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Art Resources

California Department of Education: Pertaining to Arts, here is information on California Education Code, content standards, common core, grant funding, and the state superintendent education transformation plan.

California Arts Council: As a state agency, the California Arts Council supports local arts infrastructure and programming statewide through grants, programs, and services.

Create CA: We advocate for high quality arts education for all students by providing policy expertise and by mobilizing a statewide network of advocates and allied partners.

Americans for the Arts: Our program aims to dismantle systemic racism through the arts and humanities.

California for the Arts: We’re helping every Californian become an advocate for the arts – from raising awareness on why the arts are so important, to providing programs and services that make our state’s creative sector stronger than ever.

Arts for LA: We inform, engage, and mobilize people to advocate for access to the arts across all communities.

National Art Education Association: Founded in 1947, the National Art Education Association is the leading professional membership organization exclusively for visual arts, design, and media arts education professionals.

Advocacy for Performing Arts: Advocacy is about educating and informing elected officials, the public, and the media about the importance of the performing arts. It is up to us—performing artists, administrators and audience members—to explain the value of the performing arts to lawmakers.

Performing Arts Alliance: PAA advocates at the federal level for policies that uniquely impact the nonprofit performing arts sector.

LOCA Arts Education: Meet Orange County’s most fascinating visual artists and industry professionals! Enjoy slideshows, demonstrations, and conversations.

OC Art Guide: The OC Art Guide based in Orange County, California lists art events - shows, exhibitions, workshops, tours, classes, and more.

Festival of Arts classes: Pageant of the Masters sponsored art classes for youth. Kids ages 5 to 12 will enjoy art classes taught by professional artists in mixed-media, ceramics, sculpture & more.

Arts Teach: Segerstrom Center for the Arts has a long history of providing performances, workshops, and residencies that use the arts to address the needs of schools throughout Southern California.

K-12 STEAM Academy: Saddleback Valley Unified School District believes that students need to be proficient in making innovative connections across a variety of disciplines, particularly in areas related to STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathematics). SVUSD offers a STEAM K-12 Academy with cohesive pathways creating a smooth continuum of STEAM curriculum from kindergarten at Santiago STEAM Magnet to Serrano Intermediate, concluding at El Toro High School. This will prepare students for both college and 21st-century careers. JJ