The Center for Integrated Arts Education (CIAE) was established at the University of Northern Colorado in the Fall of 2006.
The Center for Integrated Arts Education provides research and professional development for mutli-disciplinary learning centered in an understanding of the arts. We offer leadership training, facilitated planning and arts workshop opportunities for Colorado teachers, schools and districts.
CIAE specializes in arts planning, formation of arts policy, professional collaborations and curriculum development. The Center is engaged in a variety of research projects based on contemporary arts theory and practice including:
CIAE is supported by private foundations and state funding sources and is working in partnership with the Colorado Council on the Arts and Think 360: Arts Complete Education.
The College of Performing and Visual Arts at the University of Northern Colorado and the Center for Integrated Arts Education were listed by the Dana Foundation in the publication Transforming Arts Teaching, The Role of Higher Education (eds. Pollin, J & Rich, B 2008), as one of selected 24 universities improving K-12 arts education.
