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History
1998
- Jean Butler Agency created to stay connected to the arts, artists, and students.
1998–2003
- Jean Butler Agency operated as a part-time Arts in Education booking agency.
December 1998
- Jean’s first trip to Senegal: two-and-a-half-week research trip to Senegal, West Africa with all musician clients, Tony Vacca and Joe Sallins, plus three additional musicians. Set up a “virtual trip” website that students here accessed for a cultural exchange on our trip to Africa.
February 2001
- Jean took a three-and-a-half-week research trip to Egypt with storyteller Katie Green.
March 2003
- Began incorporation process, and began screening potential new artists.
July 2003
- Incorporated as a non-profit 501c3 corporation. The Board of Directors includes former Acton School Committee member Mary Ann Ashton; the General Manager of PTO Today Magazine Nancy Sousa; educator and arts advocate Rosie Latto; and Neal Butler, physicist.
2005–2006
- First Senegal-America Project cultural exchange.
- AAE, Inc. receives three-year Massachusetts Cultural Council Organizational Support Grant.
February 2007
- FIRST Student delegates on Senegal-America Project cultural exchange.
2006–2007
- Jean draws a small stipend for her work as President of AAE, Inc.
- All five represented artists are juried and accepted as Creative Schools Teaching Artists on the MCC roster.
- We continue to watch for high-quality artist educators to bring onto the AAE, Inc. roster.
- Our Senegal-America Project Cultural Educational trips to Africa have been enthusiastically received. We are currently planning two to three trips per school year.
2007–2008
- 35th Parallel joins artist roster
2008
- Sharon Katz and Guy Mendilow Join Roster
- April: Senegal America Project Student trip
- April: Senegal America Project Project Professional Development trip
2009
- February: Professional Development trip
- April: Student trip
2010
- January: Robert Specian joins board of directors
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