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Actsafe, formerly known as SHAPE, is a leader in promoting workplace health and safety, through education and training for the motion picture and performing arts industries in British Columbia. |
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AllCrafts.net is a comprehensive site which offers information on hundreds of crafting ideas in dozens of categories. Each page includes links to craft specific sites, book reviews, trade magazine information, and free projects to use at home or in the classroom. |
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Explore the tools that artists use — like line, color and balance—to create works of art. Artists use visual elements and principles like line, color and shape as tools to build works of art. Watch animated demonstrations; Find examples of the concept in works of art from museums; Create compositions using the principles described. |
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The Art Institute of Chicago: Educator Resource Finder includes Artwork Resource Packets, Teacher's Manuals and Thematic Website links |
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Arts Alive is the National Art Centre's performing arts educational website. Learn about orchestral music, dance, English and French language theatre, and explore engaging archival collections. Includes Resources for Teachers page. |
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This Association is designed to serve drama teachers in providing help with professional development, resource availability and communication. The Association also sponsors Youthwrite B.C. providing a play writing opportunity for secondary school students in British Columbia. |
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The BCATA is an association of teachers dedicated to supporting and promoting quality art education for all British Columbia students, providing a network for art educators at all education levels, opportunities for professional development and collaboration. |
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The BCDEA is an association of educators supporting and promoting dance for BC students and provides a network for dance educators. |
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The BCMEA is a provincial specialist association whose members are music educators in British Columbia, as well as others with an interest in music education. |
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The Community Learning Networks Art History Theme Page has links to information and curricular resources about art history for students and teachers. In addition, there are also links to instructional materials (lesson plans) which will help teachers provide instruction in this theme. |
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Encouraging others to enjoy and create art has been the focus of Marilyn Brackney's career as an artist and teacher. In 1996 she launched The Imagination Factory on the Internet. The purpose of the site is to teach reuse and recycling concepts through art activities using solid waste as a source of free materials. It is recommended by EE-Link, the University of Michigan's environmental Web site for educators, and is also listed in Yahoo! Internet Life as one of the best art Web sites for kids. |
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Providing resources for band, choral, orchestral, and classroom music teachers. This site also includes biographies, history and works of great composers. |
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LTTA is a rigorous, structured program that impacts the classroom on a daily basis. The program's comprehensive format incorporates ongoing professional development of teachers, professional development of artists, writing of lesson plans, curriculum development, in-class delivery and continuous assessment. |
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Provides links to historical Canadian works of art as well as International artists. |
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The McMichael Canadian Art Collection is the only major public art gallery devoted solely to the collecting and exhibiting of Canadian art. |
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This site include the Works of Art Collections included in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
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The Mr. Picassohead interactive website allows students to put together their own Picasso-style creation. |
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In reaching out to Canada's youth, the National Arts Centre offers programs that train emerging artists, build young audiences, and provide resources to teachers. |
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The National Dance Association seeks to increase knowledge, improve skills, and encourage sound professional practices, as well as promote creative artistic and healthy lifestyles through quality services and programs in dance and dance education. The site also provides links to additional resources. |
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Promotes the benefit of music on health and well-being and includes links to Research and Other Resources on the Educational Benefits of Music |
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The Sheet Music Consortium is a group of libraries working toward the goal of building an open collection of digitized sheet music. |
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This site includes a featured topic, script archive, today in theatre history, and links to related topics. |
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Theatre History on the Web provides links to a wide variety of theatre history resources. |
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The largest site for contemporary art, art news, art history, contemporary artist and gallery portfolios, online since 1995. |
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Resources for study and teaching of music provided through the William and Gayle Cook Music Library at the Indiana University School of Music |
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| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: Descriptions are compiled from information provided within the sites. | |