Celebrate Excellence for Arts in Education Week 2024

Celebrate Excellence for Arts in Education Week 2024

Arts North Carolina is a proud member of the NC Arts Education Leadership Coalition (AELC), consisting of organizations who collaborate with and represent arts educators and advance comprehensive arts education in our state. Each year we honor those individuals and institutions who excel in their work and deserve recognition as part of our NC Arts in Education Week celebration. We would like to help recognize and thank these organizations, individuals, and all those who instruct, engage, and inspire our students through the arts.

Picture of Jonathan Hamiel, an African American man in a black suite, white shirt and tie. He is wearing glasses and smiling.

Johnathan Hamiel
NCMEA 2024 Pat Hall Music Educator Advocate Award

K-12 Arts Education Coordinator
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools

Picture of Russell Knight, a white man with brown hair. He is wearing a dark suit, red shirt and plaid tie.

Russell Knight

NCMEA 2024 Honor Administrator Award

Coordinator of Arts Education
Pitt County Schools

Picture of Ron Higdon. He is an older white man with brown hair. He is wearing a blue shirt and smiling.

Ron Higdon

NCTC 2023 K-12 Theatre Arts Educator Award

Mooresville High School

Picture of Blake Wilson standing with festival adjudicators, Josephine Hall and Donna Bradby. Blake is holding the award and smiling. He is a white man with bronw hair wearing a blue polo shirt and brown pants.

Blake Wilson
NCTC 2023 Excellence in Directing Award

Orange High School

Picture of Jenny Goodfellow standing with festival adjudicators, Josephine Hall and Donna Bradby. Jenny is holding the award and smiling. She is a white woman with red hair tied back and is wearing an olive green tee shirt with the name of her school on it and faded jeans with holes in the knees.

Jenny Goodfellow
NCTC 2023 Excellence in Directing Award

Charlotte Country Day School

Picture of Lilly Allemond standing with festival adjudicators, Josephine Hall and Donna Bradby. Lilly is holding the award and smiling. She is a white woman with short brown hair and is wearing an blue tee shirt with the name of her school on it and dark jeans.

Lilly Allemond
NCTC 2023 Excellence in Directing Award

Hopewell High School

Picture of Cassy Whitley. She is a white woman with long brown hair and an orange/pink shirt. She has her left hand on her hip and is looking to the right and smiling.

Cassy Whitley
2024 NCEdTA Hall of Fame Inductee

NCEdTA Junior Thespian Director
Guilford County Schools

Picture of Gregory Franklin. He is a white man with brown hair and a mustache and goatee. He is wearign a light suite and peach colored shirt.

Gregory Franklin
2024 NCEdTA Hall of Fame Inductee

NCEdTA Charlotte Regional Representative

Picture of Olivia Bellido. She is a white woman with long wavy dark brown hair. She has a tan top on and is smiling.

Olivia Bellido
2024 NCEdTA Stephen Schwartz Musical Theatre Teacher of the Year

Charles E. Jordan High School

Picture of the staff of Iredell Charter Academy sitting and standing in rows together.

Iredell Charter Academy of the Arts and Science
New A+ School

Iredell County
Principal: Andrea Lopresti

Picture of the staff of Odyssey School sitting and standing in rows together.

Odyssey School
New A+ School

Buncombe County
Principal: Eric Howard

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