ART

 

Museums

  1. The Art Institute of Chicago
  2. Explore and Learn - [this link opens on a new page] from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Six activities and four types of learning experiences are provided.
  3. Museum Network - [this link opens on a new page] 33,000 museums worldwide, links to museum learning adventures on the Web.
  4. Webmuseum - [this link opens on a new page] exhibits, paintings, and resources.
  5. Metropolitan Museum of Art - [this link opens on a new page] View exhibitions and installations at the museum. On their Education page you can find an excellent variety of educational experiences with images of works of art and detailed descriptions of educational opportunities at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  6. Minneapolis Institute of Arts - Many of their collections and online programs
  7. The National Gallery of Art - [this link opens on a new page] one of the finest collections in the world illustrating major achievements in painting, sculpture, and graphic arts from the Middle Ages to the present - Go there to browse their collection. While there, stop and explore Watson and the Shark ,John Singleton Copley's famous painting of "Watson and the Shark" which was inspired by an event that took place in Havana, Cuba, in 1749.

Resources

  1. 4096 Color Wheel - Hover over the wheel to view colors. Click to choose a web-smart color
  2. The Alphabet of Art - This site explains, in simple terms, the elements of visual design.
  3. ArtKidsRule - [this link opens on a new page] Fun Activities, Resources & Tutorials for Kids, Grown-ups & Teachers
  4. Art Standards - State and National Standards
  5. Color Wheel - a PowerPoint slide show reviewing the color wheel concept
  6. Interactive Color Wheel - experiment with saturation, intensity, hue, and luma
  7. Real Color Wheel - Use this Real Color Wheel to match and find pigments that are the correct color oppositions for mixing neutral dark shadow colors with out using black pigment. Designed for a natural artist painting on location.
  8. World Artists Directory - accomplished artists worldwide
  9. World Wide Arts Resources provides the definitive gateway to arts information and culture since 1995. Simply select any of the categories or premiere links to begin your exciting adventure. 

Just for Fun

  1. The Art Zone - [this link opens on a new page] create art online; from the National Gallery of Art.
  2. Collage Machine - [this link opens on a new page] interactive site that allows students to create their own collages; from the National Gallery of Art
  3. Coloring.com - [this link opens on a new page] allows students to choose a line drawing and color it on the screen. This site is fairly slow unless you have a very fast connection. Do you have an account yet? Go ahead and register, it's free!
  4. Children's Haiku Garden - [this link opens on a new page] This garden is for the haiku verses with illustrations from Japanese children and other children from the USA or other countries. 
  5. Mix and Paint with Curious George - [this link opens in a new window] select a picture, mix colors of paint and color the picture
  6. Mobile - [this link opens on a new page] Create your own mobile with this site, from the National Gallery of Art
  7. Mondrian Machine - Mondrian called this highly abstract and geometric style neoplasticism. Create your own!
  8. My Imaginary City - create your own city
  9. Paint Box - create characters, make greeting cards, or just have fun doodling, from the National Gallery of Art
  10. PixelFace - interactive portrait maker, from the National Gallery of Art
  11. RiverRun - ncourages young children to orchestrate a flowing array of colorful shapes and patterns online