Find Connection With AEP’s Partnership Directory
Thanks to our partners’ and affiliates’ ongoing commitment to providing all learners with an excellent arts education, we’ve grown significantly, involving hundreds of organizations and individuals! Through transformative environments, knowledge sharing and leadership development, our total number of partners and affiliates has expanded over the past few years. In response, the Arts Education Partnership (AEP) has been working to update our website, including our databases, resources and user experience functions to better support our diverse network. One of these updates is the Partnership Directory.
As you may have noticed on our About page, we’re a dedicated team of seven. The directory was created to foster knowledge sharing within our network, reducing the need to rely solely on our small but mighty team. Once we hit the 100 partner and affiliate mark back in 2021, we began reaching out for feedback from our advisory council and through surveying our network. It became clear that our community wanted a space to collaborate and connect around focus areas within the arts education ecosystem.
This directory allows partners and affiliates to create individual profiles, listing contact information, areas of expertise and current top priorities for collaboration or guidance. These profiles also provide an overview of where and how they are contributing to arts education.
With this latest update, we’ve introduced filters to improve user experience when navigating the directory. These filters allow users to search by:
- Geographic areas
- State
- Primarily served
- Organization type
- Artistic disciplines
As we continue to build and strengthen relationships, we encourage the network to use this tool to stay informed about each other’s work and explore opportunities for collaboration.
We urge current partners and affiliates to keep your organization’s profile up to date. If you need to update information in your profile or want to create a profile to include in the directory, please contact Mitra Chamanbahar, AEP’s project manager. If you’re not yet a partner or affiliate, you can learn more about joining on our Partner With AEP page or by contacting me, Krystal Johnson, AEP’s engagement strategist.
Whether you’re seeking mentorship, looking to join forces on a project, or simply wanting to expand your circle, the Partnership Directory is your gateway to our incredible arts education community. Don’t miss out on the chance to elevate your professional journey—explore the directory today to connect, collaborate and create!