Mission

Who We Are: Palmetto State Arts Education (PSAE) is a network of dedicated professionals.
Our Mission: To advance learning in and through the arts for all students.
Previously known as the South Carolina Alliance for Arts Education, PSAE continues to work to build a brighter future for South Carolina by ensuring the continued growth and expansion of arts education as an essential component of every child’s education.  Working closely with other statewide organizations, PSAE works to develop and deliver quality programs that address the needs of teachers and administrators as they strive to create and grow quality arts programs in our schools.

Palmetto State Arts Education supports this mission in three ways:

Position

Position by developing awareness to ensure support for arts education.
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Provide

Provide by supporting educators to successfully develop and deliver arts education.​

Recognize

Recognize by acknowledging outstanding achievement and innovation in arts education.

Guiding Principles

Our Guiding Principles are to maintain a strong and unified voice to focus efforts that will strengthen and promote arts education in the lives of all citizens of South Carolina by:
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  • Supporting existing arts education initiatives.
  • Developing new arts education initiatives.