Arts

=**__Visual Arts Web Resources K-12__**=

Courtesy of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and Thinkfinity, formerly known as Marco Polo, ArtsEdge includes a WEALTH of resources such as comprehensive searchable databases of curriculum units/lessons and research studies and articles. Courtesy of the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, the Lesson Plans & Curriculum Ideas section contains resources for teachers on all grade levels, including a scope and sequence guide to help educators develop curriculum that reflect a comprehensive approach to learning and teaching in and through art. Although most of the lessons have particular application to art at the Getty Museum, they could be easily adapted. Includes a worldwide directory of 37,000 museums (including art, science, history, and archaeology), as well as zoos, and aquariums. Includes a separate directory of childrens museums. Teachers may register (at no cost) to use //Curriculum Builder//, a terrific resource for incorporating museum content into learning activities. For children, families, and teachers, this site provides several interactive learning experiences (including //Cezannes Astonishing Apples//), an //Explore and Learn// area, a timeline of art history, FAQs for kids, activities to consider when visiting the Metropolitan Museum, and more. The teacher resources page includes links to three interactive art sites at MOMA: //Destination Modern Art// for ages 5 to 8; //Red Studio// for high school students and //Modern Teachers// for lesson plans and activities. Note: High school students who are serious art students will love //Red Studio//! This Web-based museum is dedicated to showcasing the art, technology and culture of the Internet. The Kids Wing (for K-3) includes counters, clocks, buttons, animated ads, and more. A detailed presentation of the large collection of paintings, sculpture, prints, and decorative art objects. The artworks include the most well-known masterpieces to the simplest sketches; online tours of selected groups of works and the collection of objects is searchable. This is a place where teachers and students can connect art and curriculum. In addition to featured resources (e.g., Picturing France, 1830-1900, Self-Portraits, Counting on Art, Dada), teachers can access lesson plans and resources by curriculum, topic, or artist. One terrific example for K-3 uses Alexander Calders works to teach basic math concepts. This national treasure includes colonial to contemporary art exhibits with extensive educational resources. Over 4000 works are available, including photographs, paintings and crafts with helpful teaching guides. Ask Joan of Art your specific art related question. Subtitled: "Dictionary of Visual Art," over 3,600 terms are defined, with links to illustrations and related terms and Web sites. Artist's names and titles of individual works are included in the definitions, but are not searchable or included as separate entries. A product of The John F Kennedy Center, Arts Edge, and Marco Polo, this site provides a comprehensive multimedia exploration of the Harlem Renaissance. Students can listen to Langston Hughes, Duke Ellington and see the work of the painters, photographers, film directors, illustrators and sculptors who thrived in Harlem during the 1920s and 1930s. This site includes an interactive map that connects social, cultural and political elements of the period. For advanced student and their teachers, an array of resources for serious study - Libraries and Study Centers, Online Resources, Image Resources. This site has been a classic online reference source for paintings and related information for more than 10 years. You can browse by artist or by theme and get comprehensive essays about topics with hyperlinks to definitions.
 * [| ArtsEdge]**
 * [|ArtsEd Net]**
 * [|Musee-online]**
 * [|MuseumKids]**
 * [|Museum of Modern Art]**
 * [|Museum of Web Art]**
 * [|National Gallery of Art]**
 * [|National Gallery of Arts Education Site]**
 * [|Smithsonian American Art Museum]**
 * [|ArtLex]**
 * [|Drop Me Off in Harlem]**
 * [|Metropolitan Museum of Arts Educational Resources]**
 * [|WebMuseum]: Famous Paintings Exhibition**