Online Links and Resources for Educators
and Parents
(Arts-in-Education)
Resources include print publications and flyers, online information and links to government sites, support organizations and foundations, and important contact information. Scroll though the AIE information or click from this list to go directly to the specific information you are looking for.
Contents
of this page:
Informational Web Site Links (below)
NYC Cultural Organizations & Agencies Offering
Arts Education Programs (below)
Arts in Education Resources at the Library
(below)
Arts and Disabilities (below)
National Arts-in-Education Organizations (below)
New York State Arts-in-Education Organizations (below)
The Arts in Teaching and Learning (below)
Professional Arts-in-Education Organizations (below)
Links to Arts-in-Education Informational Web Sites
Arts Education Terms and Definitions website >
Ten Simple Ways Parents Can Get More Art in their Kids' Lives website >
Center for Arts Education Parents as Arts Partners Grant Program website
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School/Artist Partnership: Planning and Evaluating Workbooks website
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NYC Cultural Organizations & Agencies With AIE Programs
More than 300 cultural organizations and agencies in New York City offer
arts education programs in schools and at their institutions; many provide
special programs and discounted tickets for children and families. For
a list of cultural organizations that serve the New York City public schools
and communities, visit the Alliance
for the Arts web site. The United Federation of Teachers' Dial-a-Teacher
offers a workshop that introduces the City's cultural institutions to
parents. To schedule a workshop at your school, call (212) 598-9205.
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Arts-in-Education
Resources at the Library
Visit the New York Public Library Web site for general
information, or access the
local branches. The Todt Hill Branch maintains a Teachers' Collection
devoted to improving teachers' skills. The collection includes hundreds
of circulating books and professional journals with creative ideas for
the classroom including: integrating literature across the curriculum,
author study materials, school library activities, special education,
Internet activities and more. The collection is also home to Field Trip
and Program Files, a collection of information about local field trip
destinations, cultural organizations, and performers who work with schools
in the classroom. Lesson plans are a part of these reference files. Teachers
are invited to utilize the library's online catalog service that allows
you to search files and have books or publications delivered to a more
convenient branch for pick-up. Staten
Island on the Web includes local sources, books, cultural, and educational
information. There is a picture
collection of over 600,000 digital images.
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Arts
& Disabilities
Accessible Arts is a Kansas City-based agency that works with educators, caregivers, organizations
and institutions such as museums and galleries to facilitate making arts
accessible to and participatory for children and adults with disabilities.
Arts and Healing Network is an online resource for anyone interested in the healing power of art, especially those challenged by illness or trauma.
Hands On is a New York-based program dedicated to providing greater accessibility to the arts and cultural events for the deaf and hard-of-hearing community.
National Arts and Disability Center is a national clearinghouse for information, technical assistance and referrals in the field of arts and disability.
Survivors Art Foundation is an agency dedicated to mainstreaming trauma survivors with physical and mental disabilities into the arts through a range of outlets.
VSA Arts Connection creates opportunities through the arts for people with disabilities, implemented through a network of local, state, and national organizations that include art agencies and cultural institutions.
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National
Arts-in-Education Organizations
Americans
for the Arts is the nation’s leading non-profit dedicated to
the advancement of arts in America. It is a leading source of funding
resources, arts education and community development, provides direct access
to many related links.
Arts Education Partnership is a national coalition of arts, education, business, philanthropic, and government organizations dedicated to promoting the essential role of arts in learning, advocacy, and funding.
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies is a clearinghouse for information and resources supporting arts education. It also offers a broad list of links to research, organized by topic and arts disciplines.
National Endowment for the Arts' vision is to achieve a nation in which artistic excellence is celebrated, supported, and available to all, by advancing learning in the arts, celebrating our cultural heritage, and strengthening the arts in communities throughout the country. The NEA provides access to arts education publications and related links.
President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities identifies issues and develops initiatives in the arts and humanities. “Gaining the Arts Advantage - Lessons for School Districts that Value Arts Education,” a report of the literacy and competence in the arts as one of the fundamental purposes of schooling for all children, includes case studies of successful arts programs in school districts.
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New
York State Arts-in-Education Organizations
NYS Alliance for
Arts Education is a statewide non-profit dedicated to ensuring
the arts become an integral part of every young person’s education.
It creates networks, partnership and professional development opportunities.
NYS Council on the Arts (NYSCA) is a State funding agency that supports activities of non-profit organizations in NYS to bring artistic programs of high quality to the State’s citizens. NYSCA provides direct access to many related links.
NYS Office of Cultural Education is a repository of information for the NYS Library, Museum, Archives and Public Broadcasting Offices. It supports research, operates programs, and develops collections that serve these institutions and the residents of NYS.
Partners for Arts Education administers a Technical Assistance Program (TAP) and hosts the annual statewide conference, Common Ground, for arts education practitioners.
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The
Arts in Teaching and Learning
Artsedge supports the place of arts education at the center of the curriculum.
It helps educators teach in and through the arts.
ArtsEdNet, The Getty
Trust’s arts education Web site, offers an extensive array of information
for arts educators and students, including lesson plans, online galleries,
and professional development opportunities.
Arts Extension Service is a national non-profit arts service organization that strives to achieve
access and integration of the arts in local communities through continuing
education for artists, arts organizations, and community leaders.
Harvard Project Zero's mission is to understand and enhance learning, thinking, and creativity
in the arts, as well as humanistic and scientific disciplines at the individual
and institutional levels.
NYC Arts-in-Education
Roundtable maintains up-to-date information on current issues and
events in arts education in NYC schools and communities.
NYC Department of
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Professional
Arts-in-Education Organizations
American Alliance for Theatre
and Education promotes standards in theatre and theatre education
by disseminating best practices and providing opportunities for its membership
to learn, expand, exchange and diversify their work.
Association of Teaching Artists, a not-for-profit advocacy organization, brings together a community of professional teaching artists throughout NYS to promote discussion and share information and resources.
National Art Education Association is an organization for everyone concerned about quality art education in our schools.
National Dance Education Organization promotes standards of excellence in dance education. To that end, organization hosts public discussions, workshops, sponsors institutes, conferences and a wide range of programs.
NYS Art Teachers Association advances the cause of visual art education at home, in school and in the community.
NYS School Music Association advocates improving education in music of all people in New York by promoting appropriate music activities and programs in the schools and communities of NYS.
Teachers & Writers Collaborative brings writers and educators together to explore the connections between writing and reading literature.
Above:
"A War to End All Wars," presented by Staten Island OutLOUD, in September 2007, for the 90th anniversary of US troops entering WWI. Staten Island OutLOUD presented this event, with music by Sanchie Bobrow and a combined choir from St Peter's Catholic Church, the Unitarian Universalist Church of SI, and Calvary Presbyterian Church. A bugler from Port Richmond High School opened and closed the performance.