Basic is an aesthetic education program for Nebraska students and teachers. Arts Are Basic provides experiential workshop training for teachers through exploration of carefully selected works of art and live performances. AAB is a member of the international Association of Institutes for Aesthetic Education. The Arts Are Basic mission is to put artists and their works central to learning.
Arts Are Basic fosters the development of aesthetic education as an important part of learning.
Through the formation of long-term partnerships with schools and community leaders, the aesthetic dimension of the human experience will be explored through encounters with a broad spectrum of performing and visual arts. In order to serve teachers and students fully, Arts Are Basic serves as a catalyst not only to create a greater aesthetic awareness of the world but also to foster greater understanding of the world's peoples through culturally specific arts. Performances for teachers during the workshop and for students during the school year. The Arts Are Basic workshop guides teachers in learning about the arts. By 'de-mystifying' the arts and the artistic process of making choices, Arts Are Basic helps teachers see the interrelationships between art forms and connections between works of art and the world around them.