The following are samples of activities and resources can be found on pages 28-30 of the Participation Guide (PDF - 3.6 MB).

"How would your community be different on Mars?"
NEA Activities and Resources to address the question

Part A: What types of arts events might actively engage all 100 persons in the Mars community?

Topics to Explore

• Relationship of audience to artist
• People who participate in the arts
• Design of art spaces such as museums and galleries, theaters, and music halls.

Possible Activities

• Attend arts events in visual art or performing arts venues in your community that accommodate only 100 people and observe how people interact.
• Talk with people in your community who are actively involved in making art (including professional and folk or traditional artists or musicians, and members of community theaters or orchestras) about why they are engaged in the arts and why they would want to have that same kind of engagement on Mars.
• Investigate the architectural and design principles and considerations behind the creation and programming of arts facilities.

http://www.aiaonline.com
American Institute of Architects (AIA)-Includes a "Find an Architect in Your Area" database plus publications and other resources helpful to teachers.

http://www.chamber-music.org
Chamber Music America-Provides contact information to connect local chamber music enthusiasts with professional and amateur musicians, composers, critics, and administrators.

http://www.artswire.org/Artswire/danceusa
DanceUSA-Includes lists of member dance companies and dance presenters nationwide plus a recent study of dance audiences.

http://www.operaam.org
OPERA America-Lists member companies and links to education programs of companies.

http://www.tcg.org
Theater Communications Group-National organization for the American theater includes listings of more than 300 nonprofit theaters.

Discover America's Favorite Architects, Patricia Brown Glenn, Joe Stites (Illustrator), (1996). ISBN 0471143545. Ten preeminent American architects-from Thomas Jefferson to I.M. Pei-are brought to life for young readers with text and illustrations that introduce significant works by each of the architects. Among the projects depicted are residences, banks, train stations, museums, outdoor plazas, and public parks. John Wiley & Sons.

Destination Mars: In Art, Myth, and Science, Jay Barbree, Martin Caidin, Susan Wright (Contributor) (1997). ISBN 0670860204. A blend of popular scientific information on Mars and how it has been treated in mythology and popular culture. The book has numerous illustrations and is probably the most comprehensive collection of Mars artwork for teachers and students.

Part B: How would you use technologies-those we have today and those you can envision in the future-to involve members of the Mars community in the arts? Which technologies would increase their involvement as makers of art and which would increase audience participation?

Topics to Explore

• Communications technologies, both current and under development by scientists
• Ethical considerations of technology replacing direct interaction among people
• Media in our lives and media literacy as needed knowledge and skill

Possible Activities

• Create a typical day's or week's program schedule for a public television or radio station in the Mars community.
• Develop a script for a documentary about the first week, month, or year of the Mars community.
• List the various kinds of communications technologies we use today; discuss how useful they might be in a community on Mars; and develop ideas for one or more new uses of technology that would help create and communicate using the arts.

Literacy in a Digital World: Teaching and Learning in the Age of Information, Kathleen Tyner (1998). ISBN 0805822267. This book explores the juncture of the educational technology and the media education movements to help realize a new way to view teaching and learning in the age of multiple literacies. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.

Learning with Technology: The ASCD Yearbook, Chris Dede, Editor (1998). ISBN 0871202980. Based on innovative school programs today, technology programmers, developers and researchers focus on using new media to achieve 21st century educational objectives through global partnerships for education. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD).

Educational Leadership: Integrating Technology Into the Curriculum, Volume 56, No. 5. Margaret M. Sherer, Editor. This issue of the ASCD monthly journal explores educators' desire for "the balance between the humanistic education we value and the technology that can make kids lifelong learners." Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development.

Part C: What proportion of the visual and design arts found in the Mars community should be brought from the Earth community? What proportion should be created in the Mars community?

Topics to Explore

• Fashion and furniture design
• Found and recycled objects as art
• Personal aesthetic values and tastes

Possible Activities

• Adapt your multi-season wardrobe to the seasons, atmosphere, and temperatures of Mars.
• Visit the local recycling center to determine what types of recycled products your community on Mars might produce and ways in which the products could be used as art.
• Use resources in your community or on the Internet to study the properties of clothing materials and home furnishings.
• Give individual students or small groups "art dollars" with which to purchase a limited number of art objects to take on the Mars journey. Have them discuss the objects' aesthetics as well as practical reasons for the choices.

http://www.nga.gov
National Gallery of Art - Maintains both a directory of education resources and a national directory of teacher education programs and resources in art museums nationwide.

BuckyWorks: Buckminster Fuller's Ideas Today, James T. Baldwin (1996). ISBN 0 47112953 4. This retrospective on the discoveries and inventions of architect, mathematician, engineer, inventor, and educator Buckminster Fuller provides inspiration for considering alternative ways to approach the future of life and work. The book contains more than 200 photographs, drawings, and plans that demonstrate how Fuller nurtured his ideas from initial sketches to final product.

The Snows of Olympus: A Garden on Mars, Arthur Charles Clarke (1995). ISBN 0393039110. Through the use of computer-generated images, a terra-formed Mars is depicted in stages in which it might occur. The author discusses the changes that will occur on the Mars surface as water and vegetation progress as a result of human habitation. W.W. Norton and Company.

Part D: In what ways would the performing arts (music, dance, theater, opera, musical theater) be different for both the artists and audiences on Mars?

Topics to Explore

• Lighting and sound design
• Architecture and design properties of performing arts facilities
• Physical space needs for various types of music, dance, theater, and opera

Possible Activities

• Visit local architects; lighting, scene, and sound designers; and technical directors in your community and discuss the challenges they would find most interesting about designing performing arts spaces and works for dance, music, theater, and opera on Mars.

http://www.usitt.org
United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT)-Association of design, production, and technology professionals in the performing arts and entertainment industry. Information on regional sections of USITT's membership, student chapters of USITT, and listing of available publications about theater design and production.

http://www.aiaonline.com
American Institute of Architects (AIA)-Includes a "Find an Architect in Your Area" database plus publications and other resources helpful to teachers.

The Changing Faces of Tradition: A Report on the Folk and Traditional Arts in the U.S., National Endowment for the Arts (1996). This report combines information from two surveys of folk and traditional arts organizations with case studies to describe the breadth and depth of folk and traditional arts activity in the U.S. and how it is increasing in both the variety of cultural worlds involved and the level of activity. Available from the NEA at http://www.arts.endow.gov/pub/general.html.