For K-12 teachers and administrators, this valuable guide is filled with many innovative tips and resources to help you expand and refine your assessment strategies for project-based learning. One of the ways to propel Edutopia’s movement for positive change in education is to spread the word about strategies that work. Edutopia urges colleagues to share these practical ideas and resources with friends and colleagues.
The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation has been operating since 1976 with two main purposes. The Gottlieb Foundation offers grants to individual visual artists through two programs: an annual Individual Support Grant and a separate program to assist visual artists in cases of catastrophic events through an Emergency Grant program. The Gottlieb Foundation also maintains an archive on the art and life of Adolph Gottlieb and organize exhibitions of his art and that of others.
The African American Performance Art Archive (aapaa.org) makes crucial documentation of historically significant performances by African American artists available on-line to artists, scholars, and students in the spirit of intellectual exchange.
A non-profit regional arts organization headquartered in Minneapolis, Arts Midwest serves audiences, arts organizations, and artists throughout the nine states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and beyond. Our history spans more than 25 years.
Creative Capital was founded in 1999 to support artists pursuing adventurous and imaginative ideas, drawing on venture capital concepts to provide funding, counsel and career development services. It is the only national grantmaking and artist service organization for individual artists with an open application process, supporting projects in five disciplines: Emerging Fields, Film/Video, Innovative Literature, Performing and Visual Arts.
Hard economic times lead to tough questions about government funding: Why should government support the arts? Are the arts a worthwhile investment during hard economic times? Why can't the private sector pick up the costs? Why are state arts agencies important? This Designed for public arts leaders and advocates, "Why Should Government Support the Arts?" by the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies provides answers to these questions and describes why the arts are an essential public investment.
Fractured U. was created to address the emerging needs of artists and arts managers in the DIY environment. Their online courses in entrepreneurship and small business provide
Note: You will need to create an account with Fractured Atlas to participate in these courses, but there is a free "community member" option.
A useful starting point for anyone trying to determine where holdings related to Illinois folk and popular music reside. Individuals interested in the folk revival in Chicago, fiddle music in eastern Illinois, folk ballads in the Illinois Ozarks, blues, Swedish Lutheran hymnals, early jazz, Chicago gospel, country music in Chicago, marching band music, Polish folk and popular music, jazz musicians from the East St. Louis region, and the history of recording in Chicago will all find something of interest here. Funding provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Illinois Arts Council, and the Illinois Humanities Council
Pledge Music provides fans and artists the opportunity to work together to make new records and raise money for charity. By combining new social networking technology, old school music biz know how and an irresistible menu of exclusive incentives, fans can visit the site to hear great new music, enjoy and share unique experiences with the artists they love and actively participate in the release process.
Kickstarter is a funding platform for artists, designers, filmmakers, musicians, journalists, inventors, explorers, and more.
