Arts Education Resources

This page provides links to resources that support the teaching of art, music, dance and drama in NZ primary and secondary schools.

Curricula and Prescriptions

The Arts in the New Zealand Curriculum
Links to PDF document of the curriculum statement for the arts. Also included are curriculum updates and Arts policy background.

Te Kete Ipurangi - The Arts Community News
up-to-date news, events, and additions to the arts learning area in New Zealand.

WWW Resources:

Art

American Museum of Papermaking
Internationally renowned resource on the history of paper and paper technology

The Arts
Projects in art and music.

ArtsConnectEd
ArtsConnectEd is the product of a partnership between The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the Walker Art Center, and MCI. Using the power of the Internet to stimulate new approaches to learning, the goal of ArtsConnectEd is to make arts education timely, engaging, interactive, and pertinent for both teachers and students of all ages

AskART
Extensive information on American artists. Searchable database.

Association for the advancement of Arts Education
American - Result of research aimed at making the arts an integral and equal element in the general education of all students, grades K-12. Collaborative effort between schools and professional arts organizations.

ERIC - Art Links
Selected links to other Internet sites on art, and related areas

The Incredible Art Department
Award winning American Educational art site.

Kidzart
Kidzart displays childrens' art. The purpose of Kidzart is to encourage the ART in Education. Kidzart is for Art Teachers, Classroom Teachers, Parents and any other persons interested in our childrens' artistic creative development. The art on this site demonstrates how art teachers from around the world can help our children use their extraordinary abilities

Librarians index to the internet
Annotated links to arts resources, selected and evaluated by librarians

Lifetime of Color
An art education site that includes hands-on activities and techniques; galleries of student and professional work; information about art elements, principles, concepts, media, styles, and artists; an interactive art timeline and glossary; online games; teacher resources; and lesson plans for grades K-8. A good place to learn some basic techniques. Site is sponsored by Sanford, a manufacturer of art supplies

The Imagination Factory 

This web site presents creative ways to recycle by making art. The Imagination Factory contains activities for drawing, painting, sculpture, fiber arts, collage crafts, marbing, printmaking, and holidays; the Trash Matcher, a list of waste materials (aluminium cans, cardboard tubes, egg cartons, rubber bands, etc.) matched to art projects; and links. Subjects: Refuse as art material | Handicraft | Recycling (Waste, etc.)

Secondary Education Art Resources
Lists of links for photography, general art resources, individual artists, lesson plans

Music

Lied and Art Song Texts
A searchable archive of texts to thousands of Lieder and other `classical' art songs in more than twenty languages. There are indexes for poet, composer, first line, title,language, and pieces in English or translations. Bibliography and a FAQ are available.

Music Education Launch Site
An internet community for music educators. Source of information, services and resources for music educators all over the world for over almost 7 years.

Music Teachers' Resource Site
Approved by ATW- Association of Teachers Website- Compiled by United Kingdom teachers for teachers.

NZ Society for Music Education
NZSME is recognised by the Ministry of Education and the New Zealand Qualifications Authority as the National Subject Association for music.

Dance

American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance
AAHPERD is the largest professional organization supporting those involved in physical education, leisure, fitness, dance, and health promotion and education

American Ballroom Companion Dance Instruction Manuals 1490 - 1920
Part of the Library of Congress American Memory Collection, this presents over 200 social dance manuals available in the US Library of Congress. Also includes histories, treatises on ettiquette and historical information on theatrical dance.

DancePages.com
Resources for dance teachers

DanzNet
Danznet is the New Zealand publication of The Northern Danz Network.

Drama

Critical English Online - Theatre/Drama
This site is part of a wider project of the Waikato Institute for Research in Learning and Curriculum and by the School of Education at Waikato University

International Drama/Theatre and Education Association (IDEA)
Aims to promote and advocate drama/theatre as part of a full human education and to provide an international forum for those working as drama/theatre educators throughout the world.

International Theatre Design Archive
Access to images and information about theatre productions from around the world. US emphasis.

National Drama
The websiet of the UK's leading professional association of Drama Educators.

New Zealand Association for Drama in Education
The New Zealand Association For Drama in Education is an association for teachers, youth theatre and theatre in education practitioners interested in promoting the recognition, study and development of drama in education from early childhood to tertiary education.