Massachusetts Art Educators Association 10/29/19: DESE Arts Ambassadors Teams Announced. We are excited to share that many of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Arts Education Ambassadors are Visual Arts Educators and MAEA Members! Congratulations to Visual Art Educators Louis Martinez, [Wayland Middle School art teacher] Peter Curran, Alice Gentili, Andrew Dexter, Timmary Leary, and Steve Aldeus.