Arts Curriculum Resources
Traditional Arts Curricula Resources and Pedagogy from Elementary through High School.
ISSUE: FAIR USE
USE IT OR LOSE IT
- Stay Free! High School Media Literacy Curriculum
- Splendid comic book on copyright law and fair use, with special application to the needs of documentary filmmakers. It's a visual feast, witty and very informative-- Get Your FREE digital VERSION
Aoki, Keith, James Boyle and Jennifer Jenkins, 2005. _Bound by Law? Tales from the Public Domain_. Durham NC: Duke Law School, Center for the Public Domain. Apparently they are planning a series related to different media and genres--music, etc., with artists specifically + the general public as the intended audience. - How did Mad Hot Ballroom survive the copyright cartel?
Answer: by limiting music that played in classrooms, haggling over clearance fees, and cutting out a scene.
APPLICATION
STANDARDS, GUIDES AND LESSON PLANS
- 2007 Creative Communities was a groundbreaking initiative to bring high-quality arts instruction to underserved children and youth in public housing communities.
Developed in 2001 as a collaboration among the National Guild, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the National Endowment for the Arts, the Initiative (CCI) was the first-ever collaboration between NEA and HUD and represented a $4.65 million investment in, and commitment to, community arts education. Even so, a great deal was learned about what it takes to establish sustainable partnerships between community-based arts education organizations and public housing authorities. The report highlights successful strategies such as planning collaboratively so that both partners are engaged from the outset; ensuring ongoing communication across multiple levels at each partner organization; publicly championing the partnership project; conducting evaluation; getting to know the population being served; and understanding the protocol, rules and regulations affecting your partner. - Artists in the Workforce, 1990-2005 [pdf]
http://www.nea.gov/research/ArtistsInWorkforce.pdf
To anyone who might ask, "Where have all the artists gone?", the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has a very good answer. That answer is parsed out in this well-research 148-page publication titled "Artists in the Workforce: 1990-2005". Released in June 2008, the publication offers a nationwide look at artists' demographic and employment patterns in the 21st century. Working with extensive data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the report also provides detailed information on specific artist occupations. Among other findings, the report notes that there are almost two million Americans who describe their primary occupation as artist, and that as a group, they represent almost 1.5 percent of the U.S. labor force. Not surprisingly, the
report also notes that most artists cluster in a very select group of
metropolitan areas, including Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Washington, and Boston. Taken as a whole, it's a thoughtful report that will be of particular interest to policy makers and artists alike. - California Arts Education Handbook
The Insiders Guide to Arts Education Planning provides a hands-on, how-to planning process for schools, districts and counties. Field tested best practices, innovative ideas, templates and strategies are offered here as a guide to navigate arts education planning that enables districts to assess current arts learning programs and funding allocations, identify gaps in delivery, and create strategic plans that will ensure equitable access for all students in each of the four arts disciplines.The Guide grows out of the Community Arts Education Project (CAEP), a 2001 jointly sponsored initiative of the California Alliance for Arts Education (CAAE) and the California State PTA. - SCASS California State Collaborative on Assessment and Student Standards
- California Arts Council
- Art Standards for Every State
- Kennedy Arts Council Curriculum
- What are the Baltimore Lesson Plans? They are a full years worth (regular public school schedule) of lesson plans based on the Core Knowledge series. K-5
- Language Arts Curriculum Guide
- Computers in Art Lesson Plans
- The Senate Designates March 2000, as "Arts Education Month"
- Anonymous Was a Woman
- National Council for Traditional Arts - Check this out!
- Arts Education Partnership Meeting Report 1999
- Advice on how to Archive those digital files
- Tutoring the Fine Arts Library guide
Folk Arts
Education
Impact of Art on Learning Research
National Children's Folksong Repository reflects Karen Ellis' continuing emphasis on linking local culture, arts, people, organizations, literacy, music technology and education.
International Journal of Education and the Arts. Volume 9 Number 6: Chen, Y-T. & Walsh, D. J. Understanding, Experiencing, and Appreciating the Arts: Folk Pedagogy in Two Elementary Schools in Taiwan. Drawing on Bruner’s notion of folk pedagogy, this research explores how Chinese aesthetic education is perceived and valued at two elementary schools in Taiwan. Using qualitative methods, the research explores how arts teachers guide children to experience arts through the arts curricula in school and the local culture. The study reveals that the two schools share a respect for nature and a concern for local culture. The seven arts teachers’ folk pedagogy includes the desire to connect beauty and arts learning, develop children’s aesthetic feelings, cultivate children’s character, and integrate arts into everyday life. The teachers’ shared views provide a broad picture of these folk beliefs in Taiwan as well as a cultural lens for examining aesthetic education in Taiwan and the larger Asian culture.
International Journal of Education & the Arts see Abstracts also see
Volume 9 Number 5: Quinn, R. D. & Calkin, J. A dialogue in words and images between two artists doing Arts-Based Educational Research.
Canon and partner songs for primary aged children
Government Report "Impact of Art on Learning Arts Education Partnership
Support for the arts in our nations schools Report.
Agencies, Council, Groups, Centers, Partnerships, Policy
The National Council for the Traditional Arts (NCTA) http://www.ncta.net is a private not-for-profit corporation dedicated to the presentation and documentation of traditional arts in the United States.Founded in 1933, it is the nation's oldest producing and presenting organization that deals with folk, ethnic and tribal arts. Its programs celebrate and honor arts that are deeply rooted cultural expressions -- music, crafts, stories and dance -- passed down through time by families, communities, tribal, ethnic and occupational groups.
The National Arts Policy Clearinghouse
Houses American for the Arts' 6,000 documents. Topics include: Resources for Artists, Arts Education, Cultural Consumer; Design Arts; Historic Preservation; Economics and the Arts; Folk Arts; Government, Public Policy and Arts and Culture; Literary Arts; Media Arts; Nonprofit Arts Organizations; Performing Arts; and Visual Arts, Museums and Galleries. A searchable database delivers titles and abstracts of relevant documents as well as information on how to obtain them. Users can access reports, publications and speeches.
Arts & Learning Resources for State Leaders
Developed as part of the Arts Education Leadership Network Initiative, this page helps state arts education leaders locate resources relevant to their work. It is divided into five sections: News and Information, Resources, Research, Related Organizations and Partnerships. Under Research, connect to research search engines and useful publications, or submit an article to a leading journal. The Related Organizations section serves as a gateway to a multitude of arts and education groups. Find links to national grant guidelines under Resources. Initiative updates and reports are located in Partnerships.
Kennedy Center ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies
1029 Vermont Avenue, NW, 2nd Floor
Washington, DC 20005
tel: 202-347-6352
fax: 202-737-0526
TDD: 202-347-5948
e-mail: nasaa@nasaa-arts.org
URL: http://www.nasaa-arts.org
The Arts Education Partnership (formerly known as the Goals 2000 Arts Education Partnership) is a private, nonprofit coalition of more than 100 national education, arts, business, philanthropic and government organizations that demonstrate and promote the essential role of arts education in enabling all students to succeed in school, life and work. The Partnership was formed in 1995 through a cooperative agreement between the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the U. S. Department of Educati on, the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA), and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO).
The President’s Committee was created by Presidential Executive Order in 1982 to encourage private sector support and to increase public appreciation of the value of the arts and the humanities, through projects, publications and meetings.Appointed by the President, the Committee comprises leading citizens from the private sector who have an interest in and commitment to the humanities and the arts. Its members also include the heads of federal agencies with cultural programs, such as the National Endowments for the Arts and the Humanities, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the U. S. Department of Education, the Smithsonian Institution, the Library of Congress, the National Gallery of Art and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
"Partners in Excellence" Program to Recognize Exemplary Public School PartnershipsEducation Commission of the States (ECS) has focused on the arts in education in 2005 and 2006. The charge to the Commission was to identify what ECS and its constituents can and should do to support the arts in education through stronger and more effective state policies. ECS believes that maintaining a commitment to the arts in public schools is essential, and ECS will continue to support the arts in education. Chairman Huckabee appointed a Governors Commission comprised of representatives of K-12 and higher education, arts organizations, government agencies and state legislatures. Initiative, "The Arts: A Lifetime of Learning" ECS is convinced that arts education is a function of both supportive policy and quality practice. Senate Resolution 128 - Whereas arts literacy is a fundamental purpose of schooling for all students.
Arts Education Assessment Consortium
Project Staff Frank Philip,
Senior Project Associate,
202-336-7046, frankp@ccsso.org
The International Foundation for Art Research (IFAR)
is a not-for-profit educational and research organization dedicated to integrity in the visual arts. IFAR offers impartial and authoritative information on authenticity, ownership, theft, and other artistic, legal, and ethical issues concerning art objects. IFAR serves as a bridge between the public, and the scholarly and commercial art communities. We publish the quarterly IFAR Journal; organize conferences, panels, and lectures; offer a unique Art Authentication Service; and serve as an information resource. We invite all people interested in the visual arts to join our organization and help support our activities.
K12 Government Resources
Johanna Misey Boyer
Director of Leadership Development
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies
1029 Vermont Avenue, NW, 2nd Floor
Washington, DC 20005
202-347-6352 x104
301-589-0331 (Thursday & Friday)
202-737-0526 (Fax)
Rachelle H. Saltzman, Ph.D., Folklife Coordinator
Iowa Arts Council Grants, Iowa Community Cultural Grants, Folk & Traditional Arts Program, Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program
Iowa Arts Council
A Division of the Department of Cultural Affairs
600 E. Locust St.
Des Moines, IA 50319
515/242-6195
fax: 515/242-6498
riki.saltzman@dca.state.ia.us
http://www.culturalaffairs.org
North Carolina developed a detailed Arts Education Standard Course of Study for grades K-12 in the area of Art, Drama, Music, Dance and the Visual Arts. The document was developed by artists as well as teachers. Sample lesson plans are included within the objectives listed. I know of artists/ educators and teachers who use this document when teaching the arts. I believe you can obtain a copy from:
NC Dept. of Public Instruction
301. N. Wilmington Street
Raleigh, NC 27602-2825
The people to conatct at this address would be:
Mr. Bryar Cougle [v] 919-715-1783
Theatre Arts and Visual Arts Education
Mr. Preston Hancock [v] 919-715-1785
Dance and Music Education
fax number for their department is [f] 919-715-0517
RESOURCES AND ONLINE PROJECT
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TEACH CHILDREN TO BUILD A WEBPAGE
SCHOOL SITES & CHILDREN'S FACES- PICTURE RELEASE FORM School Acceptable Use Policy Release Form for publishing Students Pictures on the Web.
- COPYRIGHT REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO USE FORM LETTER
- Learn about webcasting and how to do it.
- Native American Oral Tradition - Each student will interview an elder and write their personal history, otherwise lost due to the Native American oral tradition. Elders will edit student writing for content accuracy while meeting and corresponding with them over the Internet during product (booklet of the elder's personal history) development.
- LEARN ABOUT WEBQUESTS
- TEACH YOUR STUDENTS TO MAKE A WEBQUEST Let your class use the computer to BUILD A WEBQUEST
- TAKE THE EMPTY NEST WEBQUEST
- BUILD A WEBQUEST ABOUT THE FUNK BROTHERS
"Responsible Musicians, Artists and Behind the Scenes People Who Support Education" have a message for children in your classroom. -
CARTOON ART
- The Digital Exquisite Corpse Project - Integrate Art and Technology into the Classroom which I love and thought would be just the greatest thing to do in the classroom :-) "Here's how our digital version works, as devised by the three of us: The first artist creates a digital image on his computer, then emails the bottom quarter inch of the image to the next artist. We call this quarter inch piece the "reference strip." The second artist uses this strip as a reference for starting his section. When completed, he emails the bottom quarter inch of his image to the third artist, who then creates the last section. Once all sections are completed, we email them to one another and they are put together in Photoshop to form one image. There is no altering or touching up of the image after the sections are completed. They go together exactly as they arrive. If you'd like to see a graphic demonstration of the process, click HERE
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Free Art Lessons:
THE ADMIRAL COWDISLEY EDUCATION GROUP
This is a free site for students who want to learn 'how to look' and teachers who require practical drawing and painting lesson notes. Cowdisley Lessons are currently being used by over 550 US and international schools, colleges, universities and ateliers by teachers for their classroom lesson plans. We aim for a world of greatly improved visual 'literacy' and begin here with the basics.
How to Create Flick Animations with CSS
Art Interactive, Learn about Sculpture
Learn to Animate Still Photos for free
THE PERFORMING ARTS:
General Performing, Cool Stuff, Dance, Theater, Circus, Costumes, Playgrounds, Amusements,Special Events / Festivals Dance will be tested for 800 12th graders as a field test only since only 4% of schools in the USA have dance education. Teaching Geometry through dance
REAL LIFE DISCUSSIONS FOR THE CLASSROOM
Racist Stereotypes in Advertising - Uncle Ben has been promoted to CEO, watch the slide show "The Strange History of Racist Spokescharacters,"
most of which represent food products. Superstar spokescharacter has roots in the minstrelsy.
Q. Do you think there should be technology used in the art classroom for art lessons or maybe taking them to the computer lab?
A. Technology is a definite for art lessons. My wife is an oil painter and book illustrator who uses a computer extensively. In the oil painting end of her work, she uses the computer for:
- reference to how other painters have portrayed specific subjects
- scanning sketches so they can be re-composed
- trying out different color to see their effects before committing to paint
- resizing and reorienting included objects relative to the overall canvas
- ordering supplies
- asking questions of other artists through mailing lists
- showing works in progress to clients via email attachments
- Future artists will use technology. Current art education should show how the technologies are used as much as possible.
Art Resources Collection Compiled by Judy Decker
A PPT COLLECTION OF BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHS
ClipArt, Sounds and Fonts Galore
Excellent Huge Resource
National Endowment for the Arts
Art and Technology intersect "CyberFashin"
Some of Steve Mann's WearComp/WearCam inventions from the past 20 years, were presented on mannequeins throughout the Galler. STEVE MANN, an engineering professor at the University of Toronto, has lived as a cyborg for more than 20 years, wearing a web of wires, computers and electronic sensors that are designed to augment his memory, enhance his vision and keep tabs on his vital signs. Although his wearable computer system sometimes elicited stares, he never encountered any problems going through the security gates at airports. Last month that changed...... http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/14/Technology/circuits/14MANN.html
Art History Resources on the Web Contents include Prehistoric, Ancient, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, 18th- Century, 19th-Century, 20th-Century, Non-European, Research Resources, Museums & Galleries and Prints & Photography.
Three Dimensional Art Online (photographs)
- Short Courses in Digital Photography
- Digital Cameras
"A Complete Guide to Digital Cameras and Digital Photography." digital process and fundamentals.
- Guerrilla Girls
A group of artists and creative professionals known collectively as the Guerilla Girls have been exposing gender and racial inequality in the art world since the mid 1980's, and their techniques are pretty unorthodox. - Feminist Judy Chicago - For over three decades Ms. Chicago has remained steadfast in her commitment to the power of art as a vehicle for intellectual transformation and social change. She is known and respected as an artist and humanist whose work and life are a model for an enlarged definition of art and an expanded role for the artist. Her contribution to our culture was recently acknowledged by Smith College with the awarding of an honorary degree.