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09/23/2026

“The ability to think critically while we’re thinking creatively is vital to both art and to everyday life.” 🎨

Margaret Archambault, a painter and visual artist based in Louisville, Kentucky, reflects on what arts and humanities education gave her: not just technical skill, but a way of thinking. As artists, she says, we’re problem solvers, constantly working with our materials to find solutions to what we create. That same critical-creative thinking doesn’t stay in the studio. It shapes how you move through everyday life.

For Margaret, it changed everything.

That’s the kind of impact Music Impact Coalition works to make possible for every student, arts education isn’t separate from critical thinking. It builds it.

🎥: Americans for the Arts

09/22/2026

Member Spotlight: Education Through Music 🎵

Education Through Music is a nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of underserved students by providing high-quality music education as a core subject, not an extra, in under-resourced schools. Through long-term school partnerships, comprehensive teacher development, and a scalable model rooted in training and mentorship, ETM is building a more equitable and sustainable future for music education.

Their work reflects something we see across the field: music education helps students grow academically, socially, and emotionally, while building confidence, creativity, and a sense of community that extends well beyond the classroom.

When music becomes core curriculum instead of an afterthought, entire school communities feel the difference.

👉 Learn more at https://etmonline.org/

09/18/2026

Halifax Lawn just got a lot louder, in the best way. 🎺🥁

Scotland High School’s Marching Band brought the energy to downtown Raleigh yesterday as part of North Carolina’s Arts in Education Week celebrations. Watching a lawn full of students perform together like this is exactly what a week like this is for: not just talking about why arts education matters, but hearing it, live, in real time.

To every student in this video: you’re the reason this week exists.

09/16/2026

It’s one thing for arts education advocates to say the arts matter. It’s another for a governor to put it in writing. 🎨🎶

This week, North Carolina joined states across the country in making that case official, and the timing matters. As school budgets tighten and arts programs are often the first thing on the chopping block, a proclamation like this gives advocates something concrete to point to when they walk into a school board meeting or a legislative office.

But a proclamation alone doesn’t keep a program funded. That takes people showing up, sharing their stories, and making noise, the kind you’ll see this week on Halifax Lawn in downtown Raleigh, where students are literally taking their music education out into public view for the whole community to hear.

That’s the throughline of this week: recognition on paper, and action on the ground.

Want to be part of it? Details on how to get involved are in the carousel, and link in bio for more.

09/14/2026

It’s National Arts in Education Week! 🎨🎶 (September 13-19, 2026)

This week, the arts education field comes together in communities across the country to celebrate the transformative power of the arts in education.

In North Carolina, Governor Josh Stein has officially proclaimed September 13-19, 2026 as Arts in Education Week statewide. Our partners at Arts North Carolina and NCMEA are marking the occasion with live performances on Halifax Lawn in downtown Raleigh: catch the Grimsley High School Marching Band on Tuesday, Sept. 15 (11:30am-noon) and the Scotland High School Marching Band on Thursday, Sept. 17 (11:30am-noon).

Want to get involved? Share your own arts education story on social media using and , and tag . Americans for the Arts has also put together resources, events, and congressional advocacy requests for the national conversation, linked below.

This is a week to celebrate what arts education makes possible, and a reminder of the work still ahead to make sure every student has access to it.

🔗 Link in bio for more ways to get involved.

09/10/2026

Raasin McIntosh has a message worth sharing: “I feel like it’s a renaissance now.” 🙌

As Founder & CEO of Raasin in the Sun and VP of Urban Activation at Downtown Austin Alliance, Raasin knows what it means to build something in a moment of uncertainty. Her take on where the arts community stands right now? This is the time to rise, not shrink.

Her call to the field is simple: see this as a pivotal moment, step up to meet it, and use every resource and network around you to do it. This is an opportunity, she says, not something to hang your head about.

That’s the same spirit driving the Music Impact Coalition: a national alliance working to expand access to music and arts education for every student. Follow along for more data, impact stories, and advocacy content.

🔗 Link in bio to learn more.

🎥: Americans for the Arts

09/08/2026

We hear it all the time: cut the arts program first, it’s not “core.” The data tells a different story. 🎨

When a student picks up an instrument or sits down to write a piece, they’re not stepping away from academics. They’re building the exact habits that make academics work: focus, discipline, patience, and the willingness to fail and try again. That’s not a coincidence. It shows up in the numbers, in test scores, in classrooms, in how engaged kids stay in school.

The real question isn’t whether arts education helps. It’s why we keep treating it like it’s optional.

Music Impact Coalition works to make sure every student gets the chance to find out what arts education can do for them, not just the ones lucky enough to have it funded.

Follow along for more data, impact stories, and advocacy.

09/03/2026

“I am who I am. I don’t try to present. It just is.”

Fyütch at a Music Impact Coalition GRAMMY Week roundtable on what it means to make music as a Black father and daughter, and the response he never expected.

People have told him how much it means to see him and Aura V on screen together. How impactful it is to see their dynamic. How seeing a Black father showing up fully in the music industry, not performing, just being, resonates in ways he never anticipated.

Representation in music doesn’t just matter for the people on stage. It matters for every young person watching who needs to see what’s possible for them.

09/02/2026

Member Spotlight: Give A Note Foundation 🎧

Beth Slusher shares how Give A Note Foundation believes every student deserves access to modern music education. Through their Music Technology Empowers (MTE) program, they build fully equipped music production labs in Title I and historically underserved schools, giving students hands-on access to songwriting, audio production, podcasting, and digital music creation, often for the very first time.

MTE introduces students to the music industry as a system of real, attainable careers. Students learn not just how music is created, but how it’s produced, performed, distributed, and sustained, and many see themselves reflected in music for the first time in a program built to meet them where they are.

As Beth puts it: music isn’t extracurricular. It’s transformational.

👉 Learn more at giveanote.org

08/28/2026

The data speaks for itself: students in music and arts education are more likely to be recognized academically, elected to class office, and honored for attendance. Schools with strong music and arts programs also see higher graduation rates and stronger engagement across every subject.

Music and arts education doesn’t just support learning. It drives it.

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