About Kristen Engebretsen
Name: Kristen Engebretsen
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Web Site: http://www.artsusa.org/artseducation
Bio: Kristen Engebretsen joined the staff at Americans for the Arts in 2011 as the arts education program coordinator. In this role, she works with the Arts Education Network and its elected council to ensure the advancement of arts education throughout the country. Prior to her arrival in DC, she worked at several arts organizations in Los Angeles, including the LA County Arts Commission and the Music Center: Performing Arts Center of LA County. She has performed with a professional symphony on the string bass, both in the United States and abroad. She has also taught dance at various arts education organizations, and she continues to serve on the Board of Directors for CRE Outreach, a small nonprofit theater company in Los Angeles. She holds a Master of Education from Harvard Graduate School of Education, as well as a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Southern California.
Posts by Kristen Engebretsen:
- A Nation at Risk: 30 Years Later (May 01 2013)
- Doubling Down on What Works (Apr 05 2013)
- Ask Yo-Yo Ma About Arts Education (Apr 03 2013)
- Shiny Happy Kids: The End of Our Early Arts Ed Blog Salon (Mar 22 2013)
- Celebrating Early Arts Education (Mar 18 2013)
- Welcome to Youth Arts Month (Mar 01 2013)
- And the Oscar Goes to…Arts Education (Feb 26 2013)
- Presenting Our Vans Custom Culture Grant Winning Schools (Jan 15 2013)
- Common Core and Arts Education: The End of Our Blog Salon (Sep 14 2012)
- Join Our Common Core Twitter Chat (Sep 12 2012)
- Welcome to the Blog Salon: Common Core 101 (Sep 10 2012)
- It Takes a Village in Arts Education (Part 2) (Aug 29 2012)
- It Takes a Village in Arts Education (Part 1) (Aug 28 2012)
- So…What’s Your Equation for Quality? (Mar 16 2012)
- Equation for Quality (Mar 12 2012)