New Online Tool Connects Arts Educators to Arts Providers in Illinois

The Arts & Education Exchange is a new online directory for arts providers to post details, pictures, audio, and video about their programs. These can range from learning about Abraham Lincoln through song to finding out about recycling through dance.

Educators can tap into this user-friendly Exchange to search for arts programming that helps them encourage student success.

Educators also can post specific arts requests for their classrooms in the Exchange. For example, a high school history teacher could ask for an African dance company to complement his unit about African cultures. A visual art teacher might seek a way to incorporate stop motion animation into her curriculum.

Arts providers can search the requests for projects and respond to educators to craft ideal programs.