MISSION & STAFF

Mission

Our mission is to empower our community to increase student access to quality arts education as part of the Alabama Artistic Literary Consortium. 

Goal

Alabama’s Plan for Arts Education recognizes that arts education resources vary across the state. Therefore, the goal is to partner with schools, arts organizations, and teaching artists to provide equitable access to quality arts education opportunities and experiences for students in our service area.

STAFF

Karen Anderson

Karen Anderson has over 30 years of teaching experience as an arts educator.  She retired from Huntsville City Schools in 2017 where she was the choral director at Huntsville Middle School and Huntsville Junior High for nineteen years.  Mrs. Anderson graduated from Murray State University with degrees in Accounting, Music Education and Piano Performance.  She also holds a Master of Music degree from Arizona State University.  She has been the director of the NAAEC since it was created in October of 2018.