Did you know that the United States House of Representatives has declared the week of September 12-18, 2010 as National Arts in Education Week?
With this declaration, the House is recognizing  that arts education, including the disciplines of dance, music, theater, media arts, literature, design and visual arts, is a core academic subject and an essential element of [...]

Julia and Mathew Carter volunteer at North Coast Youth Correctional Facility in Astoria, Oregon. They have developed an art program for troubled youths within the correctional facility run by the Warrenton-Hammond School District.  Students are selected with certain criteria to participate. The result is often a way for these young men to look at mistakes made, [...]

DoSomething.org knows you care about arts education and wants you to participate in their new initiative Make Art Save Art.

The program wants to use artists and students to spread the message  that arts are important to American schools. Read more on the contest that corporate sponsors HP and AMD are participating in.
Make Art Save Art
Visit  MakeArtSaveArt.org to get  [...]

The Neighborhood Big Draw takes place Saturday October 9th. This fun event is a wonderful activity to get neighbors together-drawing (a great way to get children interested in art),  promote community and learn more about where you live. Go to the below link to get the details and get started in organizing your “big draw”.

http://Neighborhood Big Draw
Also, [...]

The largest Arts program in the southeast, Young Audiences, Woodruff Art Center (YAWAC) is part of a national 31 – chapter Young Artists program in Atlanta.  Started in 1983 with nine artists it now has grown to 64 artists. YAWAC is involved in the lives and learning of children and teens in multiple ways. The artists [...]

Beginning  next week, the White House will be will be hosting events celebrating the arts, innovation and creativity. In conjunction with this they will be promoting the importance of arts for students and the community.
On Monday, July 19th, the President and First Lady will begin the weeklong celebration with a music series honoring the arts and demonstrating the importance [...]

For one autistic kid, art gets him talking.
Seven-year-old Jalyn Weston loves sharing his artwork with anyone who wants to see. This summer, one of his drawings will be displayed in a national traveling exhibit with the 2010 International VSA festival, The International Organization on Arts and Disability.
His mom Pam explained the importance of art in [...]

Ines Lozano, principal of the International Christian School, knows the healing power of art. That’s why he helped put together “Through the Eyes of a Haitian Child,” a project that has him and three other educators visiting Haiti to teach art and photography to homeless and orphaned children.
“Art could be a great therapy to relieve [...]

Last June, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson wanted to raise the profile of arts in the city. So, he helped create the For Art’s Sake initiative and raised $100,000 within the first week.
Talk about putting money where his mouth is.
“We are going to promote the arts in a real way,” Johnson said.
Since its inception, For Art’s [...]

They’re like sports trading cards, except they don’t have a picture of a baseball player on the front or any stats on the back. When dealing with these cards, the message is a little less obvious.
They’re artist trading cards, miniature works of art that are traded or given away. The movement, which started in 1996 [...]