Arts Learning—Resources

Arts Learning Artist Directory
The Arts Learning Artist Directory presents Arts Learning teaching artists in a clear, accessible format.

Arts Learning Residency Handbook
The Arts Learning Residency Handbook is organized to help schools, community organizations and artists prepare and implement an artist residency.

Arts Learning Resource Database
Search for organizational resources by name, discipline or function.

Learning Resources for Schools
Resources and professional development tools from the Ohio Arts Council, the Ohio Department of Education, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Ohio Fine Arts Academic Content Standards
Complete copy (in PDF form) of the content standards adopted by the State Board of Education in 2003.

Arts Education in Public Schools
An online resource center designed to help school board members become stronger supporters for arts education in their schools and communities.

Focusing the Light: The Art and Practice of Planning
Available Spring 2007: A seven-volume series that provides those who work in the arts and nonprofits with strategies, tips, and techniques for successful project planning, advocacy and evaluation.

NEW! Focusing the Light iTool
A logic model that outlines the steps needed to translate the dreams and possibilities of an organization into real programs and activities.

UPDATED! Poetry Out Loud
In partnership with the NEA, the Poetry Foundation, the Thurber House, and the Ohioana Library, we’re proud to announce a new initiative in the capitol region high schools, Poetry Out Loud, encouraging appreciation of great poems through performance, memorization, and recitation in a fun-loving contest environment.

Arts Learning News
Stay informed of important arts learning events, issues and developments statewide and nationally through Links and Threads and Arts Learning News Briefs.

Links and Threads
An electronic newsleter for district and schoool leaders who value arts learning as an integral part of the core curriculum.