Representation in the Arts

• 101 Dancers and Choreographers of Color to Add to Your Curriculum (categorized by dance style)

• Eight BIPOC Choreographers Your Students Should Know (includes videos; primarily post-modern and dance theater genres)

• Decolonize the Dance Classroom (database of dance-related books, videos, etc. representing BIPOC voices)

• Brown Girls Do Ballet (scholarships and advocacy)

• MoBBallet (curating the history of Black artists in ballet)

• Black-led Dance Companies and Organizations (spreadsheet)

• Black dancewear companies (compiled by the IABD)

• Institute for Dunham Technique Certification (workshops and conferences for Katherine Dunham's technique) 

COMPOSER REPRESENTATION 

• The African American Art Song Alliance (list of composers, performers, scholars, and publishers)

• "...And We Were Heard" (database of band and orchestra works by underrepresented composers)

• Beyond Elijah Rock: The Non-Idiomatic Choral Music of Black Composers (spreadsheet)

• Bravo Music (music publisher for Japanese band music)

• Chamber Music America's Composers Equity Project (2018 list of ALAANA,* Women, and Gender Non-Conforming Composers)

• Chinese Folk Songs Project (unison; designed for music teachers)

• Choral Music by Women Composers (database)

• Choral Repertoire That Challenges Gender Stereotypes (Dropbox download)

• Composer Diversity Database / Works Diversity Database (database compiled by the Institute for Composer Diversity, searchable by composer demographics or ensemble type)

• Composers of Color Resource Project (annotated scores and music theory examples)

• Diverse Composers of Orchestral Music (spreadsheet of repertoire by BIPOC and women composers)

• Diverse Composers of Wind Band Music (spreadsheet of repertoire organized by composers who are women, POC, or LGBTQIA+)

• Female Band Composers (repertoire for wind band, grades 1-4)

• Kassia's Women's Art Song Database

• Music by Black Composers (directories, compilations, etc.)

• Muziksea (digital choral music publisher representing Southeast Asian composers and arrangers)

• No Broken Links (directories of woodwind repertoire by diverse or minority composers)

• Rising Tide Music Press (publisher of musical repertoire by BBIA (Black, Brown, Indigenous, and Asian) composers and arrangers in their first 10 years of professional work)

• String Repertoire by BIMOC [Black Indigenous Musicians of Color]

• The Wind Repertoire Project (database sortable by composer characteristics such as female, LGBT, or race/ethnicity)

QUESTIONABLE REPERTOIRE (music to be reconsidered or removed from libraries)

• Database 1 (minstrel music)

• Database 2 (songs with a questionable past)

• Database 3 (includes alternative pieces for teaching the same concepts)

OTHER DIVERSITY-RELATED RESOURCES

• The Black Music History Library (compiled books, articles, films, podcasts, etc. organized by genre, about the Black origins of music)

• Creating Choirs That Welcome Trans* Singers (article)

• Decolonizing the Music Room (BBIA voices that challenge music and music education practices that are white-centric)

• BIPOC Swap List (database: "if you teach this, swap it for this")

• Decolonize the Drama Curriculum (database of plays, musicals, etc. of BIPOC voices)

• International Centre for Women Playwrights (publications by women)

• Non-Binary Monologues (monologues written for non-binary actors)

• Kilroys Lists (lists of full-length plays and musicals written by women, trans, and non-binary writers)

• The KillJoys LisT (a list of plays by trans-identified and trans-ally-identified playwrights)

• "Queer Eye for Theatre Critics: 4 Writing Tips" (how to write about theatre productions with queer, trans, and gender-non-conforming characters and actors)

• Drama Teacher Academy (BIPOC lesson plans and resources - requires an account)

• Anti-Racist Resources from Trusty Sidekick Theater Company (links to books, sites, podcasts, and more)

• Artists of the African Diaspora (directory with biographies and galleries)

• Artists - Representation (sorted by artist identity and/or art style)

• Anti-Racist Art Lessons (lesson plans and projects, TK-12)

• Women in Photography International (directory with biographies and galleries)

• Feminist Art Resources in Education [FARE] (lesson plans, links, and resources)

• Increasing Accessibility for Visitors who are Visually Impaired (how to make exhibits accessible)

• Anti-Racist Art Education (ARAE) Curriculum Checklist (from the National Society for Education in Art and Design - NSEAD)

• 3 Ways to Cultivate an Inclusive Art Studio for All Abilities (teaching tips from The Art of Education University)

• A Starting Point-Seeing Our Students. Seeing Themselves (a living document of BIPOC artists)

• NAEA's Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Commission (resources, articles, scholarships, professional learning, etc.)

• CAEA Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Commission- Quick Start Reference Guide and Recommended Resources

• Arts Accessibility Resources

• Black History Month Curriculum Resources