Creative and Arts Education
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American Alliance for Theatre and Education
Description: The mission of American Alliance for Theatre and Education is to promote standards of excellence in theatre and theatre education. They achieve this mission by disseminating quality practices in theatre and theatre education, connecting artists, educators, researchers and scholars with each other, and by providing opportunities for their membership to learn, exchange, expand and diversify their work, the audience and their perspectives.
Description: AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS is the nation's leading arts information clearinghouse, with a 40-year record of objective arts industry research. As the preeminent arts advocacy organization, it is dedicated to representing and serving local communities and creating opportunities for every American to participate in and appreciate all forms of the arts.
Buffalo State College Center for Studies in Creativity, Creativity Links!
Description: A comprehensive list of links to creativity sites on the web including creativity associations, consultants and trainers, educational and related programs, inventions, and other sites of interest.
Description: Coming Up Taller Awards is an initiative with the Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities to showcase cultural excellence and enhance the availability of out-of-school arts and humanities programs to children. This page contains descriptions of after-school, summer and weekend arts and humanities programs for young people.
Description: The Creativity Portal promotes the exploration and expression of creativity through arts, crafts, writing, and creativity. Links to resources with free instruction, tutorials, and projects.
F.I.L.M.- Finding Inspiration in Literature and Movies
Description: The National Collaboration for Youth (NCY) and Heartland Film Festival’s Truly Moving Pictures have teamed together in a collaborative project called F.I.L.M., an acronym for “Finding Inspiration in Literature and Movies.” The literacy and film program encourages youth associated with NCY organizations to screen the featured films, read the books associated with the movies, participate in activities from the free, downloadable activity guides, and complete service projects that relate to the central themes of the books and movies.
Description: Just Think teaches young people to lead healthy, responsible, independent lives in a culture highly impacted by media. They provide curricula and programs that teach media production and critical thinking skills.
Listen Up! Messages from America's Youth
Description: A network of youth media producers who are contributing messages for a public service campaign.
MENC: The National Association for Music Education
Description: The mission of MENC is to advance music education as a profession and to ensure that every child in America has access to a balanced, sequential, high-quality education that includes music as a core subject of study.
National Art Education Association
Description: The website of the National Art Education Association.
National Dance Association (NDA)
Description: The National Dance Association seeks to increase knowledge, improve skills, and encourage sound professional practices in dance education through high quality dance programs.
Description: The National Gallery of Art site includes information about visiting the gallery, exhibitions, online tours, education, programs and events, resources, and a section for kids.
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4-H Bloco Drum & Dance-An Afterschool Program for Teens 
Description: 4-H Bloco Drum and Dance is an after school program in the Brazilian Carnival tradition that is dedicated to enlivening the community through music, dance, and nutrition education by providing youth the opportunity to raise academic standards, make better food choices, reduce high school dropout rates, discourage gang participation and build a sense of cultural pride. The program engages middle and high school students in the Windsor School District from diverse backgrounds to come together and share their love of music and dance in a safe after school environment. Drum students learn basic music concepts and techniques of playing various instruments, while dance students learn basic dance steps and develop their own dance routines. Older high school students serve as mentors to the students. The program also has a nutrition component which includes healthy snacks and regular food demonstrations. Participants share their talent by performing at local, state and national events. The participants fill the air with cutting-edge booming beats and funky horn lines. High energy dancers, in multi-colored costumes, move to the beat of the drums telling a story as they perform. These original performances are inspiring and entertaining for audiences of all ages.
Description: A new trend in video production is the not-quite-prime-time production value of grassroots video. Video production and online distribution is easy and getting cheaper all the time. Youth can use this medium to express themselves, teach others and to learn technology skills.
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Description: A new trend in video production is the not-quite-prime-time production value of grassroots video. Video production and online distribution is easy and getting cheaper all the time. Youth can use this medium to express themselves, teach others and to learn technology skills.
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4-H Bloco Drum & Dance-An Afterschool Program for Teens
Description: 4-H Bloco Drum and Dance is an after school program in the Brazilian Carnival tradition that is dedicated to enlivening the community through music, dance, and nutrition education by providing youth the opportunity to raise academic standards, make better food choices, reduce high school dropout rates, discourage gang participation and build a sense of cultural pride. The program engages middle and high school students in the Windsor School District from diverse backgrounds to come together and share their love of music and dance in a safe after school environment. Drum students learn basic music concepts and techniques of playing various instruments, while dance students learn basic dance steps and develop their own dance routines. Older high school students serve as mentors to the students. The program also has a nutrition component which includes healthy snacks and regular food demonstrations. Participants share their talent by performing at local, state and national events. The participants fill the air with cutting-edge booming beats and funky horn lines. High energy dancers, in multi-colored costumes, move to the beat of the drums telling a story as they perform. These original performances are inspiring and entertaining for audiences of all ages.
Description: A library of planning, research and contact information for teachers.
Description: ArtsEdNet provides lesson plans and curriculum ideas, as well as an online discussion group that focuses on arts education and takes place primarily over electronic mail.
Description: Filled with fun ideas and suggestions for youth who enjoy writing, this manual includes tips for having fun with writing letters and poetry; keeping journals and diaries; and other projects that encourage creativity and self-expression. This manual is part of the Building Bridges Communications curriculum.
Dig Art! Cultivating Creativity in the Garden
Description: This program integrates gardening with the arts. The activities teach ecological literacy through visual art, music, performance, and more.
Description: A new trend in video production is the not-quite-prime-time production value of grassroots video. Video production and online distribution is easy and getting cheaper all the time. Youth can use this medium to express themselves, teach others and to learn technology skills.
Description: Living Sculpture is art made with plants. This program introduces simple and more involved projects, including topiary, woven branch art, sod sculpture, crop art and more.
Mission of the Month: Capturing History- The making of a documentary
Author: Dunham, Trudy (31 more by this author); Jay Staker
Description: Who are you, really? Have your skills and interests been passed down from your parents or grandparents? Where did the habits and customs of today’s American society come from? There is more to one’s history – the history of family and community – than your DNA and the names of your ancestors. What you do and how you do it is an important part of your family history. Take the time to find out how you became who you are today. Interview your family members about one aspect of life or culture that interests you. If talking to family isn’t convenient, use this as an opportunity to learn how your neighborhood became what it is today!
Mission of the Month: Engineering- Designing Issues
Author: Staker, Jay (13 more by this author); Trudy Dunham, Lisa Regalla
Description: Do you enjoy puzzles and challenges? Would you like a career that is about making the lives of others better? Does the idea of being a part of a team that works to cure a disease like cancer, or to solve major problems such as climate change, sound more like what you would like to do with your life? Then maybe you do want to be an engineer! Check out this Mission for a variety of hands on activities and challenges that draw on your engineering skills and innovation -- from constructing a trebuchet to designing a life-size puppet!
Mission of the Month: Music and Sound
Author: Dunham, Trudy (31 more by this author); Jay Staker
Description: A song is in the air – but how? When you hear music, how does the sound get from the instrument, radio or iPod to your ear? How do musical instruments actually make sound? This month’s mission focuses on the science of sound, and how to make music – physically and digitally. How to see sound waves in motion.
Plants & Textiles--A Legacy of Technology
Description: This project focuses on past and present technologies that convert plant materials to textile products. Youth make a tool, try traditional techniques, research modern production, and link to a community agency such as a museum or nature center. Topics include papermaking, rope making, indigo dyeing, net making, and mat weaving. All activites can be downloaded as .pdf files from the Plants & Textiles website.
SOMK-IT (Speak Out for Military Kids: Interactive Theatre): Qualitative Study Design Results
Author: Johannes, Elaine (8 more by this author); Bronwyn Fees
Description: Research Poster: Kansas SOMK-IT (Interactive Theatre) resulted in a full-scale, community theatre production of an original script that impacted middle-school age troupe members, their families and communities. Goals of the project included: increasing community awareness of military family issues and community resources, and establishing a safe and positive setting that fosters youth voice. This poster outlines the qualitative study design used and the results of this high context program.
Who’s Dancin’ Now? Lesson Plans and Activities
Description: This site provides lesson plans and activities for art education for children and youth from grades K-12.