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About the DC Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative:
More than 60 members strong, the DC Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative (DC Collaborative) provides equitable access to quality arts and humanities education for all DC public and chartered public schools for the growth of the whole child. Working with its partners, since its founding in 1998, the DC Collaborative produces such exemplary programs as Arts for Every Student and the Arts Education Initiative.
Staff
Louise Kennelly Executive Director
As Executive Director of the DC Collaborative, Louise works with the staff, members, and board to ensure the organization's consistent achievement of its mission and objectives. Before coming to the DC Collaborative, she was a Director at the National High School Center located at the American Institutes for Research, where she is still affiliated. Before joining AIR, Ms. Kennelly led external relations initiatives at New American Schools (NAS), providing public relations and policy-related services to clients such as the National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform and the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Ms. Kennelly has taught at the secondary school and college levels and has covered education issues as a daily news journalist and editor. She graduated from Yale University and holds a Master's from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and an M.F.A from the University of North Carolina. Ms. Kennelly is also a published poet and painter showing at the Anne C. Fisher Gallery. She is the recipient of a Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award, a North Carolina State Arts Council Individual Artist Award and is an artist in the schools through the Maryland State Arts Council's Arts in Education (AiE) program. You can reach Louise Kennelly at Louise@dccollaborative.org.
Tracey Alperstein Program Manager of School Services
Tracey Alperstein is the Program Manager of School Services for the DC Collaborative. She is the primary contact for the Arts for Every Student program and serves as the liaison between the DC Collaborative and DC Public and Public Chartered Schools in order to provide the best possible cultural experiences for students. Tracey graduated from Shenandoah Conservatory at Shenandoah University with a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Production and Recording Technology, classical emphasis, and played oboe in the orchestra and wind ensemble on campus. Throughout the tenure of her studies she realized the need to support and promote the arts. Post graduation, Tracey enrolled in the Masters of Science in Arts Administration program at Shenandoah University and managed the conservatory’s box office. Tracey joined the DC Collaborative team in June 2012 and continues to be invigorated by the teachers and members that are incredibly supportive of arts education in the DC region.
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