Americans for the Arts: www.artsusa.org; On this website you can order copies of monographs on the arts including “Living the arts through language-learning: a report on community –based youth organizations.”

New Horizons for Learning: www.newhorizons.org. This site, “A virtual learning community supporting an expanded vision of learning,” has articles and resources on integrating the arts.

RHYTHM INSTRUMENTS AND ART SUPPLIES

Dancing Colors Scarves: www.dancingcolors.com; These scarves are the overall best prop we’ve found for improvisational performance, creative movement, and dance. Loved by youth and adults alike.

Lark in the Morning: www.larkinthemorning.com. This music service specializes in instruments and instructional material from around the world. Stores in Seattle and San Francisco.

John’s Music Center: www.johnsmusic.com: A fabulous Seattle-based source for drums and other percussion instruments from around the world, plus instructional music and videos. 4501 Interlake N, Seattle (in Wallingford) (206) 548-0916

Molly Hawkins House: www.mollyhawkins.com. Low cost visual arts resources.

YOUTH LEADERSHIP

The Giraffe Project: www.giraffe.org. The Giraffe project honors people who stick their necks out for the common good. At their site, you’ll find service learning and leadership curriculum for kindergarten through grade twelve plus much more.

Earth Service Corps: www.yesc.org: The Earth Service Corps is a YMCA-based national environmental program for teens with clubs in 111 Y’s in over 30 states.

Freechild Project: www.freechild.org: Dedicated to making social change action, education and resources more available for young people.

Youth for Environmental Sanity: www.yesworld.org: YES! Empowers youth to take action to promote social justice and environmental sanity. Their Youth Jams bring together youth leaders from around the world to work together to build a global youth movement for change.

INNOVATIVE ARTS PROGRAMS

Arts Corps: www.artscorps.org. We hope this innovative program will serve as a model for major cites throughout North America. Arts Corps provides free after school arts classed through community centers, YMCA’s and schools in the greater Seattle area.

Reel Grrls: www.reelgrrls.org: "Reel Grrls" is a special program of 911 Media Arts Center in partnership with Seattle's Metrocenter YMCA and KCTS - The Public Network. By teaching teenage girls how to be critical television watchers and then producers of their own media, we are giving them a voice in an arena where they are heavily targeted as consumers but where their artistic expression is seldom heard or seen.

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