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Accessibility
ACCESS
AND OPPORTUNITIES: A GUIDE TO DISABILITY AWARENESS
at http://www.vsarts.org/x523.xml
The Guide can help orient arts professional with the fundamentals of
access.
ACCESSIBILITY PLANNING AND RESOURCE GUIDE FOR CULTURAL ADMINISTRATORS
at http://www.nea.gov/resources/Accessibility/Planning/index.html is an online companion to the printed 2003 text Design for Accessibility: A Cultural Administrator's Handbook at http://www.nea.gov/resources/Accessibility/pubs/DesignAccessibility.html.
The Guide provides guidance to cultural administrators on how to achieve accessible and inclusive programming for everyone including individuals with disabilities and older adults.
ADOBE®ACROBAT
Acrobat solutions for accessibility information http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/acrobat_508.html
ADOBE®PORTABLE
DOCUMENT FORMAT CONVERSION
To convert an Adobe® Portable
Document Format (PDF) file to HTML, simply type a URL for an Adobe
PDF document into this electronic form.
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/access_simple_form.html
AMERICANS
WITH DISABILITY ACT
U.S. Department of Justice's home page for Americans with Disability Act technical
assistance.
CREATIVITY MATTERS: THE ARTS AND AGING TOOLKIT
at
http://artsandaging.org/index.php
Designed for the arts and aging services fields, this resource explains why and how older adults benefit from participating in professionally conducted community arts programs and offers detailed advice and examples on program design, implementation, and evaluation.
DISABILITY ETIQUETTE
at http://www.disability.gov/community_life/disability_etiquette
Several resources from the federal government's website disability.gov
EQUAL
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION at http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/adahandbook.html
has published a practical, reader-friendly handbook "The American
with Disabilities Act: A Primer for Small Business."
EEOC
Disability Employment Fact Sheet The U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently released a new fact sheet designed
to educate job applicants on how Title I of the Americans with Disabilities
Act (ADA) protects their rights throughout the hiring process. http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/jobapplicant.html
EVALUATE YOUR ORGANIZATIONS'S ACCESSIBILITY
at http://www.arts.gov/resources/Accessibility/pubs/index.html
Available from the National Endowment for the Arts is a Brief Accessibility Checklist and a more extensive one, The Arts and Humanities Accessibility Checklist. Both are a free pdf file.
GRAPHIC
ARTS GUILD at
http://www.graphicartistsguild.org/resources/disability-access-symbols/
posts 12 new symbols that may be used to promote and publicize accessibility
of places, programs and other activities for people with various disabilities.
MUSEUM OF SCIENCE, BOSTON
Betty Davidson, exhibit planner emeritus at Museum of Science, Boston, recently completed pages on the MOS
web site that describe their efforts at MOS to create more accessible exhibits. http://www.mos.org/exhibitdevelopment/access/index.html
NATIONAL ARTS AND DISABILITY CENTER (NADC) Information is aimed at artists with disabilities, arts organizations, museums, arts administrators, disability organizations and agencies, performing arts organizations, art centers, universities, arts educators, and students. http://nadc.ucla.edu/
NEA OFFICE FOR AccessAbility The National Endowment for the Arts' Office for AccessAbility is the advocacy-technical assistance arm of the Arts Endowment. http://www.arts.gov/resources/Accessibility/
SOCIETY FOR ARTS IN HEALTH CARE at http://www.thesah.org/template/index.cfm
The Society for the Arts in Healthcare advocate for the integration of the arts into the environment and delivery of care in healthcare facilities.
Their website offers a comprehensive list of Arts in Healthcare Program Support resources on the TOOLBOX page at https://www1074.ssldomain.com/thesah/template/page.cfm?page_id=180
STATE RESOURCE
DIRECTORIES ON ADA COMPLIANCE AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
Each state has its own directory that contains listings of organizations and
agencies that provide technical assistance regarding the ADA and the
Arts. http://nadc.ucla.edu/states.cfm
VSA arts RESOURCES
offers a large selection of publications, guides, and other resources dealing with a wide variety of subject matter in arts, education, and disabilities. http://www.vsarts.org/x101.xml
WEB
ACCESSIBILITY INITIATIVE (World Wide Web Consortium) at www.w3.org/WAI/
WAI, in coordination with organizations around the world, pursues accessibility
of the Web through five primary areas of work: technology, guidelines,
tools, education and outreach, and research and development.
WebAIM – Web Accessibility in Mind
Training Others: Accommodating Various Abilities and Disabilities at http://www.webaim.org/articles/training/
Evaluating Cognitive Web Accessibility at
http://webaim.org/articles/evaluatingcognitive/
Web accessibility for individuals with cognitive or learning disabilities is varied and complex.
Arts Education
ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES WORK SAMPLES
at http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/Controller.jpf
View samples of student work from Advanced Placement courses in Studio Art:
2D Design, 3D Design or Drawing. There are also sample responses for Art
History. Go to the web site and select My AP Central. Registration is easy
and you register for a particular subject area but you can also view other
subjects once you register. From the home page take this path: The Exams
to Exam Questions to Exams Question Index then choose Studio Art: 2D Design
or 3D Design or Drawing to Samples. At this point scroll down and click on
the links to view samples of student work.
ART MOBILE of MONTANA
http://www.artmobilemontana.org/
The Art Mobile of Montana is an educational art outreach
program that provides access to high quality, original and contemporary art exhibits and art instruction by a professional
art educator for schools and diverse groups.
THE ARTFUL TEACHING & LEARNING HANDBOOK
http://sun-deity.mcae.k12.mn.us/pdr/artfulteach.html
provides blue prints for a versatile arts education model. Full of tools, processes and examples from its field sites, the handbook offers the practitioner research-based support for building arts based and arts infused learning.
ARTIST'S
TOOLKIT, THE
This engaging site is an introduction to basic concepts in art for students
and teachers.
http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/index.html
ARTS EDGE
A cooperative venture between the J.F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts
and the National Endowment for the Arts, the organization's goal is to
place and maintain the arts as a core subject area in the K-12 curriculum.
ArtsEdge also hosts a variety of arts related websites.
ARTS EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP
at http://aep-arts.org/ is a national coalition of arts, education,
business, philanthropic and government organizations that demonstrates
and promotes the essential role of the arts in the learning and development of every child and
in the improvement of America's schools. Check out their extensive links to arts education sites.
ARTSLYNX at http://www.artslynx.org/
Curated link libraries and extensive original material (especially in the areas of theatre and dance) are specifically optimized for researchers, scholars, educators, students, and professionals working in the arts.
CARNEGIE HALL at http://carnegiehall.org/honor/history/index.aspx
The website charts the many paths of African American musical history through photos, historical information and streaming audio. This free resource is an invaluable tool for teachers and students alike.
DESIGNING THE ARTS LEARNING COMMUNITY: A Handbook for K-12 Professional Development Planners at http://handbook.laartsed.org/home/index.ashx
Synthesizing extensive research of arts education practice across the United States, this handbook is a guide to designing arts education professional development for K-12 classroom teachers and provides a searchable database of 50 arts learning communities.
EDUCATION
PUBLICATION CENTER
Free education publications (free books, brochures, videos, and more)
are available from ED Pubs, the U.S. Department of Education's Publications
Center.
EDUCATION
RESOURCE ORGANIZATIONS DIRECTORY (EROD)
The Directory is intended to help you identify and contact organizations
that provide information and assistance on a broad range of education-related topics.
http://wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/Programs/EROD/
ENVISIONING
ARTS ASSESSMENT: A PROCESS GUIDE FOR ASSESSING ARTS EDUCATION IN SCHOOL
DISTRICTS AND STATES at http://aep-arts.org/publications/info.htm?publication_id=11
A guide to help design large-scale art assessment decisions. Also provides
informational support and activities to be used as both a practical tool
and reference.
THE FOLKWAYS COLLECTION
A podcast series from Smithsonian Folkways and CKUA Radio
This series of 24 one-hour programs explores the remarkable collection of music, spoken word, and sound recordings that make up Folkways Records (now at the Smithsonian as Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)
http://www.folkways.si.edu/explore_folkways/folkways_collection.aspx
FOUNDATION CENTER at http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/topical/artseducation.html
Arts Education: A Resource List which includes: Guides, Reports, Funding Directories, Government Funding Links, Internet Resources, and Video
GETTY EDUCATION INSTITUTION FOR THE ARTS
The Getty Education Institute for the Arts provides grants for arts education.
INDIAN EDUCATION FOR ALL
Resources for Montana's Indian Education for All Act. http://www.opi.mt.gov/Programs/IndianEd/Index.html
JOY2LEARN FOUNDATION at http://joy2learn.com/about.php
The Joy2Learn Foundation was created in 2000 to improve public education by creating and providing high-quality arts content to schools free of charge, via a series of Internet based presentations
KEY TOPICS IN ARTS EDUCATION
The National Assembly of State Arts Agencies provides key research tools in arts education.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Online Library of Congress resources include the American Folklife Center, American Memory Collections, Performing Arts Encyclopedia, Lyrical and Local Legacies. http://www.loc.gov/teachers/
MONTANA STANDARDS FOR ARTS
You can download the Content Standards for the Arts from the Office of
Public Instruction's website. http://www.opi.mt.gov/pdf/standards/ContStds-Arts.pdf
NATIONAL GUILD for COMMUNITY ARTS EDUCATION
National Guild for Community Arts Education provides assistance to
community arts schools.
NEA JAZZ IN THE SCHOOLS at http://www.neajazzintheschools.org/home.php
Take a step-by-step journey through the history of jazz, integrating that story with the sweep of American social, economic, and political developments. This multi-media curriculum is designed to be as useful to high school history and social studies teachers as it is to music teachers.
NO
CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT
A new elementary and secondary education act called "No Child Left
Behind" was passed on December 18, 2001. Among many other things,
Arts was named as a core academic subject, a major step of recognition
of the arts on the part of the federal government.
For the text of the bill, click on the heading above.
Specific mentions of the Arts in the bill:
Title IX, Part A, Section 9101, number 11
"Core Academic Subject"
Title V, Part D, Subpart 15 "Arts
in Education"
PBS TEACHER SOURCE at http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/arts_lit.htm
The site includes a section on arts and literature. You will find lesson plans and activities subdivided by grade.
PICTURING AMERICA at http://picturingamerica.neh.gov/about.php
Picturing America, an exciting new initiative from the National Endowment for the Humanities, brings masterpieces of American art into classrooms and libraries nationwide
POETRY OUT LOUD Is a national recitation contest created by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation. http://www.poetryoutloud.org/
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian – "Identity by Design: Tradition, Change, and Celebration in Native Women’s Dresses" presents a fascinating array of Native women's clothing from the Plains, Plateau and Great Basin regions of the United States and Canada, dating from the 1800s to the present. Be sure to check out the Resource link for a lesson plan dealing with traditional dress making on the Fort Peck reservation. http://www.nmai.si.edu/exhibitions/identity%5Fby%5Fdesign/IdentityByDesign.html
YouthARTS at http://www.americansforthearts.org/YouthARTS/
is designed to give arts agencies, juvenile justice agencies, social service organizations, and other community-based organizations detailed information about how to plan, run, provide training, and evaluate arts programs for at-risk youth.
