Grantmakers - Arts Education
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Arts Education Resources from Artslynx
www.artslynx.org/artsed/
Links to Comprehensive Resources such as Educational Standards and Curriculum Frameworks for Art and Music, links for Music Education, Theater Education, Visual Arts Education, Dance, and Film Education.


National Endowment for the Arts
www.nea.gov/grants/apply/Artsed.html
NEA achieves its support of arts education through a focus on children, teachers, artists, arts organizations, and school leadership that models best practices in arts education, disseminates those practices to the field, and builds the case for quality arts education across the country.

New England Foundation for the Arts
http://www.nefa.org/
NEFA, while mainly addressing the needs of the Boston area, offers touring programs such as Meet the Composer, a National Dance Project, and funds for Presenters to travel to investigate new or unfamiliar work outside of their home community.

No Subject Left Behind: A Guide to Arts Education Opportunities in the 2001 NCLB Act
www.symphony.org/govaff/what/pdf/leftbehind.pdf
January 2004. There are links to arts organizations, grant funding sources, and resources for art education advocates.

The Arts Education Partnership
http://aep-arts.org/
AEP is a national coalition of arts, education, business, philanthropic and government organizations that demonstrate and promote the essential role of the arts in the learning and development of every child and in the improvement of America’s schools. It offers links to arts education sources, arts publications and arts education research.

U.S. Department of Education
www.ed.gov/pubs/After_School_Programs/Arts_Programs.html
The Arts and After-School Programs offers suggestions on how to integrate the arts into after-school programs. Links are provided for Education Resources on the Arts. U.S. Department of Education and the National Endowment for the Arts initiatives are discussed.

VSA Arts.
www.vsarts.org/x273.xml
Seeks to create a society where people with disabilities can learn through participation in and enjoyment of the arts. They offer funding for arts education through their Arts Connect All grants and offer links to such sites as Engaging Students in the Arts, Young Soloists Award, Playwright Discovery Teacher Award, Call for Children’s Art and Supporting Arts Access.

Yahoo Arts Education Organizations
http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Education/Organizations
Live links to arts organizations across the country that offer professional development, grants funding, and arts advocacy.