SMACA Plethora of Distance Learning Resources
Art Education Resources – Updated March 2020
Spencer Museum of Art - https://spencerart.ku.edu/athome
Arts Education Online Lesson Plans
● Big Thought – www.bigthought.org
● Crayola, LLC – http://www.crayola.com/for-educators/resources-landing.aspx
● Young Audiences Arts for Learning Online Curriculum - http://www.arts4learning.org
● Brainy Child - http://www.brainy-child.com
● Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education – http://www.pz.harvard.edu
● The Dana Foundation – www.dana.org (brain research, w/brain projects, can integrate w/arts)
● ARTSEDGE – http://www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org – Under Construction, but otherwise a great resource for lesson plans.
Arts Ed Collaborative - https://artsedcollab.org/
● Aggregates all the COVID-19 arts ed resources they can find in one place. For webinars, virtual music lessons, online museum tours, and resources for artists, check back to their site. Pages are updated each weekday as new opportunities become available.
● State Education Agency Directors of Arts Education (SEADAE) - https://www.seadae.org/arts-instructional-resources
Family Guides, Curriculum, Parent Tool Kits
● Kansas State Department of Education – http://www.ksde.org
Most Comprehensive Resource for Art Education
● National Assembly of State Arts Agencies – http://www.nasaa-arts.org
March 2020, Reality of Digital Homework – Pew Research Center
Social Media Lesson Plans & Resource Links
● Music Educators Creating Online Learning
● Dancing Alone Together https://www.dancingalonetogether.org/?fbclid=IwAR1h_p489iuTy82c4huZsQLeZQzwnMpboAAI7fa0Ky_aaUybFdFyCo1fVrg
● Show Me Librarian
http://showmelibrarian.blogspot.com/p/all-things-steam.html
● ChoralNet
https://choralnet.org/announcements/virtual-learning-taking-your-choir-rehearsals-online/
Arts Education Program Resources: including research, advocacy, international & national programs:
● Americans for the Arts – http://www.artsusa.org
● Arts Education Partnership – http://aep-arts.org
● Brain Rules by John Medina – http://www.brainrules.net
● Business Round Table - www.businessroundtable.org
● Center on Education Policy – www.cep-dc.org
● Creativity Matters – www.creativitymatters.com
● Education Week – http://www.edweek.org
● Educational Cyber Playground – http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/music/musicsmart2.html
● Future of Innovation – www.futureofinnovation.org
● International Society for Education through Art (INSEA) - http://www.insea.org
● International Society for Music Education (ISME) – http://www.isme.org
● Kansas Art Education Association - http://www.kaea.com/
● Kansas Music Educators Association - https://ksmea.org/
● Kansas Thespians - https://www.kansasthespians.com/
● Kirkpatrick Foundation, The – www.kirkpatrickfoundation.com
● National Art Education Association - https://www.arteducators.org/
● National Endowment for the Arts - https://www.arts.gov/
● National Education Association – www.nea.org
● National Association of Manufacturers – www.nam.org
● National Governors Association – www.nga.org
● Partnership for 21st Century Skills – https://www.battelleforkids.org/networks/p21
● 21st Century Skills Foundation - https://www.21stcenturyskillsfoundation.org/
● Task Force on the Future of American Innovation – www.futureofinnovation.org
● The Conference Board – www.conference-board.org
● U.S. Department of Education - https://www.ed.gov/
Advocacy, General AE Info
● AFTA Arts Education Navigator Series, Getting Started
https://issuu.com/americans4arts/docs/afta_navigator_gettingstarted_final
● AFTA Arts Education Navigator Series, Facts and Figures
https://issuu.com/americans4arts/docs/afta_navigator_facts-and-figures
● AFTA Arts Education Navigator Series, Making the Case
https://issuu.com/americans4arts/docs/afta_navigator_makingcase_v4
● AFTA YouthARTS for at-risk youth
