Resources

Arts Edge ArtsEdge is the Kennedy Center’s free digital resource for teaching and learning through and about the arts.

Insiders Guide
This toolkit, created by the California Alliance, provides a hands-on, how-to planning process for schools, districts and counties, which enables them to assess, envision, and implement quality visual and performing arts programs for their students.

Toolkit for Winning School Board Support for Arts Learning
Keep Arts In Schools has introduced an advocacy toolkit to help make the case for arts learning as an essential component to quality education and community life. The online kit provides compelling data as well as real-life examples of how parents and other influential groups are successfully lobbying their school boards.

OC Dept of Ed: Arts Advantage
Orange County Department of Education serves the community, districts, schools, and teachers to support arts education in schools. The website features current programs and resources on the side tabs.

Below are downloadable resources to support local advocacy.

ARTS ADVOCACY LINKS (courtesy National Art Education Association)
National Young Arts Foundation: www.youngarts.org
Arts Education Partnership: www.Aep-Arts.org
Americans for the Arts: www.AmericansForTheArts.org
The Kennedy Center’s Arts Education Network: www.ArtsEdge.Kennedy-Center.org
International Society for Education through Art: www.insea.org
The Artistic Edge: www.TheArtisticEdge.ca
National Endowment for the Arts: www.Arts.gov
President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities: www.PCAH.gov
Incredible art Department: www.Incredibleart.org
Arts Education Resource: www.ArtsEdResource.org
National Guild for Community Arts Education: www.NationalGuild.org
National Performing Arts Convention: www.PerformingArtsConvention.org
Professional Development for Integrated & Innovative Teaching: www.EducationCloset.com
ART RESOURCES LINKS (courtesy National Art Education Association)
SchoolArts Magazine: www.SchoolArtsDigital.com
Digital Fine art Images: www.DavisArtImages.com
Art Education 2.0: www.ArtEd20.ning.com
SchoolArts Room blog Where Art Teachers Go for Ideas: www.SchoolArtsRoom.com
Arts21 Art in the Twenty First Century: www.Pbs.org/art21
International Organization on Arts and Disability: www.Vsarts.org
Annenberg Learner: www.Learner.org
US Dept of Education: www.Ed.gov
Art & Science Collaborations, Inc: www.asci.org
Grantmakers in the Arts: http://www.giarts.org/
Arts School Network: www.ArtsSchoolsNetwork.org
Art Junction: www.ArtJunction.org
Competitive Creativity League for HS Students & Teachers: www.TheMediaLeague.com