Locate other organizations that work in the arts and education. They have great websites, programs, and ideas. See the big national picture, or join up with state partners!

State

• RI Afterschool Plus Alliance
• RI State Council on the Arts/Arts Education
• RIDOE
  • RI Basic Education Plan Regulations (Pg. 13 for G-13-1.3.5 Dance, Music Theater and Visual Arts & Design)
  • RI Arts Grade Span Expectations
• RI Citizen for the Arts –coaching and tools for successful interactions with lawmakers and other decision-makers
  • Making the Case for Creative Industries Sector
• Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
• RI Art Education Association
• RI Music Educators Association
• Dance Alliance
• RI Theater Education Association
• Rhode Island Council for the Humanities
• Rhode Island Secretary of State
  (with information on General Assembly and ways to locate your state senate and house districts from your address, and downloadable address and email lists of legislators)
• Rhode Island General Assembly (with information and status reports on pending legislation)
• VSA RI -

National

• Americans for the Arts
• Arts Education Resources for State leaders
• Council of Chief State School Officers
• Keep Arts in the Schools
• Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network/
    John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
  • Kennedy Center Arts Education Advocacy Toolkit
• National Assembly of State Arts Agencies
• National Endowment for the Arts
• Winning School Board Support

Editorial/Publicity

• The Creativity Crisis (Newsweek Magazine)