Resources for Fine Arts
| Academy for Teaching and Learning Excellence | |
| Host: University of Arkansas at Little Rock | |
| Find information and tips on helping students make transitions, directing students' attention, challenging students, providing support for students, encouraging active learning, and building community with your students. | |
| Record last updated: 4/3/2009 |
| Academy of the Arts | |
| Host: UA Fort Smith | |
| Dedicated to visual and performing arts, the Academy offers private and class instruction in music,theatre, and art to children and adults of all ages and skill levels. Summer camps offers opportunities in music, theatre, dance and art. | |
| Record last updated: 7/9/2009 |
| Arkansas Arts Center | |
| Host: Arkansas Arts Center | |
| Located in historic MacArthur Park in Little Rock, houses art collections and hosts exhibits. An education section on the website announces workshops, has curriculum resources and activity guides for the collections and for the children's theatre productions. Online collections, circulating videos, and a touring artmobile are available. Their research library, noncirculating, can be searched through the Central Arkansas Library System online catalog. Departments include the Arkansas Museum of Art, the Decorative Arts Museum, the Museum School, the Children's Theatre and State Services. | |
| Record last updated: 4/15/2009 |
| Arkansas IDEAS (Internet Delivered Education for Arkansas Schools) | |
| Host: Arkansas Educational Television Network & Arkansas Department of Education | |
| A partnership between AETN and ADE provides videos, workshops for teachers, telecourses, classroom instruction and summer camps for kids to learn about television production. Offers professional development opportunities and online courses which accrue ADE credit. Has many teaching resources for technology-enhanced lesson plans, including PBS lesson plans and an online library of resources. Teachers with an Arkansas license may register for a password. | |
| Record last updated: 4/17/2009 |
| Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas | |
| Host: City of Pine Bluff, Ark. | |
| The center is "a place for practicing, teaching, performing, enjoying, and understanding the Arts and Sciences." Includes information about current workshops, events, theatre productions, acting classes, and exhibits. | |
| Record last updated: 4/16/2009 |
| Community School of the Arts | |
| Host: University of Arkansas at Little Rock | |
| The UALR Community School of the Arts offers non-credit instruction in the arts to students of all ages without audition or formal application. Classes are generally taught in the UALR Fine Arts Building. Children and adults interact with college faculty and professional artists. Instruction is available in acting, drawing, painting, pottery, photography, guitar, piano, flute, violin, viola, cello, bass, saxophone, clarinet, trumpet, voice, percussion, ballet, Chinese language, to name a few. | |
| Record last updated: 4/16/2009 |
| Department of Arkansas Heritage | |
| Host: Department of Arkansas Heritage | |
| The DAH "offers a variety of educational packages for teachers, students, and parties interested in learning more about Arkansas's historical, cultural, natural, and artistic heritage.” Provides lesson plans and curriculum guides on topics related to state history, architecture, Indians, bio-diversity and more. Offers traveling exhibits, workshops, and a calendar of events and speakers. Extensive resources for educators. | |
| Record last updated: 4/24/2009 |
| LitTunes | |
| Host: Christian Goering, U. of A. faculty | |
| This site provides educators with extensive resources to support using popular music in the classroom. It highlights the connection between literature and music. "Recognizing music's power to influence thought, style, and culture is the first step toward incorporating pop tunes into classroom lessons in a way that inspires students to learn in a language and style unique to them." The site features essays, lesson plans, research, links to lyrics and to additional classroom tools, as well as a large database of song to literature connections. | |
| Record last updated: 4/19/2009 |
