Our Work

The Northern Kentucky Institute for Arts Education provides resources and professional learning in arts education and arts integration. Funded by two successive grants from the U.S. Department of Education, the program is part of the Northern Kentucky Cooperative for Educational Services.

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Our Leadership

Joe Bertucci, Manager, NKIAE
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NKIAE Steering Committee

Vicki Dansberry, Grant Writer, NKCES
Melody Stacy, Chief Academic Officer, NKCES
Lauren Hess, Arts Education Consultant
Alissa Paasch, Education Director, The Carnegie
Kim Thomson, PD Coordinator, Boone County Schools

“Our entire team last year agreed that this was the most engaging and applicable professional development any of us had ever been to.”

— Julie Qualls, Grandview Elementary

“I am still reaping the benefits of some of the relationships with students that grew during this project.”

— Angela Kennedy, Newport High School