Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

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Use Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Virginia Alliance for Arts Education, 1974-1989. Accession 33089. Organization records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Lena Long, secretary, and Jan Jones, president of the Virginia Alliance for Arts Education.

Custodial History

Accessions 33114 and 33659 are filed with accession 33089.

Historical Information

The Virginia Alliance for Arts Education (VAAE) was established in 1974 with help from the Commission of the Arts and Humanities and was incorporated 6 February 1976. The VAAE describes itself as "a non-profit statewide organization founded and maintained under federal authority as a State Committee of the Alliance for Arts Education. The principal commitment of the VAAE is to integrate and interweave all of the arts into the education experience of the citizens of the Commonwealth. Its membership is open to all educators, artists, interested individuals, arts organizations, and all professional organizations which represent or serve as advocates for all aspects of the educational process." It was part of the national Alliance for Arts Education at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC.

Scope and Content

Records, 1974-1989, of the Virginia Alliance for Arts Education consisting of correspondence, minutes, by-laws, articles of incorporation, membership lists, chapter formation records, arts awards criteria, papers concerning fine arts education in high schools, grant requests and announcements, final reports, newsletters, and conference programs concerning the goals and operation of the alliance to promote arts education in Virginia.