Art
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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.
Description: Art Safari invites parents and children to explore the painting and sculpture collection and encourages learning about art by looking and sharing interpretations. Children have the opportunity to choose a topic, create their own artworks of animals on the computer, print pictures, and keep a copy for themselves or family and friends. A series of questions will guide parent and child to make up stories based on four different artworks; older children can interact with the program on their own. Parent-Child Community Projects and Family Art Workshops are included.
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.
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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Author: Scott, Dawn (4 more by this author)
Description: Literature review, bibliographies, links, resources and measures relating to youth communication.
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Critical Evidence: How the Arts Benefit Student Achievement
Description: A booklet describing what current research says about how study of the arts contributing to academic achievement and student success.
Description: The Metropolitan Museum's collection now contains more than two million works of art from all points of the compass, ancient through modern times. Explore the art collection from Asian, to Islamic, from the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans to Oceania. Also check out the Art History Time line and Explore and Learn, two online resources for art educators.
Understanding the Market for Arts Education in Afterschool Settings
Author: Peterson, Terry; Jennifer May; Scott Shanklin-Peterson
Description: Tying arts programs with after school programs is a trend that 21stCentury Community Learning Centers from 12 states are advocating according to a survey completed May 2007. These after school leaders rated the arts as very important for overall after school programming. Although difficult to find the right resources within communities the after school leaders indicated art programs afford an opportunity to enhance the learning taking place during the school day, not substitute for it.
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Critical Links: Learning in the Arts and Student Academic and Social Development, Overview
Author: Catterall, James
Description: This overview addresses the issues related to educational tranfer and how it applies to arts education and academic and social development.
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.
Author: CYFERNet Team, (14 more by this author)
Description: An online camp for children age 8 to 12, using Internet applications to provide interactive games and resources to teach science and the arts while providing opportunities for youth to interact with other youth and adult Camp Counselors. Also includes resources to support school-age youth programs to use goCyberCamp as part of their activities.
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: 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.
Mission of the Month: Secret Codes - Know What No One Else Knows
Author: Staker, Jay (13 more by this author); Trudy Dunham
Description: "The main thing is to pay attention, pay close attention, to everything. Notice what no one else notices. Then you'll know what no one else knows, and that's always useful." Secret Codes. Vanishing objects. Hidden meanings. Mysteries are all around us! This month CYFERnet offers a few of them for you to solve using your best analytical thinking, and a little digging through history!
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.
The Artist Toolkit: Visual Elements and Principles
Description: Artists use visual elements and principles like line, color and shape as tools to build works of art. Each element and principle has three sections: Watch an animated demonstration, Find examples of the concept in works of art from museums, and Create your own composition.
Visual Arts Education: Setting an Agenda for Improving Student Learning
Author: Goodwin, Mac
Description: The purpose of the document is to bridge visual arts education and educational policy decisions to improve student learning in the visual arts. Identifies standards for art education.
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Critical Links: Learning in the Arts and Student Academic and Social Development, Overview
Author: Catterall, James
Description: This overview addresses the issues related to educational tranfer and how it applies to arts education and academic and social development.
How the Arts Can Enhance After-School Programs
Description: This report provides a brief introduction to the role of the arts in those programs. It consists of a brief summary of recent research findings about both arts and after-school programs, a description of the key elements of successful programs and some key examples that showcase partnerships between schools and community-based organizations. This information is provided for the readers convenience by the U.S. Department of Education and the National Endowment for the Arts.