Links

Arts Education Links:

National Arts Education Association
This site offers some excellent publications about arts education.

Arts Education Partnership
The Arts Education Partnership offers some of the most credible research about arts education available online.  Visit their site to download their free publications that document the latest findings in arts education.

California Arts Council Arts Education Research Compendium
One of the most comprehensive surveys of research in arts education. Scroll down the list of publications by the Council to find the Arts Education Research Compendium.

Department of Education’s Arts Education in Public Elementary Schools
Publication that surveys the state of arts education at the elementary level. The full report can be downloaded here. Another helpful publication is also available on the site: Assessing the Arts.

Massachusetts Department of Education
Here you will find information about the standardized curricula in the state of Massachusetts collectively known as the "Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks." Art is one of the seven curriculum frameworks that you can download at this site.

National Center for Education Statistics
The definitive source for data and reports on education.

Project Zero
Harvard University’s Project Zero is one of the most respected arts education research institutions in the country.

WGBY Education Services Web Site
Springfield’s public television station has produced a wonderful resource for teachers and educators.

Kennedy Center Arts Edge
The Kennedy Center’s Arts Edge web site offers a plethora of information for arts educators, including a downloadable version of the National Standards for Arts Education.

Americans for the Arts
Americans for the Arts is the nation's leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts in America.

 

Help with Funding:

Massachusetts Cultural Council
Massachusetts Cultural Council provides grants, and technical assistance. Local Cultural Councils in each Massachusetts community also award grants to artists, schools, and community organizations on behalf of the state agency.

Foundation Center
The Foundation Center has directories of foundations and advice to fundraisers.

Associated Grant Makers of Massachusetts
Associated Grants Makers offers a Massachusetts Grant Makers Directory and a grants library.

National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts information on federal grants and links to other resources.

Council on Foundations
The Council on Foundations provide the opportunity, leadership and tools needed by philanthropic organizations to expand, enhance and sustain their ability to advance the common good.

Americans for the Arts
Americans for the Arts is a clearinghouse of current information on arts issues, advocacy, publications, and research information.

Cultural Tourism Links

Americans for the Arts Cultural Tourism
This web site offers a comprehensive array of information about cultural tourism, economic impact of the arts and other arts related topics.

Creative Economy Initiative
New England Foundation for the Arts site with studies that quantify the economic impact of the arts on New England’s economy.

Massachusetts Cultural Council
The Massachusetts Cultural Council offers comprehensive information on cultural tourism on this part of its web site.

Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism
This site offers information on the arts, science, nature, and history in Massachusetts as well as tours, events and lodging.

Help with Planning:

Learning Partnerships
Learning Partnerships: online help for arts and education collaborations with a free planning and evaluation workbook.

NEA's Lessons Learned
National Endowment for the Arts, Lessons: Learned a Planning Toolsite with planning case studies and essays