Elementary Education Resources: Art

Elementary Education Resources: Art and Architecture

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General Art and Architecture Resources (41)
Art and Culture (16)
Art Galleries and Museums (12)
Art History (6)
Clip Art (4)
Lesson Plans (14)
Photography (10)
Schools of Art and Design and Architecture (3)
Specific artists (14)

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General Art and Architecture Resources
Amateur Holography Website
Americans for the Arts--seeks to attract more private and public funding for the arts
artdeadlineslist.com--free monthly newsletter (email & paper versions) providing information about juried exhibitions/competitions, call for entries/proposals/papers, jobs, internships, writing & photo contests, scholarships, residencies, design & architecture competitions, auditions, fellowships, casting calls, tryouts, grants, festivals, funding, financial aid, and other opportunities (including some that take place on the web) for artists, art educators and art students of all ages
Art and Architecture--mainly from the Mediterranean Basin
Art Dictionary
Art Gallery Worldwide--A lot of artworks in different styles and media. Website offers a wide variety of features and services that enable customers to buy and sell their art.
ArtsEdge--supports the arts as a core subject in the K-12 curriculum
ArtiFAQ2100--Art History: How art will influence our lives in the next 100 years

Art - Math -Science Connections
Art Resources--are Art International LLC, a leading supplier of fine Oil Paintings to the world.
ArtsWire-- features news updates on social, economic, and political issues affecting the arts
Art Sites for kids--from About.com
AskArt--25,000 American artists spanning the 16th to the 21st centuries. Information on the artists includes dates, states, methods, biographies, subjects for which best known, a decade by decade breakdown of 20th century literature in which they are referenced, and total number of auction lots sold and unsold of their works

Backflip-- Backflip deals with incorporating art in nearly all subject areas with everything from assessment to lesson plans.
Carts--This site is the cultural arts resources for students and teachers and how to become involved in the cultural arts program.
Circus Arts and general Circus links--from Yahoo.com
Crayola's Homepage
Current resources for art education K-12
Cyburbia.org--Internet resources for the Built environment
DesignArchitecture.com--e-journal of Architecture and Design on the Internet
ERIC database of Art Activities
Falcon--Falcon offers anything you ever wanted to learn about art including how to incorporate it into your classroom, how to use technology with it, and the history of art in general.
Famous Oil Paintings
Famous Paintings
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence--incl. architecture, art history, music, and photography
Gallery Worldwide
Global School Net--This site has projects for around the globe dealing with art.
Great Teacher's Source --Inspirational and Educational Music, Poetry & Curriculum Activities That Foster Creative Thinking
LessonPlansPage.com--Art Education resources
Microsoft Corporation Art Collection
Open Studio--site with links to all kinds of art sites
Origami (paper-folding) heaven
Over 7000 visual arts resources
Practical Holography
Reader's Digest Gingerbread People
Tux Paint--This site is about “Tux Paint”, which is a free drawing program designed for young children. It has a simple, easy-to-use interface, fun sound effects, and an encouraging cartoon mascot who helps guide children as they use the program. It also provides a blank canvas and a variety of drawing tools to help you child be creative.
The Tartan Finder - from The House of Tartan, Scotland, UK
Walks Inside Venice--"When I went to Venice my dream became my address," Marcel Proust wrote of his visit in 1900. As you amble along 100 years later, you'll see what he meant. Here's a dreamy photographic walking tour of canals, bridges, glittering palaces, dramatic piazzas, and out-of-the-way art treasures
World Wide Arts Resources--arts education
World Wide Arts Resources--comprehensive listing of resources in the visual arts
World Wide Arts Resources--portfolios of top artists working in a variety of media (mediums)
World Wide Web Virtual Library of Architecture
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Art and Culture
Aboriginal Fine Arts
African-American Art
African Arts--This website includes the history of African Art as well as many paintings. It is great for Elementary students as well as secondary education students.
African Gold--Museum of Fine Arts - Houston
Akan Cultural Symbols Project Online Pictograms and ideograms in the traditional art of the Akan people of Ghana & the Ivory Coast
Art and Architecture--mainly from the Mediterranean Basin
Art and culture as a focal point for community revitalization
ArtiFAQ2100--Art History: How art will influence our lives in the next 100 years
Arts of India
Italian Art
Mexican-American Art
Native American Art
Pacific Asian Art
The University of Memphis Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology
Tour of Egyptian Art
Walks Inside Venice--"When I went to Venice my dream became my address," Marcel Proust wrote of his visit in 1900. As you amble along 100 years later, you'll see what he meant. Here's a dreamy photographic walking tour of canals, bridges, glittering palaces, dramatic piazzas, and out-of-the-way art treasures
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Art Galleries/Museums
Art galleries and museums--from About.com
Mark Harden's texas.net Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum of Fine Arts--Houston
National Gallery of Art--view more than 100,000 paintings, sculptures, and graphics produced from the Middle Ages to the present--searchable by artist and title
Smithsonian Institution
The Leonardo Museum
The Louvre--home page
Walks Inside Venice--"When I went to Venice my dream became my address," Marcel Proust wrote of his visit in 1900. As you amble along 100 years later, you'll see what he meant. Here's a dreamy photographic walking tour of canals, bridges, glittering palaces, dramatic piazzas, and out-of-the-way art treasures
WebMuseum: da Vinci
World Wide Arts Resources--alphabetized listing of museums
World Wide Arts Resources--alphabetized listing of galleries
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Art History
Akan Cultural Symbols Project Online Pictograms and ideograms in the traditional art of the Akan people of Ghana & the Ivory Coast
Art History For Kids
Art History Timeline
National Gallery of Art--view more than 100,000 paintings, sculptures, and graphics produced from the Middle Ages to the present--searchable by artist and title
WalksInside Venice--"When I went to Venice my dream became my address," Marcel Proust wrote of his visit in 1900. As you amble along 100 years later, you'll see what he meant. Here's a dreamy photographic walking tour of canals, bridges, glittering palaces, dramatic piazzas, and out-of-the-way art treasures
World Wide Arts Resources--art history links
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Clip Art
Educational Clip Art
KidsDomain Clip Art
Microsoft ClipGalleryLive Art Collection--if you have Microsoft's Office suite installed on your computer
Tuxpaint--This site is about “Tux Paint”, which is a free drawing program designed for young children. It has a simple, easy-to-use interface, fun sound effects, and an encouraging cartoon mascot who helps guide children as they use the program. It also provides a blank canvas and a variety of drawing tools to help you child be creative.
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Lesson Plans
A Lesson Plan for Why the Mona Lisa is Smiling
Art and Technology--for those would want to use technology in art education

Art - Math -Science Connections
Art Strand Lessons
AskERIC - Art Activities
Carolyn Roberts--computer art lesson plans using MS Paint
Christmas Stockings/ Spiders / Skeletons Lessons
Computer Art--more computer art lesson plans using MS Paint
Drawing Lessons
Great Art Lessons
Judy Decker's Incredible Art Resources
LessonPlansPage.com--Art Education resources
McREL (Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning) The Arts Lesson Plans and Activities
Painting Lessons
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Photography
Ansel Adams- selected photography
Ansel Adams- more selected photography
Ansel Adams--indexed links from About.com
Ansel Adams--brief bio and links to selected works
Ansel Adams, The Best of--from the History Place
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence--photography resources
Michael Fatali 's gallery of large format landscape photography
George Hurrell Hollywood Photography
National Gallery of Art--view more than 100,000 paintings, sculptures, and graphics produced from the Middle Ages to the present--searchable by artist and title
WalksInside Venice--"When I went to Venice my dream became my address," Marcel Proust wrote of his visit in 1900. As you amble along 100 years later, you'll see what he meant. Here's a dreamy photographic walking tour of canals, bridges, glittering palaces, dramatic piazzas, and out-of-the-way art treasures
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Schools of Art and Design and Architecture
European League of Institutes of the Arts
FineArte's Guide to Art Schools
The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
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Specific Artists
Art for Kids: Learn About Vincent Van Gogh
Claude Monet--Comprehensive information with links to other web sites
Learn About Claude Monet
Learn more about Claude Monet
Leonardo da Vinci at the WebMuseum
Leonardo da Vinci
Online Picasso Project
Salvador Dali Works of Art
The Leonardo Museum
Van Gogh's van Goghs - Masterpieces from the Van Gogh Museum
Vincent van Gogh--the genius of Vincent van Gogh is available to you at this information gallery that spans 2,880 images and 3,140 pages
WebMuseum: Leonardo da Vinci
World of Escher
World Wide Arts Resources--alphabetized listing of specific artists
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