RESOURCES

National

• Funding
  • Arts and Culture
    • National Endowment for the Arts Guidelines
    • Cultural Funding: Federal Opportunities
  • Education
    • No Subject Left Behind: A Guide to Arts Education Opportunities in the 2001 NCLB Act
    • U.S. Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
    • ESEA Funding Opportunities by Eligible Applicant
    • Funding Forecast, U.S. Dept of Education Discretionary Grants
    • 21st Century Community Learning Centers
  • Arts and Learning
    • NEA Arts Learning Guidelines
  • Foundations
    • General
      • The Foundation Center (links to help involve young people in giving)
      • Fundnet (links to arts, education, youth funders)
      • The Grantsmanship Center
      • GrantsWeb
      • Grantmakers for Education
      • Grantmakers in the Arts
    • Specific Foundations
      • GE Fund
      • J. Paul Getty Trust
      • MacArthur Foundation
      • MetLife Foundation
      • National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts
      • NEA Foundation for the Improvement of Education
      • David and Lucile Packard Foundation
      • Pew Charitable Trusts
      • Surdna Foundation
      • Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund

• Knowledge Institutes
  • Annenberg Institute for School Reform (education reform, urban issues, arts & education)
  • Arts Extension Service (community and arts)
  • Buck Institute for Education (project-based learning)
  • Center for Arts & Culture
  • Federal Resource Center for Special Education
  • Global Schoolhouse (collaborative learning)
  • Lincoln Center Institute for the Arts in Education
  • National Center for Education Statistics
  • National Service-Learning Clearinghouse (including K-12, community-based, tribal and higher ed resources)
  • Project Zero
  • RAND
  • Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies
  • Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts
  • Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning through the Arts (early childhood tool: Artsplay Online)

• Networks/Listservs
  • American Symphony Orchestra League Listserv
  • Arts4Learning Discussions
  • Arts Education Partnership Listserv
  • Fine Arts Consultants Listserv (open to state department of education fine arts consultants; contact aep@ccsso.org)
  • Listen Up! Youth Media Network
  • National Network for Folk Arts in Education
  • Opera Education (listserv, ArtsEd Online; to subscribe e-mail Andrea Johnson)
  • OVATION - The Arts Network
  • Public Broadcasting Service
  • Public Education Network Listserv
  • State Arts Agency Listserv (open to arts education personnel at state arts agencies -- contact Dennis Dewey)
  • TeacherArtExchange
  • U.S. Dept. of Education, Arts in Education Mailing List -- contact artsdemos@ed.gov

• Opportunities
  • Awards
    • Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, Inc. (national Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for grades 7-12)
    • Coming Up Taller Awards
    • International Child Art Foundation (student art competitions, network)
    • P. Buckley Moss Foundation for Children's Education (for integrating arts into teaching students with disabilities)
    • Save America's Treasures (to preserve nationally significant intellectual & cultural artifacts)
  • Help, Donations
    • Cable in the Classroom
    • Crayola^TM Dream-Makers
    • Disney Learning Partnership
    • The Foundation Center (grantmaker support, research)
    • Learning First Alliance Publications (for student learning advocates)
    • Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation (donation of instruments)
    • VH1 Save the Music (musical instruments)
  • Higher Education
    • Performing and Visual Arts College Fairs
  • Volunteers
    • Americorps (start a program)
    • Peace Corps Service-Learning

• Useful Tools
  • Advocacy
    • At the Table (youth participation in governance and decision making)
    • American Arts Alliance
    • American Symphony Orchestra League Advocacy Tools
    • Art. Ask for More (public awareness campaign by Americans for the Arts)
    • The Arts and Children: A Success Story (video)
    • Arts Education Partnership Advocacy Resources Listing
    • VH1 Music Advocacy Advice
  • Technologies
    • Agency for Instructional Technology (instructional TV)
    • Blogger (free tool to allow instant messages on your site)
    • Dot Org Media (strategies for e-fundraising, online advocacy)
    • Free Software Applications for Charities
    • Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) (search for educational resources on the Web)
    • Global School House
      • Online collaboration and education resources
      • Classroom conferencing how-to
    • List of Educational Technology Resources
    • MarcoPolo (standards-based Internet content for teachers and students)
    • Yahoo (start a group or listserv free)
    • ParaChat (start a chat room free)

Regional

• Funding
  • Regional Associations of Grantmakers
  • The Dana Foundation (arts ed focus: DC, Los Angeles, NYC)

State

• Funding
  • State Depts. of Education
  • State Arts Agencies

• Useful Tools
  • Advocacy
    • OK: ArtsPower Action Guide (to order CD or video, contact Business Circle for Arts Education)
    • TX: "Why Arts Education Is Important!" (PowerPoint presentation on CD, Texas Coalition for Quality Arts Education)
  • Technology
    • MN: ArtsConnectEd (online resource for teachers, students and parents)
    • TX: Report from the Digital Arts Task Force
    • VT: Art Responding Through Technology (teachers, artists, students making/critiquing work; developed from the WEB Project)
      • Music: The Vermont MIDI Project
      • Art: Art Responding Through Technology (ARTT)
      • Playwriting: Vermont Young Playwrights
  • Professional Development
    • An Introduction to Scientifically Based Research
    • National Education Association
    • Arts Education Professional Development Funds (for state arts agencies only)
    • State Arts Agency Arts Education Profiles

Local

• Funding
  • ArtsEdge List of Local Grants
  • Community Foundation Locator
  • Local Education Funds

• Opportunities
  • Speak Up Press (national literary journal for youth, links to classes)
  • Presidential Scholars in the Arts

• Professional Development
  • Planning an Arts-Centered School: A Handbook

• Useful Tools
  • SchoolGrants (online help, tips, independent grant review)
  • Free Federal Arts Resources (digitized collections, music, art, photography, architecture)

Photo credits
Top: Photo by Jane Lamb, courtesy of the Brunswick Area Arts & Cultural Alliance.
Bottom: Photo courtesy of VSA arts.