A Reason to Survive provides services to youth who face major challenges through art and its transformative power.
Americans for the Arts is dedicated to representing and serving local communities and creating opportunities for every American to participate in and appreciate all forms of the arts.
Embracing this responsibility, the Kennedy Center instituted ArtsEdge in 1996 as its educational media arm, reaching out to schools, communities, individuals and families with printed materials, classroom support and Internet technologies.
Offering K-12 arts education materials for visual arts, dance, music and drama/theater in formats useful for teachers, students and parents.
The Association of Teaching Artists (ATA) is a non-profit professional organization whose mission is to advocate for, support, strengthen, and serve artists who teach in schools and in the community.
Located in Orlando, FL, the B-Boy Spot brand’s community center provides a safe and open space for youth to practice breakin’, and offers various media libraries available for youth to learn the history of hip hop in all its forms. Classes, workshops and events are also organized at their space.
Founded in 1987, Dallas-based Big Thought is one of the nation’s leading nonprofits focused on building partnerships that allow all children access to quality learning opportunities.
A website and organization dedicated to improving the art education in America’s schools.
The Creative Advocacy Network (CAN) is a 501(c)3 organization established to mobilize the Portland Metropolitan Region in support of a dedicated public fund for the arts, to increase access to arts and culture for every resident, make free arts and music experiences available to every school-age child in their classrooms and communities and strengthen Portland’s highest-quality arts and cultural institutions.
The Dreaming Zebra is an organization that is dedicated to bringing art to children throughout the world.
A Seattle based non-profit organization headed by world renowned Massive Monkees Crew, dedicated to provide urban youth with fun and unique, arts-based programs. Also created the first US dance-based leadership program for urban youth.
Free dance lesson plans for teachers to have students learn about themselves through the practice of dance.
Making art in schools easier to teach! This website has lesson plans and ideas or teachers to incorporate art into their classrooms.
A dynamic community of practice where visual arts teachers, scholars, researchers and professors, students, administrators, and art museum educators, and artists come together around a shared belief in the power of the arts in developing human potential.
A collection of videos exploring management practices for arts and culture leaders.
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills is a national organization that advocates for 21st century readiness for every student.
TeenLife connects teenagers to nonprofits they might be interested in helping.
Work for Art raises money primarily through employee charitable campaigns at workplaces in Oregon and SW Washington. Donations to Work for Art support more than 80 vital arts and culture organizations every year—encompassing dance, visual arts, music, literary arts, media arts, theater, cultural arts, and arts education.
A resource list of different articles, curriculums, and media compiled by Ithaca College. Topics span from using hip hop in education, to practitioners breaking down different elements.
The YouthARTS site 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.