Resources

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Art Education:

The Art of Education One of the best elementary lesson plan websites with some resources for secondary school. The Art of Ed posts daily, giving real-world advice on topics every art teacher deals with. It also offers professional development packages and online conferences. Lessons connect to national arts standards.

 The Incredible Art Department  One of the largest, well-known and long-running websites for art teachers, the Incredible Art Department is a huge compilation of original and reader-submitted art lessons. 

Artsonia  This has grown significantly over the years, turning from a place to exhibit student artwork online into an expanding network for art teachers, including teacher-submitted lesson plans, fundraising opportunities, and an endless supply of new ideas with lesson photo galleries (very useful for high school teachers).

Mrs. Picasso's Art Room A blog run by an art teacher, this website is chock-full of inspirational, multicultural elementary lesson ideas and brightly colored step-by-step pictures.

One Crayola Short  Another art teacher blog, One Crayola Short is a great resource for art lesson plans, ideas and inspiration.

Teachers Pay Teachers  Art teachers need not be turned off by its general education vibe; TeachersPayTeachers actually has thousands of teaching resources (some for sale, but many for free) available for download, from worksheets, to full unit and lesson plans, to PowerPoint presentations, teaching aides, and more.

Pinterest  Pinterest has taken the hoarding personality element of many art teachers to the digital world, letting us finally ditch the filing cabinets full of ripped-out magazine pages. Now, we can neatly compartmentalize all our classroom and lesson plan ideas online in a digital folder for safekeeping.

Crayola  Crayola's lesson plan website enables K-12 teachers to search via medium, grade level, or even by Crayola-brand product, for fitting lessons. This is great when you have a box full of ModelMagic you don't know what to do with.

KinderArt  A one-stop shop for art teachers (especially elementary and preschool), who are looking for simple lesson plans in a hurry. Need seasonal or holiday lesson ideas? KinderArt's the place to go.

DickBlick  With an assortment of high-quality, advanced lesson ideas, DickBlick is an excellent lesson plan website for middle and high school art teachers (as well as elementary). With categories even broken down to topics like "Graphic and Digital Art", "Maskmaking" and even "Metal and Wire

Art is Education

Sustainability Arts Education Guide
Environmental arts lessons and information- PDF

Teaching Artists Organized

Alliance for Arts Learning Leadership- Alameda County

Resources by Region

Tri Cities, TN (Johnson City, Bristol, Kingsport, Jonesborough and surrounding areas)




Asheville, NC

East Bay Area, CA


South Bay Area, CA


Orange County, CA

Sites by Media

Decorative Arts and Crafts Resources: www.decorativeceilingtiles.net/decorative-arts-and-crafts-resources/

International Scratchboard Society https://scratchboardsociety.org/


Mosaic Arts

Transformative Arts Education

Masters of Arts in Transformative Arts

Arts and Healing Network artheals.org

Awakening 360 An East Bay Area based business networking site awakeling360.com

The Center for Touch Drawing http://www.touchdrawing.com

Funding and Grants


The Creative Work Fund creativeworkfund.org

Creative Capital creative-capital.org

Art 4 Moore art4moore.org

Southern Exposure soex.org

Black Rock Arts Promotes interactive and public art blackrockarts.org

Center for Cultural Innovation Artists workshops and funding sources cciarts.org

Potrero Nuevo
The Potrero Nuevo Fund supports Bay Area community based organization in three primary areas: arts environment and sustainable architecture potreronuevo.org

General Education sites

Eberly Center, Teaching Excellence and Educational Innovation
--a very formal site, but has lots of detailed tips and great information

Government Art sites

California Arts Council
California Arts Advocates

Americans for the Arts