Visual and Performing Arts

Colleges with Visual and Performing Arts Programs

Collegeboard.com - Use this site to find colleges that fit your criteria. It allows you to search for colleges by major, location, SAT scores, scholarships, etc. You can combine as many factors as you want in order to narrow down your search. Once you've clicked on a school you can link to its website from there.

https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/college-search  

This site has great links to websites about a variety of careers. The career guides contain job descriptions, educational requirements, and salary ranges.

http://www.bls.gov/oco/ - Occupational Outlook Handbook

The U.S. Department of Labor hosts this site that contains many job overviews with salary information.

Not sure what you want to do yet? Try this site. http://www.bls.gov/k12/students.htm

Below are web-based resources for your classes

Biography In Context (Subscription, please ask your librarian for the password)

Resources for Dance

        http://www.aahperd.org/ American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance

http://etc.usf.edu/dance/index.htm Education Technology Clearinghouse collection of resources for dance

        http://www.nycballet.com/ New York City Ballet

        http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/dihtml/dihome.html American Ballroom Dance Manuals, Library Of Congress

        http://www.abt.org/ American Ballet Theatre

     Resources for Music

http://etc.usf.edu/music/index.htm Education Technology Clearinghouse, collection of resources for music education

        http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/genre/0,,,00.html List of artists by genre

        http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/ an online multimedia music dictionary indexed by Virginia Tech.

        http://www.wolfgangsvault.com/concerts/ Comprehensive list of concerts.

        http://www.allmusic.com/ Featuring interviews of artists and playlists

Resources for Visual Arts

http://etc.usf.edu/art/index.htm Education Technology Clearinghouse, resources for art education

        http://arthistoryresources.net/ARTHLinks.html  Resources on art and art history

        http://www.artsjournal.com/ An online journal for artists

        http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/aat/index.html  An art dictionary and thesaurus

        http://www.sculptor.org/ Resources for Sculpture

Museum of Fine Arts Boston

http://www.mfa.org

National Gallery of Art

http://www.nga.gov/

 Click here to find books about photography in the library.

 Click here to find books about Jazz.

 Click here to find books for Dance Exploration.