts as a discipline in the schools and as a means for promoting positive change in New Jersey schools and communities.

Advocacy Websites

NJAEP http://artsednj.org

NAEA https://www.arteducators.org/advocacy

Art Pride NJ http://www.artpridenj.com

NJ State Council for the Arts http://nj.gov/state/njsca/index.html

ESSA https://www.ed.gov/esea

InSEA http://www.insea.org/insea/about-insea

Americans for the Arts http://www.americansforthearts.org/advocate

Very Special Arts http://education.kennedy-center.org/education/vsa/

ArtsEdge http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators.aspx?_ga=2.186353760.850999570.1505589266-1281285579.1505589266

10 Lessons the Arts Teach, Elliot Eisner (PDF)

What is Art for? (Video) https://youtu.be/ZVlQOytFCRI

Advocacy Articles

What Creative People Do Differently

https://designschool.canva.com/blog/10-things-creative-people-differently/

Why Doctors and Cops are Taking Art Observation Classes

https://www.fastcodesign.com/90139788/why-doctors-and-cops-are-taking-art-observation-classes

Mistakes are part of the Creative Process, and Other Lessons for Art Teachers

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