| Resources for Arts Education Advocacy | |
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| L-R above: Gov. Jim
Hunt, T.J. Bryan, Andrea Bazon-Manson, Marshall Pitts, Terry Holland,
and Gov. Jim Martin are among the NC leaders speaking about arts education in our DVD available to you FREE. |
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| “We need to be thinking not just about how do we reach the basic level in reading and math and science, but how do we make our people the most creative in the world, here in North Carolina…and if we can do that, we will have the good jobs…we will lead the world... the arts are absolutely essential to that kind of future.” Gov. Jim Hunt | |
DVD “North Carolina Leaders On Arts Education” -
A 10 minute documentary featuring 16 prominent NC leaders reflecting
on the value of the arts in their lives and the life of the state. |
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION A fact-filled presentation on the current environment for arts education in our schools and data confirming its value to students. Download the presentation as a PowerPoint file (1.1MB) or as a PDF (147KB). |
SUPPORT ARTS EDUCATION ADVOCACY Membership information available here or contact ARTS North Carolina contact ARTS North Carolina at 919-834-1411, info@artsnc.org. |
LINKS Why reinvent the wagon? A list of sites of North Carolina and national professional organizations and key materials and data for advocacy campaigns. |
PUBLICATIONS Download two publications - “Critical Evidence” and “Eloquent Evident: Arts at the Core of Learning” - that provide research in support of ARTS North Carolina’s PowerPoint Presentation. Arts Education Partnership – www.aep-arts.org. |
KEY TALKING POINTS Download a PDF handout or use these Talking Points in your presentations and printed materials. |
SAMPLE OPINION PIECES Examples of editorials and letters to the editor (both as PDFs) that have appeared in the press about the value of arts education. Organize a campaign for your local media. |
NCPTA ARTS EDUCATION RESOLUTION Download a PDF copy of North Carolina PTA's Arts Education Resolution adopted by ARTS North Carolina Board of Directors. |
artsednc.org is
funded by the North Carolina Arts Council, ARTS North Carolina, |
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