The Arts Education Initiative was a program run by the Arts Council to further arts education in Grand Rapids. The program was started in 1994 in response to cuts in art and music funding in the Grand Rapids Public Schools.

This series contains reports and studies related to the Arts Education Initiative, information on grants awarded, flyers and training materials from workshops and other related papers and correspondence. Material is arranged by type and then chronologically.

Additional material on the Arts Education Initiative can be found throughout the collection, particularly in the minutes, images, video and audio series/subseries.