Community-Based Art Education
The USM Art Education program offers a degree for those interested in teaching art as a community-based educator. The students who opt for this program, intern as student teachers at various community organizations.
Why Community Art Education?
The BFA in Art Education with a concentration in community arts, is a degree intended for artists, art educators, and other arts professionals who want to become teaching artists and cultural workers. The degree will enable graduates to develop, teach, and facilitate visual arts education programs in community organizations, museums, after-school programs, and other alternative sites. This degree does not provide a k-12 teaching license, but instead prepares graduates to engage k-12 students and adults outside of the traditional classroom settings.
BFA in Community Arts Program Requirements
Partnering Organizations:
The Susan L. Curtis Charitable Foundation
The Center for Grieving Children
Engine: Propelling the Creative Community
Creative Trails: The Art Department and Shoot Media
The Long Barn: Educational Initiative at Broadturn Farm
The Plymouth House: Walton Street Woman's House
The Creative Child Arts Center
Side x Side: Arts Integration Program