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Resources on Best Practices in Art Education


(This is a large document from the Illinois Arts Alliance. It has great information at the end. I would suggest some of the pages at the end.)

Nov. 17, 2009- From Laura McKevitt:
A major influence on the teaching and learning of visual art is the availability of adequate art facilities. ( i.e.having classrooms devoted solely to our purposes.) I have included some articles that support this need. In my opinion, even though we are in fairly good shape as far as our facilities go, we must include the continued need for adequate art facilities in our best practices.

Link to NAEA's recommendations for visual art facilities. Pgs.13-14 contain some good information.(sorry- the PDF wouldn't come through): [|NAEA design standards]

**This PDF article from Laura is a great resource. It has a lot of support for Trained Art Specialists! Great find Laura. A rt classroom design recommendations:

[|Link to] [|Virginia's Guiding Principles] for Elementary Visual Arts Programs:

Fine Arts in Texas- last paragraph sums things up nicely: A concise listing of how to set up a visual arts classroom: Virtual tour of one amazing art facility (something to strive for??)

Editorial news article about a fear we all have- losing our art rooms. (last paragraph is great)

Links to articles about the importance of a strong visual arts curriculum. (submitted by Tad)
[|Art for our sake] [|Book tackles old debate: Role of art in schools] [|Art in early childhood: curriculum connections] [|A new global education] [|Arts education: Teaching the whole child]