AUSTIN AREA: check out the Hill Country Arts Scene

The Harry Ransom Center:
hrc.utexas.edu
One of the world's finest cultural archives, the Harry Ransom Center houses 36 million literary manuscripts, one million rare books, five million photographs, and over 100,000 works of art. The Center is used extensively for research by scholars from around the world and presents numerous exhibitions and events showcasing its collections. Exhibitions and events are free and open to the public.

Austin Museum of Art:
www.amoa.org
With two locations to welcome our city and its visitors, the Austin Museum of Art presents an array of art experiences in the fun, informal, and collaborative spirit of Austin. As a community-oriented museum, we reflect the character and vibrancy of our city.

Austin Lyric Opera:
www.austinlyricopera.org
Founded in May 1986 as Austin's first professional opera company, the Austin Lyric Opera has rapidly become a cultural touchstone for the fine arts community in the Central Texas Region and gained national-acclaim as a producer of great opera. Joint creators Joseph McClain and the late Dr. Walter Ducloux envisioned a dynamic company that would enrich, entertain, and educate the community as well as make an "opera lover of someone who never walked into an opera theatre."

Center for Educator Development in Fine Arts:
cedfa.org
For state and national standards for visual art, dance, music and theatre, K-12, as well as curriculum, resources, and additional links

The Austin Children’s Museum
www.austinkids.org
Great interactive museum for big and small

The Austin Circle of Theatres
www.acotonline.org
This is an organization that works to create greater public awareness, appreciation and support for our local performing arts community. Take advantage of all the treats that Austin’s Theatre community has to offer this and every month.

Ballet Austin:
www.balletaustin.org
Ballet Austin is classically innovative. Through excellence and faithful stewardship, we create, nurture and share the joy of dance. We dance to honor the diversity of the human experience. We dance to enrich our community. We dance with integrity, excellence and passion.

Music K8 Magazine
www.musick8.com
Besides the Recorder Karate program that we will implement for 4th & 5th grade, we will use a variety of resources from this website, check it out!