Arts Education at Americans for the Arts

Useful resources on arts in the public schools including policy, research, professional development and more.

Arts Education Partnership

AEP is a national coalition of more than 100 education, arts, business, cultural, government, and philanthropic organizations. AEP serves as the nation’s hub for individuals and organizations committed to making high-quality arts education accessible to all U.S. students

American Alliance for Theatre and Education

The American Alliance for Theatre and Education works to ensure that every young person experiences quality theatre arts in their lives.

Association of Teaching Artists

This non-profit professional organization serves teaching artists from all disciplines in NYS and beyond. Their website includes a useful resources section and many tips and guidelines.

Experimental Television Center

The Center provides support and services to the media arts community.

Lifetime Arts

Fosters lifelong learning in and through the arts by providing training and connecting artists and organizations.

New York City Arts in Education Roundtable

The New York City Arts in Education Roundtable is a community of organizations that improves, advances, and advocates for arts education.

The National Dance Association

This members-driven organization advocates for dance education.

National Art Education Association and Foundation

This dynamic community of practice is where visual arts teachers, scholars, researchers and professors, students, administrators, and art museum educators, and artists come together around a shared belief in the power of the arts in developing human potential. 

National Education Association

The NEA is the nation's largest professional employee organization with 3 million members working at every level of education—from pre-school to university graduate programs.

National Guild for Community Arts Education

The National Guild supports and advances access to lifelong learning opportunities in the arts by providing research and information resources, professional development, networking opportunities and funding, and by advocating on behalf of the field.

New York City Center for Arts Education

CAE is an arts education advocacy organization as well as a service provider of arts programming in schools and professional development for administrators, teachers and teaching artists.

New York State Alliance for Arts Education

NYSAAE disseminates information about model programs, funding and standards of excellence, develops training models for constituent organizations, and advocates for arts education at the local, state and national levels.

New York State Art Teachers Association

NYSATA advances the cause of art education throughout NY state and includes educators of all age levels from pre-school through college.

New York State School Music Association

NYSSMA advocates for and improves music education across New York State by promoting and producing appropriate activities and programs for its membership and students in member school music programs.

The Jim Henson Foundation

The place to find out what's happening in contemporary puppet theatre.