AAEP Adjunct Professor Dionne Custer Edwards has been named the recipient of the 2021 Greater Columbus Arts Council's (GCAC) Art Educator Award! The Art Educator Award is presented each year to an individual who has made a significant contribution to providing arts education opportunities to students K-12 within a school system or in after-school programs or activities. Edwards received the award for her role as Director of Learning and Public Practice at the Wexner Center for the Arts. Prior to her work there, she’s been known as the founder of pioneering K-12 programs; an arts board member; adjunct university faculty member; a writer, poet and musician; and national speaker. Congratulations Dionne and thank you for your continued contribution to the field of art education! 

To see a list of other GCAC award recipients, visit the press release.