Dee Boyle-Clapp to serve on Creative Placemaking: Art and Identifying the Common Good  panel, Slow Living Summit, Thursday, May 31,  Marlboro College Campus, Brattleboro VT

Hosted by Kate Anderson, chair, of the Brattleboro Town Arts Committee, Brattleboro VT, this discussion will be part of the Slow Living Summit looking at Sustainability in the Arts through examples like Pittsfield, MA which have revitalized their communities through the arts.  The goal is to answer the question: How do we tap the creative well for community benefit?

Panelists include:  Dee Boyle-Clapp, director, Arts Extension Service, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst MA; Christian McEwen, author, World Enough & Time: On Creativity and Slowing Down; Fidel Moreno, co-director of Healing Winds and The White Eagle Sanctuary; documentary filmmaker, digital media artist, activist for social & environmental justice,  Lanesborough MA; and Meg Whilden, director of cultural development, Pittsfield MA.

For information on the Summit see http://www.slowlivingsummit.org/2012-summit-schedule/ 

Celebrate the Arts Extension Service!

AES celebrates its move to the College of Humanities and Fine Arts and its new Director, Dee Boyle-Clapp

On April 26, 2012, The Arts Extension Service held an event in the UMass Amherst Campus Center in conjunction with the College of Humanities and Fine Arts to congratulate our new Director, Dee Boyle-Clapp, welcome AES to the college, celebrate its many accomplishments over the years, and introduce its students to the Arts Extension Institute's Board of Directors and other friends of AES. We were honored to have such wonderful people all together in one room!

A message from Dee Boyle-Clapp, Director of the Arts Extension Service:

"Thank you to Dean Julie Hayes and all who attended the wonderful Celebrate the Arts Extension Service event last night! I was deeply touched by all who came out to show their excitement for the Arts Extension Service joining the College of Humanities and Fine Arts, and to welcome me as the new Director!

Thanks to the AEI Board, to the Chairs of the Art and Music Depts., Fine Arts Center, and UWW, and our friends from CPE and e-Learning and the CHFA! Deepest thanks to our Arts Management students who attended and participated and thanks to guests from Greenfield Community College, RiverCulture, and our AES faculty and staff past and present for being there!"

View photos from the event here!

AES Launches Social Media Pages

The Arts Extension Service is launching its new social media pages today, and we invite YOU to join us.

Follow us on Twitter & Facebook for a chance to win a free AES e-book.

Each ‘like’ on Facebook and each ‘follow’ on Twitter are worth one entry, so sign up for both to increase your odds.  Follow the Arts Extension Service (AES) to keep up with our events (and share yours) and connect with our international network of artists, arts managers, and colleagues at local and state arts agencies.

We will announce 15 winners during the third week of April.

Check out all AES publications here!
Click here to submit your arts event to AES social media!

Summer registration is now open!

Registration for the 2012 Summer semester is now open.  Even if you’re planning a vacation, you can still take our courses!  Take a light course load this summer and get ahead on your certificate or degree.   The convenience of our online platform allows you to do your work anytime and anyplace with an internet connection!

This summer, we're offering Arts Education and Policy, taught by Marete Wester and Judy Conk, and Strategic Planning, taught by Craig Dreeszen.  Arts Education is only offered in the Summer, and Strategic Planning won’t be offered until next Spring, so now’s your chance!

Summer courses run from May 23 to August 15.  Courses do fill up, so register now!

Click here to register for noncredit courses.

Click here to register for credit courses.

Happy early Spring!