Advocacy
PAEA members develop partnerships with organizations across the state who are actively advocating for public and non-public art education, including supporting certified art teachers who teach the state arts and humanities standards.
Selected Advocacy Resources
PA Policy and Law Related to Art Education - document will automatically download
Advocacy Tips for Art Teachers
- Get parental support by inviting parents to participate in your classes
- Make positive phone calls home
- Attend PTA meetings and take time to showcase your program
- Invite your colleagues/parents/principals to arts events
- Integrate with classroom or other specialty teachers
- Work with classroom teachers to organize field trips to arts sites
- Honor a community member for their support in the arts
- Take advantage of bus duty by talking about what students learned
- Submit articles to school newspapers or community letters
- Display photos of students in action and describe what is taking place
- Add your state senator, representatives and school board members to your newsletter and event mailing list
- Get your principal/administrators to participate in your class
- Attend your school board meetings to be informed and to inform
- Ask parents to speak in support of the arts at school board meetings
- Be aware of current research that supports your discipline (brain-based research, differentiated instruction) and share this research with administrators, school board members, and policymakers
- Know your State standards and Assessment Anchors (PSSA concepts)
- Become a member of your Association and it’s listserv
- Become a member of The Citizens for the Arts (www.citizensfortheinpa.org) which provides a citizen’s guide to arts advocacy
- Attend Town Hall meetings and ask for arts education support
- Collaborate with your local museums, theaters and symphony
- Encourage participation at arts events by offering free or discounted admission
- Send home or post information about arts events in the community
- Establish relationships with local universities with arts programs
- Bring in arts professionals to model that there are many arts careers
- Make bumper stickers, t-shirts or pins with a student-designed logo
- Showcase your program on district websites (get photo consent)
- Celebrate National Arts & Humanities Month (October) and Youth Arts Month (March)
- Follow up with “thank-you” notes that feature artwork
- Look into art grants for things such as artist-in-residences or arts-related field trips
- Hold an arts-based fundraiser
- Put up a billboard or place an ad in a local paper about arts education
- Contact local radio or television about arts education
- Exhibit or perform at school board meetings, local businesses, Senior Centers or Community Centers
- Invite former arts students to exhibit or perform for your students
- Exhibit art work created by arts teachers
- Create an art gallery in your school or administration building
- Give framed student art work to principals, administrators, school board members or policymakers
- Purchase arts-related books for administrators/school board members
www.naea-reston.org/research National Art Education Association for advocacy/research Check out this site for kits, links, policy, advisories and “Where’s the Art?” campaign flyers you can print out.
www.AmericansForTheArts.org National organization that supports the arts and culture through private and public resource development. Includes Action Alerts on pending legislation that impacts arts education when you subscribe for Free.
http://www.citizensfortheartsinpa.org/ (Citizens for the Arts) committed to advancing the arts in Pennsylvania through advocacy, programs and services. As Pennsylvania’s only multidisciplinary arts organization we are uniquely positioned to make the case to the public and to policy makers. Also includes how to contacts local government officials and Action Alerts on pending legislation that impacts arts education when you subscribe for Free. You can be linked to your legislative directory or go to http://www.capwiz.com/artsusa/pa/directory/statedir.tt?statePA&lvl=state
www.pta.org - includes arts advocacy information for parents from the National PTA. The article, “Parent Involvement” in promoting arts education, and additional links to other valuable information
www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/advocacy.htm Incredible Art Department (click on Art Advocacy resources
http://www.artseducation.ca/advocacy.html includes advocacy links, research and technology integration in the arts
www.aep-arts.org Arts Education Partnership –the arts education partnership is a national coalition of arts, education, business, philanthropic and government organizations that demonstrates and promotes the essential role of the arts in the learning and development of every child and in the improvement of America’s schools.
www.pacouncilonthearts.org Pennsylvania Council on the Arts-foster the excellence, diversity and vitality of the arts in Pennsylvania
http://arts.endow.gov National Endowment for the Arts
www.goshen.edu/art/ed/help.html Goshen College site that features articles related to advocacy
www.keepartsinschools.org Dallas based site that works to improve classroom learning and strengthen the community at large through the arts
http://www.keepartsinschools.org/Research/index.php
http://people.goshen.edu/~marvinpb/arted/testing/drawtest.html (Creativity test)
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/ Arts Edge supports the placement of the arts at the center of the curriculum and advocates creative use of technology to enhance the K-12 educational experience. ArtsEdge offers free standards-based teaching materials, as well as professional development resources, student materials and guidelines for arts –based instruction and assessment
http://www.nasaa-arts.org/Advocacy/index.php National Assembly of State Arts Agencies –mission is to advance and promote a meaningful role for the arts in the lives of individuals, families and communities throughout the USA.
http://artaware.org (serves inner city students by introducing them to world culture through art, helping them to interact with civilizations from ancient to modern, empowering them to see the life giving force of art, each in his or her own way)
www.pcah.gov President’s council on the arts and humanities –through its programs and activities PCAH helps to underscore the civic, social, educational and historical value of arts and humanities in the life of our nation.
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