The New England School Performing Artist Directory
Performing Artists and Programs That Support School Curriculum K - 12


LINKS TO RESOURCES
(Visit Often as This Page Will Be Constantly Upgraded)


FOR SCHOOLS, ETC. || FOR ARTISTS

Resource Links For School Enrichment Providers and Others:

State and Regional Arts Organizations (Artist Rosters, Funding Guidelines, and more)

National Arts Organizations
  • ArtsEdge "The mission of ARTSEDGE is to help artists, teachers, and students gain access to and/or share information, resources, and ideas that support the arts as a core subject area in the K-12 curriculum."

Agencies That Represent Artists
  • Encore Performing Arts "...is a not-for-profit agency, which represents carefully selected professional performing groups and solo artists who tour throughout the Northeastern USA to present performances and workshops for children and family audiences."

  • Young Audiences of Massachusetts "32 ensembles offer over 60 interactive music, dance, and theatre programs spanning many cultures and artistic genres."

  • Mobile Ed Productions "programs are on chemistry, physics, live animals, starlab planetariums, light and lasers, TV productions (Technical skills needed), and robots (Technical skills needed). We also present programs on historical characters such as Abe Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Thomas Edison, Mark Twain and Women in History."

Advocacy
  • National PTA's Arts in Education Programs and Publications The Arts in Education Department of the National PTA focuses on advocacy for quality arts education. The site offers program overviews, resources for activities, advocacy materials, articles, an online gallery, as well as related Web links.

  • The Center for the Arts in the Basic Curriculum (CABC) was established to "engage teachers, administrators, and the public in dialogue abut the power of the ars to educate all children, and the changes in curriculum, teaching strategies, and classroom structure necessary to access that power." Good articles/papers on the arts as an education resource as well as links to other websites.

  • Winning Support for Arts Education from The Getty Education Institute for the Arts.

Resource Links For School Performing Artists:

  • Schoolgigs.com "Schoolgigs.com is a resource for storytellers, puppeteers, musicians, dancers, magicians, ventriloquists, speakers, theatre artists and others seeking guidance on performing in schools." Included are listings of state arts commissions and chapters of Young Audiences, which contain links to rosters of artists who perform presentations of puppetry, storytelling, music, dance, magic, and more in schools. Developed by David Heflick, author of How to Make Money Performing in Schools, a comprehensive manual on developing, marketing, and presenting performances in schools.

    • Puppetry


    Storytelling
    • The Storytelling Ring "The Storytelling Ring is a ring of sites throughout the WWW featuring Storytelling resources, organizations, events, and the tellers themselves. All dedicated, at least in part, to the vocal art of telling stories."

    • Story Arts created and maintained by Heather Forest - includes Lesson Plans & Activities, a Story Library, storytelling books & tapes, articles and more.

    • League for the Advancement of New England Storytelling (L.A.N.E.S.) "LANES is the Northeastern regional organization for storytelling. Chartered to promote the art and appreciation of storytelling, LANES is a non-profit membership organization with member storytellers and story fans throughout the New England states and upstate New York."

    • Connecticut Storytelling Center, Connecticut College, New London, CT. "The Center is a clearinghouse for Connecticut storytellers. The Center's Education Program brings storytelling to hundreds of city children and their teachers. The Center also sponsors the Connecticut Storytelling Festival each April."

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