Resources for Caretakers, Artists and Educators

Story Tapestries is connecting with many of our nonprofit and community partners to support you – our community – during the COVID-19 pandemic. Are you an artist out of work? Are you a parent suddenly playing the role of teacher while also working from home? Whatever your current situation, we’ve gathered links to tools and resources that perhaps can give you some support.

Have others we should include? Send them to us at administrator@storytapestries.org and we’ll add them to this page!

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Guidance from the Center for Disease Control (CDC)

Financial Relief resources for artists compiled by Artwork Archive

Americans for the Arts Action Fund have put together a message you can send to your members of Congress requesting support for the Arts in response to COVID-19 cancellations

Creative Capital’s List of Arts Resources during the COVID-19 outbreak

National Endowment for the Arts collection of resources for artists and arts organizations

Lesson Plans and Resources for Educators, Parents and Teaching Artists:

Parent Resources from Wolf Trap Teaching Artists

Arts Education in Maryland Schools (AEMS) has compiled:

American Federation of Teachers resource list

America’s Promise Alliance Partner resource list

Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County arts & culture events to enjoy from home

Amazing Educational Resources – free subscriptions to interactive educational tools

Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems

Education companies offering free subscriptions due to school closings

Museums around the world you can tour virtually

Hocus Focus Magic Club, a website that teaches simple magic tricks through video and downloadable illustrated directions. There is a tab for Parents & Teachers with connections to Standards of Learning for each of the tricks.

EduHam lets students explore the world of Hamilton and America’s founding era together with this free digital program for students and their families. Recommended for — but not limited to — students from sixth to twelfth grades and their families nationwide, follow in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s footsteps exploring the world of Hamilton, creating and performing your own narrative in the form of song, rap, spoken word or scene.

 

Address anxiety and stress through staying calm and focusing on prevention and preparedness (from the Maryland Out-of-School Time Network):

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