Arts Advocacy
The following links present many arguments for arts education and current research. Some of the sites discuss issues for students at risk and look closely at ways in which critical thinking occurs through arts and education experiences.
Australia
Australia Council for the Arts
The Australia Council is currently focused on the potential of education and the arts in Australia from the national perspective particularly in advancing the quality of learning and engagement in the arts.
WA Department of Culture and the Arts: facts about the arts
Value of the arts in education and society
Evaluation of School-based Arts Education Programmes in Australian Schools
This report presents evaluations of four Australian school-based arts programmes.
Youth Audiences: Recalcitrant or Discerning
Written from the point of view of museums, this research has illuminating trends for all cultural organisations.
http://www.in2art.tas.gov.au/in2art_content.htm
in2art website is a great new website that tells you about jobs in the arts in Australia.
The State Living Treasures commemorative book clebrates the diversity, talent and contribution of a specially selected group of artists who have a strong link to Western Australia. The book is a resource that can be used for Arts and English students in schools and a hard copy is available by contacting ArtsEdge.
International
Lincoln Centre Institute
The Lincoln Center Institute (LCI) is an arts and education organization whose approach is based on aesthetic education. Located in the heart of the world’s largest performing arts center, the Lincoln Centre in New York,
LCI works in partnership with educators provides numerous professional development opportunities worldwide including Australia in October 2007.
Kennedy Centre - ARTSEDGE USA
A program of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, ARTSEDGE
supports the placement of the arts at the centre of the curriculum to enhance the K-12 educational experience.
Champions of Change
The impact of the arts on learning.
Student Champions for the Arts
Ideas and resources for getting kids and young adults involved in the movement to support arts education.
Critical Links: Learning in the Arts and Student Academic and Social Development
A group of studies focused on understanding the cognitive capacities developed in learning and practicing the arts and the relationship of those capacities to students' academic performance and social development.
The Arts and Education: New Opportunities for Research
Research into arts and education and the implications for the intellectual, personal, and social development of children and its potential role in our collective pursuit of educational and social goals.
Americans for the Arts
Dedicated to making the arts more accessible for every adult and child in the USA including Community Development through the arts
Arts Programs for At-Risk Youth
Using the arts to assist at-risk youth . Clear layout, strong arguments, amazing and inspiring youth arts programs.
Coming Up Taller
Published by the President's committee on the arts and the Humanities and Americans for the Arts, this report describes how the arts and humanities are being used to help at-risk youth and includes profiles of 200 programs.
Project Zero: Research in the Arts
Project Zero was founded at the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 1967 by the philosopher Nelson Goodman to study and improve education in and through the arts. Of special interest may be an article on the case of visiting artists in schools in the USA.
The Creative Community
Forging the links between Art, Culture, Commerce and Community
Home of the Richard Florida creativity group.
