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This summary is updated annually to reflect changes in legislation concerning the arts in education. It includes arts education policies for all 50 states, plus the District of Columbia

After an inaugural Student Podcast Challenge that saw roughly 25,000 students participate from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, NPR is encouraging even more teachers, middle- and high-schoolers across the country to turn their classrooms into production studios, their assignments into scripts, and their ideas into sound.

The Youth Art Month Program emphasizes the value of art education for all children, encourages support for quality school art programs, and promotes art material safety.

Fresh Films is holding filmmaking programs in four cities this fall: Chicago, Jersey City, Minneapolis, and St. Paul. Students ages 15-19 can apply now to be a part of these hands-on experiences that include: 2 hr/week film workshops, an apprenticeship on a feature film set, and a paid industry internship. It's free and no experience is required. Applications are due October 20.

The Call for Artwork for the 2020 NAHS/NJAHS Juried Exhibition is now open! Submission deadline: December 2, 2019, 11:59pm ET.

NAEA Interest Group

NAEA Interest Group

The Jeffrey Ahn, Jr. Fellowship is an annual award for young artists to produce extraordinary independent projects. In providing creative capital to young people, the Fellowship seeks to foster a positive educational and creative process that empowers them to be working artists for a summer, and to experience the freedom and the responsibility that such trust entails. The Fellowship is open to applicants up to 21 years of age; the maximum awarded amount in 2019 is $10,000 and may be shared between more than one winner. The deadline for phase one applications is December 15, 2018 at 5 PM ET.

VANS Custom Culture Grants are available to public high schools (including charter schools) serving students in grades 9-12 or community based nonprofit organizations/governmental agencies serving as a fiscal agent for arts programming at a qualifying school. The grants are intended to encourage the inclusion of the arts as an integral component of an excellent education, and to support activities that are consistent with local and national learning standards for arts education. Ten schools across the country will each receive a $2,000 grant to support their work in providing high-quality dance, media arts, music, theatre and/or visual arts instruction for students.