ONLINE ARTS RESOURCES for classroom teachers, arts specialists, students, and parents offer a dazzling and ever-expanding array of creative ideas. Many sites include links to other Web pages that focus on the arts. Here's a sampling from local, regional, and national sources.

ARTS EDGE (http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org), a cooperative project of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts, includes a wide range of resources, from the National Standards for the Arts to a Curriculum Studio to assist teachers in arts lesson planning to a Web Spotlight, showcasing art by students.

ARTSEDNET (http://www.getty.edu/artsednet/home.html), sponsored by the Getty Education Institute for the Arts, offers a wealth of classroom materials, research, and arts-advocacy information. Classroom teachers share detailed plans for teaching visual art in a disciplined way. Visual arts images, such as a collection of murals by Mexican American artists, bring teaching concepts to life.

ARTS EDUCATION ONLINE (http://www.ucop.edu/tcap/aeol.html), sponsored by The California Arts Project (TCAP), offers professional-development resources for educators working in the visual and performing arts. Web site resources include references and research materials, discussion groups, an interactive arena, and links to other "hot spots."

ARTS EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP (http://www.aep-arts.org), a national coalition that promotes the essential role of arts education, provides online links to member organizations and arts advocacy resources.

ARTSOURCE (http://www.uky.edu/Artsource/about.html), which began as a service to art librarians, includes a selective list of image collections, ranging from French cave paintings to graffiti art.

THE COMMUNITY DISCOVERED (http://communitydisc.westside66.org/), is a five-year project linking technology and the arts with other subject areas. The goal is to develop models of engaged student learning using technology and the resources of the Internet. Conducted by Westside Community Schools in Omaha, the project expands on Prairie Visions, a consortium of nearly 100 school districts, art museums, the Nebraska University system, and other agencies.

EDSITEMENT (http://edsitement.neh.gov), a humanities-related education site created by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Council of the Great City Schools, MCI WorldCom, and the National Trust for the Humanities, includes resources for teaching English, history, art history, and foreign languages.

EDUCATIONAL THEATRE ASSOCIATION (http://www.etassoc.org/default_html.asp), a national professional organization for teachers of theater, offers online information about professional development and advocacy.

GROWING UP WITH ART (http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/Departments/education/), a collaborative project developed by the Seattle Art Museum and several Seattle Public Schools, includes a Web site through which teachers can access the museum's collections of Asian, African, and Native American art and obtain educational materials. Sequential unit plans appropriate for grades two through six weave art-making activities with writing and research projects.

MUSIC EDUCATORS NATIONAL CONFERENCE (http://www.menc.org/), offers links and resources for music educators.

NATIONAL ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (http://www.naea-reston.org), offers online resources for its 17,000 members.

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF STATE ARTS AGENCIES (http://www.nasaa-arts.org), with members from each of the 50 states and six jurisdictional governments, works to increase participation in the arts in communities of all sizes. The Web site includes links to state arts agencies, many of which are involved in innovative approaches to arts education and provide creative alternatives for at-risk youth.