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New York State Agencies
New York State Council on the Arts	"NYSCA's goal is to bring high-quality artistic programs to the citizens of the state through supporting the activites of non profit arts and cultural organizations"
New York Foundation for the Arts	"NYFA gives more support to artists and art organizations in all disciplines than any other private organization in the country."
NYFA Source	"NYFA Source is the most extensive national directory of awards, services and publications for artists."
NYS Alliance for Arts Education	"A state-wide non profit service organization, NYSAAE is dedicated to ensuring that the arts are an integral part of every person's education in New York State."
NYS Education Department	The mission of the State Education Department is to "raise the knowledge, skill and opportunity of all people in New York."
NYS BOCES Arts in Education	"Arts in Education programming is an important component of the State Education Department's efforts to raise student acheivement for all and close gaps in student performance."
New York State Educational Television/Public Broadcasting	"University of the State of New York-USNY-is the most complete, interconnected system of educational services in the United States."
Office of Cultural Education	"The office of cultural education is comprised of the State Archives, Library and Museum, and the Office of Public Broadcasting."
New York State Learning Standards	"The office of Curriculum, Instruction and Instructional technology team provides guidance, resources, funding program opportunites to aid the educational community in developing and delivering quality curriculum and instruction to the students in New York State."
Empire State Partnerships	"Empire State Partnerships is dedicated to identifying, developing and nurturing promising practices in arts education through support of long term collaberations between cultural organizations and schools."
Arts Education
Big Thought	"Our big thought is that a community working together can the lives of children and families using creative learning."
Arts in Mind	"The mission of Arts In Mind is to increase potential for student acheivement through more equitable access, alignment, integration, and professional development of cultural resources into whole-school planning."
Arts Education Partnership	"The Arts Education Partnership provides information and communication about current and emerging arts education policies, issues, and activities at the national, state and local levels."
Kennedy Center Arts Edge	"ArtsEdge supports the placement of the arts at the center of the curriculum and advocates creative use of technology to enhance the K-12 educational experience."
Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education	"CAPE advances the arts as a vital strategy for improving teaching and learning by increasing students capacity for academic success, critical thinking and creativity."
Keep Arts in Schools	"We visit, we read, we listen and we learn from innovators around the country and bring their ideas to our shared mission of ensuring a high quality education with the arts to all young people."
Center for Arts Education	"Every child in every school has the right to a well rounded education, of which the arts are an essential ingredient."
VSA Arts	"VSA arts is an international non profit organization founded 35 years ago by Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith to create a society where people with disabilities learn through, participate in and enjoy the arts."
Arts in Education Definitions
Arts Education at Americans for the Arts	"Learning and participation in music, dance, theater and the visual arts are vital to the development of our children and our communities."
Gaining the Arts Advantage: Lessons for School Districts that Value Arts Education; President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities
Getty ArtsEdNet - Art Education website	"The Getty Museum offers workshops and professional development programs that help you incorporate the study of art into your classroom."
Touchstone Center	"The Touchstone Center for children was established in the belief that all persons have natural creative, imaginative and artistic capacities, which when encouraged and allowed to develop, find unique expression in each individual."
The Educational Theater Association	"The educational theatre association has been working since 1929 to honor excellence among students of theatre and support the work of theatre educators."
Interactive Drama for Education and Awareness	"IDEAS strives to bring dramatic arts as a way of education for youth with disabilities and other disadvantages."
New York City Board of Education, Office of Arts Education
Everson Museum, Syracuse NY Education Dept.	"The Everson Museum of Art serves as one of the leading cultural organizations in central New York and as the premier community gathering place in downtown syracuse."
Arts in Education at OswegoBOCES	"Art is Education"
The Arts
Americans for the Arts	"Americans for the Arts is the nation's leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts in America"
National Endowment for the Arts	"The National endowment for the Arts is a public agency dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts both new and established."
National Assembly of Arts Agencies
Arts & Culture Leadership Alliance for CNY	"The Arts and culture leadership alliance for CNY works in concert with the cultural research counsil to unify local art and cultural institutions."
Onondaga County Cultural Resources Council	"The cultural research council of Syracuse works to enhance the arts and cultural environment of the region through support and service to our indivdual artist, grass roots arts and cultural groups, and our established cultural institutions."
Arts Council in Buffalo & Erie County	"The art council exists to nurture and advance all artistic disciplines and to encourage participation in the arts by all segments of the community."
Creative Alternatives of New York	"Creative alternatives is more than successful in engaging our children and allowing them to look within and process feelings and emotions they do not face in counseling but are able to do through creative expression."
Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester	"The Arts and Cultural Council for Greater Rochester is the umbrella service organization and industry association for arts and culture in the ten-county greater rochester region."
Framework for Building Participation in the Arts	"The RAND corporation is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decision making through research and analysis."
Artist Cares
Education
Partnership for 21st Century Skills	"The Partnership for 21st century skills has emerged as the leading advocacy organization focused on infusing 21st centruy skills into education."
Edutopia: the George Lukas Educational Foundation	"Edutopia is the tangible embodiment of our vision. We spread the word about ideal interactive learning environments and enable others to adapt these successes locally."
The ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation	"With the explosive growth of the internet, and the resultant increased use of information, ERIC, as a system, is now widely recognized as the central source in the education and social science fields."
Arts Extension Service	"Bringing arts into the communities and creating communities through the arts."
EdSpeak Translator educational jargon translated
Annenberg Institute School Reform Web Links	"The annenberg institute works with school system central offices and community constituencies to explore and refine the concept of 'smart education systems."
No Child Left Behind	"No child left behind is working to help bridge the acheivement gap."
Bank Street College	"Bank Street College is a small, vibrant institution passionately devoted to improving the education of children.
Foundation Funding
To see a partial listing of foundations that offer grants for arts in education, click here.
Professional Organizations
NYS Art Teachers Association	"The New York State Art teachers is a non profit professional organization founded in 1948 for the purpose of advancing the cause of art education."
NYS School Music Association	"The mission of the New York State School music association is to advocate for and improve music education across New York State by promoting and producing appropriate activites and programs for its membership and students in member school music programs."
The National Dance Association	"The National Dance Association is the largest organization of professionals supporting and assisting professionals involved in physical education and recreation."
American Alliance for Theatre & Education	"The American Alliance for theatre and education connects and inspires a grwoing collective of theatre artists, educators and scholars committed to transforming young people and communities through the theatre arts."
Association of Teaching Artists	"The Association of Teaching Artists is a non profit professional organization whose mission is to advocate, strengthen and serve Teaching Artists from all discipline in New York State and beyond."
Artist Directories
This is a selection of data-bases hosted by organizations throughout New York State. If you cannot find an artist and would like a referral, please contact us by phone at 315-234-9911 or e-mail us.
PAE Teaching Artist Listing	"find out more about teching artistry"
Onondaga County Cultural Resources Council Arts Directory
Arts in Education at Oswego BOCES	"We not only provide outstanding educational experiences, but also offer cost effective cooperative services and programs to the district themselves."
Genesee Valley Council on the Arts	"The mission of the Genesee Valley Council on the Arts is to enrich the quality of life in Livingston County by encouraging and promoting the arts and cultural activites through support of artists, schools and community groups."
Capital Region BOCES Arts and Enrichment Resources	"Arts in education occurs when teachers use the arts as tools for addressing the arts standards and teaching curricula in other academic subjects."
Nassau BOCES Arts in Education	"The arts in education program offers services that are essential to the vitality of music, art, dance, theatre arts and creative writing curricula in Nassau county schools."
Young Audiences of Western New York
Performers and Programs: Southern Adirondack, Mohawk Valley and Upper Hudson Library Systems	"Performers and Programs; a database resource of entertaining and educational programs"