• DC Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative’s Distance Learning Resources Database: The DC Collaborative’s Distance Learning Resource Database is a compilation of online and printable arts and humanities learning resources for students, teachers, and families. It is our hope that that materials on this database will be used to enhance arts and humanities education, equitably, inside or outside of the classroom. The database will be continuously updated with curricular guides, virtual field trips, and other educational activities to enhance students’ at-home learning experiences as well as Professional Development for educators.
• SEADAE Arts Instructional Resources page for arts educators and families. This page provides links to multiple sites that focus on arts-related instruction and activities in dance, media arts, music, theatre, and visual arts. The page can be explored by educators and families who are seeking learning ideas for our young dancers, artists, actors, musicians, and artistic technicians. (State Education Agencies Directors of Arts Education) SEADAE will continue to add more links provided by members, partners, and public submissions through our online form each quarter.
• Resources for arts educators as they transition to online teaching (Arts Ed Collaborative)
• Free online curriculum available for students in grades K-5 (ArtsEd Washington – Washington Alliance for Arts Education)
• Distance Learning and Teaching Resources: curated by Perpich Center Arts Specialists (Perpich Center for Arts Education)
• How to Create the Perfect Study Environment for Online Learning (Purdue University Global)
• Distance Learning Resources: At Education Through Music (ETM), every child, at every school, deserves access to high-quality music education. For many students, classroom learning has moved into their homes, but music education should be a part of everyone’s school day. Check out free distance learning resources created by incredible educators. The site will be updated regularly with new great lessons and games. These activities can be done in almost any home and only require a few everyday household items, two hands for clapping, and a big smile. (Education Through Music)
• Fresh Film Video Challenges: Fresh Films Video Challenges were created to allow educators to meet students where they want to be: on the screen. Every 2 weeks, middle and high school students respond to a challenge topic with a 2-minute video. With step-by-step project guides and video lessons as well as self-reflective and social justice themes, teachers can use challenges as Social Studies, SEL, Science or Media Arts assignments in their digital classrooms. (Fresh Film)
• Remote Learning – Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Remote Education (NYU Metro Center)
• Learning in the Time of COVID-19 (Learning Policy Institute)
• Free online conferencing and video platforms for teachers include:
• Microsoft and Google Video Conferencing
• Google Hangouts (free access through July 1 to advanced Hangouts Meet video-conferencing capabilities to all G-Suite & G-Suite for Education customers)
• Free Webex Personal Account (Unlimited Usage, 100 Participants)
• This Google blog, “With school closures, teachers can keep their lessons going remotely,” provides advice on keeping students engaged in distance learning using Google Classroom tools such as Google Docs, Google Forms (Compiled by the Learning Policy Institute)
• Content coordinators from the San Diego County Office of Education curated this subject-specific list of resources to support distance learning.
• These websites have lessons that can be accessed by educators or parents for content instruction: CommonLit, Illustrative Mathematics, Khan Academy, Zearn
• American Federation of Teachers’ Share My Lesson offers a helpful roundup of lesson plans and other resources for teaching students about coronavirus and a Checklist for Distance Learning to help prepare for remote learning.
• The Smithsonian launched a central portal highlighting an array of distance learning resources, from STEM webcasts to American history podcasts and comprehensive lesson plans. Offerings range from low- or no-tech (interviewing family members for oral history projects) to high-tech (diving into an interactive exploration module).
• The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization has created a comprehensive list of educational applications and platforms to help parents, teachers, schools and school systems facilitate student learning and provide social caring and interaction during periods of school closure. (Compiled by the Learning Policy Institute)
• List of Virtual Teaching Resources in response to COVID-19: list of resources, technologies and instructional tools to support our arts educators and teaching artist who are now impacted by these rapidly changing events. (Arts Ed NJ)
• eLearning Toolkit for Schools: This is a free digital toolkit of over 40 items to help keep students (and teachers!) creative at home. (The Institute for Arts Integration and STEAM)
• Supporting Students With Exceptional Needs: 
  • The Center on Online Learning and Students with Disabilities has a wealth of resources focused on making online learning more accessible, engaging, and effective for students with disabilities.
  • Common Sense Media has curated a list of the Best Special Education Applications and Websites based on recommendations by educators who work with students with special needs. Applications support the development of academic and social-emotional skills, as well as sites to assist teachers in providing differentiated learning opportunities.
  • The Council for Exceptional Children has developed COVID-19 Information for Special Educators, including a forum for members on how to adapt IEP services during school closures and a link to a resource page developed by the Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE).
  • The State Educational Technology Directors Association offers strategies and resources on its site for ensuring that online learning supports students with Individualized Education Plans.
• Creative Action Online Learning Hub: Here, you’ll find projects created by our staff to help youth stay creative with multiple opportunities to exercise their 4C (creativity, courage, critical thinking, and confidence) abilities. Each week, there will be fresh content—including how-to videos, virtual student interviews, arts and crafts tutorials, sing-a-longs, and movement lessons—for anyone to access, all for free.

• The U.S. Department of Education’s Talk, Read, and Sing Together Every Day! Tip Sheets for Families, Caregivers and Early Learning Educators provide families, caregivers and early educators with research-based tips for talking, reading, and singing with young children every day beginning from birth.

• Tools and resources designed for traditionally underserved youth, who are struggling to meet current needs while managing the emerging needs during the pandemic
• Arts Resources for Families Stuck at Home (Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education)
• Online educational resources for teachers and caregivers | Lesley University
• Check out this website for a FREE week of creative courses via Zoom to provide parents with fun, creative, educational outlets for their kids. (INK Theater)
• Visual arts at-home art activity videos led by Bren Bataclan, Boston-based artist.
• 120 Digital Resources for Home-Schooling: Special Education, Social and Emotional Learning, and More. Lessons include: Sketch Drawing (5-7s only); Storytelling (8-12s only); Creative Thinking (8-12s only); Acting, Dance, and Songwriting.
• Free Digital Arts Education Platform for Teachers, Parents, and Students — 26 lessons from 17 local artists. (Think 360 Arts for Learning)
• “Kitchen Orchestra” – Livestream Music Camp for Preschoolers (Age 3 to 6): Imitation-friendly moves, singing, found-sound, kitchen instrument improv, and cool rhythms keep kids captivated and happy for two hours each day this week!
• Mazaam: Mazaam is an edutainment app recommended for children ages 4 to 6 (Pre-K to K-3) which uses classical music as an educational tool that promotes the development of emotional, cognitive and psychomotor skills. It’s being offered for free until June 30th to support families who are now confined at home. The user doesn’t need to create an account and there are no subscription fees. The Florida Department of Education has added Mazaam to its list of free educational resources for families
• ‘Doodles at Home’ – Free Art Projects by Doodles Academy for kids aged 6-11: Doodles Academy provides visual art curricula for grades 1-5 that teachers can access for free online. Doodles Academy emphasizes using art to teach to the WHOLE child, building speaking & listening skills as well as connecting the art lesson to concepts in history, literacy, math, science, and social studies. Students to create a unique artwork that connects to their personal experiences. In response to the pandemic and shelter at home orders, we’ve been putting out ‘Doodles at Home’, a weekly series that adapts our curriculum into projects that students can access on their own.
• Couch Concerts Brought to you by Millennium Stage: live performances streamed to you! (The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts)

• The Barbara Bush Foundation for Literacy Educational Toolkit for At-Home Learning offers free online resources that can help children continue to build critical literacy skills while schools are closed.
• Storyline Online is produced by the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television’s SAG-AFTRA Foundation as part of its children’s literacy program. The site streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations. Readers include Viola Davis, Chris Pine, Lily Tomlin, Kevin Costner, Annette Bening, James Earl Jones, Betty White and others.
• Young Audiences of Houston’s Arts for Learning Creativity Pops! Each online video is created to inspire learning at home. Young Audiences of Houston Teaching Artists are invaluable contributors to Houston’s arts ecosystem and each commissioned creativity pops video provides financial support to our teaching artists. Stay tuned as we post new videos each week, and enjoy a pop of creativity each day.
• The New York City Department of Education offers suggested activities and strategies for families to support Diverse Learning at Home for Special Populations. Resources include links for assistive technology support, as well as specific occupational, physical, and speech therapy activities for students as young as preschool.
• Outsider Art Coloring Pages (For Kids and Adults!): Project Onward, nonprofit benefiting adult artists with disabilities, has made two pages from James Hall’s Coloring Book “Hory Crowns of Glory” available for use by art teachers and parents looking for something to do with their kids, or just to relax themselves! Email  ali.harwood@projectonward.org  to receive the pages in the format you would like (Project Onward) 
• Visual Arts Zoom classes: Art historian shares vast knowledge on Vermeer, Rembrandt and Van Gogh via live classes on Zoom. This website also offers digital entry into art museums.
• Projects to help youth stay creative with multiple opportunities to exercise their 4C (creativity, courage, critical thinking, and confidence) abilities. Each week, fresh content will be added including how-to videos, virtual student interviews, arts and crafts tutorials, sing-a-longs, and movement lessons—for anyone to access, all for free. (Creative Action)
• White House Historical Association’s virtual educational resources: During this difficult time, the Rubenstein Center for White House History offers a wide variety of educational resources for learners of all ages. Content includes classroom resource packets, reading lists, virtual tours of the White House, short educational videos, historical essays, and a digital library of White House and presidential images.

• Young Audiences of Houston’s Arts for Learning Creativity Pops!: Each online video is created to inspire learning at home. Young Audiences of Houston Teaching Artists are invaluable contributors to Houston’s arts ecosystem and each commissioned creativity pops video provides financial support to our teaching artists. Stay tuned as we post new videos each week and enjoy a pop of creativity each day.
• Teaching Artist Covid-19 Community Conversation: The NYC Arts in Education Roundtable, Association of Teaching Artists, Teaching Artists Guild, Creative Generation, National Guild for Community Arts Education, and Teaching Artists of the Mid-Atlantic hosted a free webinar to address how the COVID-19 health crisis is affecting teaching artists. Watch the recording (National Guild for Community Arts Education)
• COVID-19 Freelance Artist Resources is an aggregated list of free resources, opportunities, and financial relief options available to artists of all disciplines. Check out the website here and also watch a recent webinar that covers many of the same topics. (National Guild for Community Arts Education)
• COVID-19 Resources for Actors, Creators + Performing Artists
• COVID-19 & Freelance Artists
• Teaching Artist Community Conversation Recording (Association of Teaching Artists)
• AAC blog post on COVID-19 Preparedness for Residencies (Alliance of Artists Communities)
• AAC Member Webinar: COVID-19 | Resources + Approaches for Residencies, March 19, 1-2 pm, Link to Registration + Information(Alliance of Artists Communities)
• COVID-19 RESOURCES FOR TEACHING ARTISTS (Teaching Artists Guild (TAG)

• • Webinars & Podcasts
  • Questions to Ask Your Employer re: Compensation
  • Labor Laws / Sick Leave (by State)

• A State-by-State Resource Guide for Music Professionals Who Need Help During Coronavirus Crisis (Updating) (Billboard)
• COVID-19 Resources for Actors, Creators + Performing Artists 

Americans for the Arts

• • • Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resource and Response Center for artists and arts organizations

Afterschool Alliance

• • • COVID-19: Considerations for the Afterschool Field

American Alliance of Museums

• • • Resources and Information for the Museum Field on the COVID-19/Coronavirus
    • Resources From Virtual Meeting Now Available

Arts & Science Council of Charlotte-Mecklenburg

• • • Arts – Science and History Organizations: Closings, Cancellations and Postponements
    • Resources for Arts, Science and History Organizations & Artists

California Institute of the Arts

• • • Coronavirus Information and Updates: On this page you can find the most up-to-date information about the coronavirus outbreak and CalArts response to it.

Chorus America

• • • Choruses and COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

Ford Foundation

• • • Our response to Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Grantmakers in the Arts

• • • Emergency Preparedness and Response: COVID19 and the arts ecosystem.

International Child Art Foundation

• • • Creativity, Healing, and Covid-19: The Arts Olympiad for Parents and Kids: A free art & sport creative activity for home

League of American Orchestras shared the following resources:

• • • Coronavirus resources: information and tools to help navigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
    • As leaders of the Cultural Advocacy Group, the League also supported creating this Google doc, where national arts service organizations are listing their COVID resource pages.

Lincoln Center Education

• • • A Message from Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts: STATEMENT ON COVID-19

Malashock Dance

• • • Statement: Your health and well-being are our priority!
    • Coronavirus Preparedness

The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM)

• • • COVID-19 Updates and Resources for Business
      • SBA Guidance for Businesses and Employers to Plan and Respond to COVID-19
      • Staying Compliant and Minimizing Impact Amid Coronavirus Concerns: 10 things employers should do
      • CDC Guidance for Businesses and Employers
      • CDC Coronavirus Disease Information for Travel
      • S. Education Department Information and Resources for Schools and School Personnel
      • CDC Guidance and Facts about Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
      • EPA’s Registered Antimicrobial Products for Use Against COVID-19
      • WSJ: Live Coronavirus Updates
      • USA TODAY: 5 Things Small-Business Owners can do to Respond to COVID-19 Fears
      • NPR: Where That $8.3 Billion In U.S. Coronavirus Funding Will and Won’t Go
      • Information for Australian Retailers

National Dance Education Organization

• • • NDEO Statement on COVID-19

National Assembly of State Arts Agencies

• • • Coronavirus Resources

National Dance Institute New Mexico

• • • Update

National Guild for Community Arts Education

• • • National Guild covid19 response resources: A landing page for Guild content, events and resources
    • The Guild is beginning to organize a series of roundtable discussions, facilitated by practitioners in the field, the schedule is available on the Events Calendar. These roundtables are open to the public.
    • Tips for gathering virtually as effectively as possible including tips on Zoom, Google Hangouts, and livestreaming. Access it here.

OPERA America

• • • COVID-19 Resource Hub
    • Health and Data(compiled by Independent Sector)
      • World Health Organization: Corona disease (COVID-19) Outbreak: Updated articles regarding WHO responses to COVID-19, links to advice, Q&A, reports, resources, guidance, R&D.
      • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: Coronavirus Updates and Data Sheet: Updates on affected countries, resources for contingency planning, testing.
      • American Cancer Society: Coronavirus FAQ: FAQ guide for Fast Facts About COVID-19 including external links and resources on how to understand/combat the virus.
      • National Institute of Health: Resources for Global Public Health: Detailed source for global health and public health officials and organizations
      • S. Department of State: Hub for Travel Warnings and Americans Abroad: Deep dive of travel warnings and risk-benefits of nonessential international travel
      • AARP: What You Need to Know About the Coronavirus: The resource goes in-depth explaining processes to stay healthy during the pandemic, how the U.S. is responding, symptoms, and links to more articles (including Q&A with experts, older adults, face masks)
      • American Heart Association: Coronavirus Precautions for Patients, others in High-Risk Category: Guide for heart patients and other patients with underlying conditions including but not limited to heart disease, hypertension, and asthma.
    • Sector Response (compiled by Independent Sector)
      • Bridgespan: Managing through Tough Times
      • Resources on creative new approaches to management as we enter into uncharted territory.
      • Council of Foundations: COVID-19 Resource Hub: Hub with updated links regarding council announcements, latest news on coronavirus, resources for best practices for responding to COVID-19, and a page to share how your org is responding.
    • Center for Disaster Philanthropy: COVID-19 Declared a Pandemic: Updated hub related to global effect, where to help fund, and articles linking to the overall response to COVID-19 focused on disaster philanthropic giving.
    • Northern California Grantmakers: 2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19): Philanthropic Response: An updated list of events related to how to respond/discuss COVID-19 with the option to register, guidance and short descriptions on “how you can help,” along with additional resources.
    • National Council of Nonprofits: The Nonprofit Community Confronts the Coronavirus: Outlining how the sector has reacted to COVID-19 and resources for how to move forward (external resources from state associations of nonprofits), day to day advice and the “encouraging civility.”
    • Minnesota Council of Nonprofits: What Nonprofits need to know: Expansive collation of resources not just for MN-area/ affiliated nonprofits, contains extremely useful information to combat potential racist and prejudiced incidents
    • Events Industry Council: About Corona Virus:

Resources focused on COVID-19 effect on events with niche videos, external resources to understand the virus, short term implications and concerns, insurance policies, and ways to work around the coronavirus with having to work with people in person (meetings, events, etc.).

Puget Sound Educational Service District: Arts Impact

• • • Coronavirus Facts & Information
    • OSPI – Guidance & Resources
    • Speaking Up Against Racism Around the New Coronavirus

South Arts

• • • COVID-19 and the South Arts community

Southeast Center for Arts Integration

• • • Coronavirus Updates

The Heinz Endowments

• • • COVID-19: A test of community

Young Audiences Arts for Learning

• • • COVID-19: An important update from Young Audiences

South Arts

• • • COVID-19 and the South Arts community

Southeast Center for Arts Integration

• • • Coronavirus Updates

The Heinz Endowments

• • • COVID-19: A test of community

Young Audiences Arts for Learning

• • • COVID-19: An important update from Young Audiences

• • • COVID-19: Event Cancellations and Updates (Carnegie Hall)
    • NAEA National Convention Canceled
    • Announcement: Legislative Conference 2020 Canceled (National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE)
    • Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Update on Virtual Summit and Registrations: Moving the April summit entirely online. Also instituting a pay-as-you-can option.

 

 

• • • Arts and Culture Sector Can Prepare for the Coronavirus in the United States
    • How to Transition to a Virtual Workplace Overnight
    • Creative Generation Blog Series capturing the learning and innovation resulting from COVID-19
      • Teaching Artists As Essential Workers: Respect, Collaboration, And Heft by Dennie Palmer Wolf, PhD et al
      • #CreateAustraliasFuture by Esther Anatolitis
      • A National Overview: How U.S. Arts Education Organizations Are Navigating COVID-19 by Mary Dell’Erba and Erika Hawthrorne
      • Artists Not Just For Art’s Sake, But For Community’s Sake by Rodrigo Guerrero
      • Keep Making Art That Counts by Dr. Michael Finneran
      • South Sudanese Youth Championing Creative Campaigns In Response To COVID-19 by Gili Moses
      • “Courage To Love” (And Teach) In The Time Of Coronavirus by Heleya de Barros and Jean Johnstone
      • The Rise Of The Everyday Artist by Dr. Rachael Jacobs
      • Disruption And Invention: With, Not For, Young Artists by Dennie Palmer Wolf, PhD with Jeff M. Poulin
      • Do We Really Want A Return To Normalcy? by Alex Sarian
      • Crisis as Opportunity by Eric Booth
    • Creative Generation partnered with WolfBrown to Publish 5 Long-form Critical Essays about Innovation and Disruption in the Arts Education FIeld as a Result of COVID-19
      • Disruption And Invention: With, Not For, Young Artists by Dennie Palmer Wolf, PhD with Jeff M. Poulin
      • Teaching Artists As Essential Workers: Respect, Collaboration, And Heft by Dennie Palmer Wolf, PhD et al
    • “Coronavirus and Your Insurance Program” Blog Post 

• • • Resource page: focuses on independent and community organizing sources

Arts Administrators of Color Network

• • • Response to COVID-19
    • COVID-19 Freelance Artist Resources
    • Principles for Ethical Cancellation(Springboard for the Arts)
    • Digital Marketing Recommendations for Our Arts Community During COVID-19 Outbreak(Capacity Interactive)
    • Ways of Gathering in the Age of COVID-19(HowlRound)
    • Webinars (Upcoming and Recorded)
      • Arts and Culture Sector and the Coronavirus: What We Know and How to Move Forward(Americans for the Arts)
      • Coronavirus Preparedness for Theatres(TCG) Recorded
      • Community Conversation on COVID-19(NYC Arts in Education Roundtable) Recorded

Canva

• • • Canva COVID-19 Print and Social Media Templates: informative designs around COVID-19 content that supports sharing information from the World Health Organization and spreading messages of support to communities via social media.

Creative Generation

• • • Community conversationabout the effect of COVID-19 on teaching artists. This resulted in a call to action for funders to change their approaches. Creative Generation deployed a Fast Response Survey published the findings in a blog post and downloadable report.
    • Creative Generation coordinated with partners around the globe to launch a new campaign to encourage people to #KeepMakingArt. Read the blog on the tacticsCreative Generation is taking, or check out the toolkit to participate, or sign up to join here. The #KeepMakingArt campaign provides tools for parents, educators, artists, families, and cultural organizations to encourage youth to keep making art during physical distancing.
    • How Funders can Support Arts Education Despite COVID-19: A Report of Considerations and Recommendations – Report and Blog Post
    • A video series in partnership with the Teaching Artistry with Courtney J. Boddie podcast

New York Foundation for the Arts

• • • Emergency Resources – includes national level resources

The International Association of Blacks in Dance, Inc.

• • • Financial and Health Resources
      • Emergency Grants for Writers, Dramatists Guild Foundation (DGF)
      • Rauschenberg Emergency Grant Program, New York Film Academy
      • Short-term financial assistance for musicians, MusiCares
      • Special Enrollment (Insurance) Period in Response to COVID-19, Washington Healthplanfinder
      • Springboard for the Arts Personal Emergency Relief Fund (Minnesota)

Artist-Specific Resources and Information

• • • • Artist Trust Responds to COVID-19 Survey
      • Arts and Humanities Council for Montgomery County
      • ArtsReady (basic membership is free)
      • CERF+
      • Daily Report of how COVID-19 is impacting the art world
      • Dance Magazine (Dance world and Coronavirus)
      • Dance/NYC (Coronavirus-Preparedness)
      • Dance Studies Association(tips for teaching online)
      • Dance/USA (Coronavirus resources)
      • Dance/USA (Coronavirus and your insurance program)
      • Coronavirus-Impact-Survey (NY survey)
      • Coronavirus preparedness webinar for theaters, Theatre Communications Group
      • COVID-19 Freelance Artist Resource
      • COVID-19 Livestream: Connect with the Experts, Pacific Science Center
      • List of resources for freelance artists
      • National Coalition for Arts Preparedness and Emergency Response (NCAPER)
      • National Endowment for the Arts response
      • Performing Arts Alliance
      • Performing Arts Readiness
      • Seattle Musician Access to Sustainable Healthcare (SMASH)
      • Prohibition on large gatherings over 250 people in Seattle, Governor Jay Inslee
      • Small Business Association (Business guidance)
      • Things to do to support the arts right now, Crosscut
      • Webinar on fundraising and event strategies, Washington Nonprofit Institute
      • YouTube(Business continuity & infectious disease planning for events)
    • General Information:
      • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(seniors)
      • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(women and children)
      • Cybersecurity for Nonprofits
      • Daily Report of how COVID-19 is impacting the art world
      • NPR(unrecoverable costs for arts orgs)
      • State of Maryland response
      • Interim Guidance for businesses and employers, Center for Disease and Control (CDC)
      • List of resources for small business owners, artists, and general information, Michael Stevens

The New Victory Theater

• • • New Victory Arts Break – Percussion Week