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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
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
Laguna Beach Festival of Arts and Pageant of the Masters
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
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