Arts Education Research
Americans for the Arts
The National Arts Education campaign, Art. Ask for More, provides highlights of arts education research findings that show how the arts help students learn, and includes links to the full reports. Other resources include examples of successful arts programs and ways to increase arts involvement in your school.
In English: www.artsusa.org/public_awareness/
En Español: www.artsusa.org/public_awareness/spanish/
Arts Education Partnership
This site provides current research in the essential role of the arts in the learning and development of every child and in the improvement of America's schools, as well as resources for evaluation and assessment, arts advocacy, and arts integration. Many publications are available in .pdf format.
www.aep-arts.org
Project Zero
Project Zero is an education research group at the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University that conducts research in the fields of cognitive development and learning in the arts and other disciplines. The site provides research findings and educational resources.
http://www.pz.harvard.edu
Artists' Books websites
Browse the websites below for examples of artists' books, reference materials, lesson ideas, tutorials, worksheets, and listserves.
The Book Arts Web
http://www.philobiblon.com
Booklyn Artists Alliance
http://www.booklyn.org
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Book as Art Exhibition Interactive
http://www.nmwa.org/bookasart_flash/bookasart.asp
Otis College of Art and Design
http://content.otis.edu/collections/artistsbooks.htm
Artists' Books
Click the links below for more information about the artists whose work appears in the ABC website and in the ABC Interactive.
Alice Austin
www.amaustin.com
Carol Barton
www.popularkinetics.com
Leda Black
blackimp@twcny.rr.com
L. Michelle Geiger
zalophuspress@gmail.com
Jo Going
www.jogoing.net
Emily Martin
www.emilymartin.com
Claire Van Vliet
Janus Press
101 Schoolhouse Road
Newark, VT 05871
Illustrated Children's Books
The books listed below are good examples of ways text and illustrations can complement each other and contribute to the overall meaning of a story and of the variety of ways to arrange text on a page. Ask your school or local librarian to help you find more examples.
A Poke in the I: A Collection of Concrete Poems
by Paul B. Janeczko and Chris Raschka
Art
by Patrick McDonnell
Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet
by David McLimans
Imagine
by Norman Messenger
Imagine a Day
by Sarah L. Thomson and Rob Gonsalves
Math Curse
by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
Monkey Business
by J. Otto Seibold and Vivian Walsh
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom
by Carol Boston Weatherford and Kadir Nelson
Smokey Night
by Eve Bunting and David Diaz
The Three Pigs
by David Wiesman
What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?
by Robin Page and Steve Jenkins
Why?
by Lila Prap
National Standards
The ABC curriculum meets the National Standards for Arts Education and Language Arts. Click on the links below for more information about National Standards.
National Standards for Arts Education
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teach/standards/
National Standards for Language Arts
www.ncte.org
Additional Resources
6+1 Traits of Writing
www.nwrel.org/assessment/department.php?d=1
The Private Eye
www.the-private-eye.com
Exploring Art
www.nmwa.org/museumShop/productdisplay.asp?prdid=19