Resources for Teachers
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Art & Woodworking Supplies • Calendar • Curriculum Resources • Standards & Pacing Guides • Research & Publications • Books, Blogs, Talks & More • Other Resources • Inspiring Projects
Art & Woodworking Supplies
- Local Sources
• ExCL Recycling Center (moved to Lynn, MA)
• Art supply stores
• Woodworking supply stores - On-line Sources
• Blick Art Materials
• Discount Art Supplies
• Discount School Supply
• Montessori Services
• Sax School Specialty Supplies
• Triarco - See our Course Supplies page for additional resources
Calendar
Curriculum Resources
- ArtsEdge
- Baltimore Curriculum Project
- Boston Public Schools resources for Visual Arts teachers
- Folk Arts in Education
- EDSITEment
- Getty Museum
- “If Trees Could Talk”
- KAC guide to curriculum development websites
- People Like Me
- Responding to the Arts
- Woodshop Teachers
Standards & Pacing Guides for Boston Public Schools
- Curriculum Frameworks
- Visual Arts, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (download pdf)
- Massachusetts Learning Standards
- Visual Arts, Boston Public Schools (download pdf)
- Math Pacing Guide, K-5, Boston Public Schools
- Portfolio & audition requirements, Boston Arts Academy
Opportunities for Students
Places that offer art programs outside of school time
- Art Institute of Boston Pre-College Program
- Artists for Humanity–Youth Arts Enterprise
- ArtScience Prize
- Beam Camp
- Boston Explorers
- Eliot School
- Institute of Contemporary Art–Teen New Media classes
- Massachusetts College of Art & Design
- Museum of Fine Arts–Programs for Kids and Teens
- Stonybrook Fine Arts
- Urbano
Also see our Links & Resources page for other Community Art Centers.
Research & Publications
- Arts Edge
Links to articles and reports on arts education - Arts Education Partnership
Information on arts education policies, issues, activities at national, state and local levels - Americans for the Arts
Research highlights on the value of arts education - The Quality of Quality: Understanding Excellence in Arts Education
by Steve Seidel, Lois Hetland, Patricia Palmer, Shari Tishman and Ellen Winner, Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 2009 (download pdf) - School Arts Magazine
Projects, lesson plans, ideas - Teaching Artists & the Future of Education
An extensive report on the field, published in 2011 - Whole Child
Podcast on the role of arts in educating the whole child
Books, Blogs, Talks & More
- Art for Small Hands
An art teacher’s projects and reflections - The Art of Hands-on Science
Article by Mike Nagle - Changing Education Paradigms
Illustrated talk by Ken Robinson - The Craftsman by Richard Sennett
- Shop Class as Soulcraft by Matthew Crawford
- Studio Thinking by Lois Hetland, Ellen Winner, Shirley Veenema & Kimberly M. Sheridan
- Old School New School
Blog about creativity and teaching - Turning Around America
Beth Ireland’s wood-turning travels - Wisdom of the Hands
Blog about woodworking and other experiences
Other Resources
- Association of Teaching Artists
Resources, information, connections - Art History Resources
Images and information - ArtsEdge
Lessons, standards, links and more - ArtsBlog
National dialog on arts education - Educational CyberPlayGround
Scroll down on this site for a vast compilation of resources - National Art Education Association
Supportingprofessional growth and leadership for visual arts educators - National Guild for Community Arts Education
Membership organization for arts education providers - One World Classrooms
Building bridges between classrooms around the globe
Inspiring Projects
- ExCL Recycling Center
Birdhouses, fabric printing, moles and more