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PRISM™
From music to theater, dance, visual art, and creative writing, Birmingham offers a wealth of arts education experiences for learners of all ages to grow in their creativity. Find in and out of school arts education programs from learners from Pre-K to adult!

Standards Roadmap
Learn fundamental education language, how to access academic and arts education standards, and how to enrich your education programs. This free toolkit is perfect for developing common language with educators and taking your arts education program development to a new level. Designed for Alabama artists, organizations, and informal educators.

Bloom City
Bloom City is a set of four, 20-minute virtual poetry workshops designed for middle school students. These workshops are free, available on-demand, and are accompanied by a companion guide for teachers and parents. Presented in partnership with The Flourish Alabama. View Episode 1 “The BopShop”, Episode 2 “The Ode”, Episode 3 “Persona Poetry Pt. 1”, Episode 4 “Persona Poetry Pt 2”.

Amp Up Arts
Amp Up Arts is a collective impact initiative of the Alabama State Council on the Arts. They focus on statewide development of arts education for K-12 schools through networking, advocacy, and professional development of teachers and teaching artists. They believe in empowering communities through innovative collaborative sites to use local resources and knowledge to create sustainable arts education that is specific to the local culture and needs.

Alabama State Council on the Arts
The mission of the Alabama State Council on the Arts is to enhance the quality of life and economic vitality for all Alabamians by providing support for the state’s diverse and rich artistic resources. The State Arts Council offers grants for arts initiatives and arts programs throughout the state.

Alabama State Department of Education: Arts Education
Learn more about Alabama’s state initiatives, arts content area resources, learning opportunities, professional organizations, and grant opportunities through the State Department of Education.

Alabama Course of Study Standards in Arts Education (2017)
Encompassing the disciplines of dance, media arts, music, theatre, and visual arts, the arts in education program provides opportunities for students to explore the artistic processes of these disciplines while making connections to all subject areas. To emphasize the importance of the arts for Alabama students, the Alabama Course of Study in Arts Education provides rigorous standards for all students in Grades K-12.

Alabama Institute for Arts in Education
The Alabama Institute for Education in the Arts is a statewide, multi-arts organization dedicated to bringing about change in education for all Alabama children by providing training programs for educators in comprehensive arts education.

Alabama Arts Alliance
The mission of the Alabama Arts Alliance is to increase public awareness of and engagement in the arts through education and advocacy. The Alliance provides programming in advocacy, education, and arts initiatives across the state.

Americans for the Arts
AFTA’s mission is to build recognition and support for the extraordinary and dynamic value of the arts and to lead, serve, and advance the diverse networks of organizations and individuals who cultivate the arts in America. Connecting best ideas and leaders from the arts, communities, and business, together AFTA works to ensure that every American has access to the transformative power of the arts.

Arts ARE Education
Arts ARE Education is a national campaign in support of arts education for all students! Access messaging and advocacy tools on this site.

Artlook® Alabama
Connecting public schools with quality arts programs is now easier than ever with artlook®Alabama.  This data platform puts information in the hands of teachers, principals, arts organizations, foundations, corporations, and policy makers with the goal of increasing access to quality arts programs in public schools for Every child, Every chance, Every day.

Kennedy Center Education
Professional development for educators. Summer intensives for young artists. Teaching artist guided activities. Performances for young audiences. Classroom lesson plans. Arts-focused digital media.

National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent federal agency that funds, promotes, and strengthens the creative capacity of our communities by providing all Americans with diverse opportunities for arts participation.

National Teaching Artists Guild
Teaching Artists Guild (TAG), is a practitioner-led community which raises the visibility and development of artists who teach.

Alabama State Council on the Arts
The mission of the Alabama State Council on the Arts is to enhance the quality of life and economic vitality for all Alabamians by providing support for the state’s diverse and rich artistic resources. The State Arts Council offers grants for arts initiatives and arts programs throughout the state.

Alabama State Department of Education: Arts Education
Learn more about Alabama’s state initiatives, arts content area resources, learning opportunities, professional organizations, and grant opportunities through the State Department of Education.

Alabama Course of Study Standards in Arts Education (2017)
Encompassing the disciplines of dance, media arts, music, theatre, and visual arts, the arts in education program provides opportunities for students to explore the artistic processes of these disciplines while making connections to all subject areas. To emphasize the importance of the arts for Alabama students, the Alabama Course of Study in Arts Education provides rigorous standards for all students in Grades K-12.

Alabama Institute for Arts in Education
The Alabama Institute for Education in the Arts is a statewide, multi-arts organization dedicated to bringing about change in education for all Alabama children by providing training programs for educators in comprehensive arts education.

Alabama Arts Alliance
The mission of the Alabama Arts Alliance is to increase public awareness of and engagement in the arts through education and advocacy. The Alliance provides programming in advocacy, education, and arts initiatives across the state.

Americans for the Arts
AFTA’s mission is to build recognition and support for the extraordinary and dynamic value of the arts and to lead, serve, and advance the diverse networks of organizations and individuals who cultivate the arts in America. Connecting best ideas and leaders from the arts, communities, and business, together AFTA works to ensure that every American has access to the transformative power of the arts.

Artistic Literacy Consortium
The ALC is the first statewide initiative for arts education and is a collective impact effort that can only succeed with a robust membership of active and diverse stakeholders who wish to combine resources with the desired outcome of providing artistic literacy for every Alabama student.

Arts ARE Education
Arts ARE Education is a national campaign in support of arts education for all students! Access messaging and advocacy tools on this site.

Artlook® Alabama
Connecting public schools with quality arts programs is now easier than ever with artlook®Alabama.  This data platform puts information in the hands of teachers, principals, arts organizations, foundations, corporations, and policy makers with the goal of increasing access to quality arts programs in public schools for Every child, Every chance, Every day.

Kennedy Center Education
Professional development for educators. Summer intensives for young artists. Teaching artist guided activities. Performances for young audiences. Classroom lesson plans. Arts-focused digital media.

National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent federal agency that funds, promotes, and strengthens the creative capacity of our communities by providing all Americans with diverse opportunities for arts participation.

National Teaching Artists Guild
Teaching Artists Guild (TAG), is a practitioner-led community which raises the visibility and development of artists who teach.

Resources

Standards Toolkit

Learn fundamental education language, how to access academic and arts education standards, and how to enrich your education programs. This free toolkit is perfect for developing common language with educators and taking your arts education program development to a new level. Designed for artists, organizations, and informal educators in collaboration with the West Alabama, North Alabama, and Greater Birmingham Arts Education Collaboratives.

Bloom City

Bloom City is a set of 20-minute virtual poetry workshops designed for middle school students. These workshops are free, available on-demand, and are accompanied by a companion guide for teachers and parents. Presented in partnership with The Flourish Alabama.

Episode 1 is all about Bops. No, not the way you’re probably thinking. It’s even better! The Bop is a poetry form created by Afaa Michael Weaver in the 1950s. It is a newer form of poetry that was created by a Black poet!

In episode 2, we’re paying some respects! Join Bloom City as we use poetry to pay Homage to Our Heroes: the teachers, nurses, first responders, or even your family. We will use Metaphor and Simile to give these incredible people their flowers!

Have you ever wondered what it feels like to become music? Have you ever been the bass line? In Episode 3, join Bloom City for our Persona Poetry Workshop! Learn to use personification, allusion, and empathy to write from someone/something else’s point of view.

Join us for part 2 of the Bloom City Persona Poetry Workshop. Get your imaginations ready!