PAE organizes special programs for the Central New York arts-in-education community, as well as the community at large. These have included:
• the Hyphenated Artist Series of public presentations, seminars, and workshops by a variety of community-focused writers and artists from the performing and visual arts
• a visit by Ted Kooser, Poet Laureate of the United States
• a performance by performing and teaching artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph