K - 5 Art Internet Resources
Seattle Art Museum: Mexican Modernism - The Conservator's Studiohttp://www.seattleartmuseum.org/exhibit/interactives/mexicanModernism/enter.asp#
Explore four paintings from the Mexican Modernism exhibition through the eyes of a conservator (what's a conservator? you'll find that out too!). You'll have a new perspective on the paintings as well as how they are handled and prepared for display.
sharedrawinghttp://www.shareddrawing.com/index.html
Collaborate with others in real-time to create drawings and animation. Join an online community of artists to create a spectacular, ever evolving hand-drawn film.
Artcyclopediahttp://www.artcyclopedia.com/Sementationhttp://www.segmation.com/SegPlayOverview.htmlWe've taken our Segmation Technology and come up with a fun and interactive experience to allow to you color in images, without lifting a paint brush or crayon. You'll see the amazing detail and beauty that we've revealed in these pictures.
3D&Ihttp://www.3d-i.org/A site that engages kids in art and creativity through a focus on design--product design, graphic design, architecture, and fashion--including opportunities for kids to create, share, and talk about design (with each other and with designers) from a variety of points of view (including aesthetic, functional, and environmental).
National Gallery of Art: School Tours (Art) http://www.nga.gov/education/school.htm The British Museumhttp://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/compass/ixbin/hixclient.exe?_IXDB_=compass&search-form=graphical/search/search.html&submit-button=searchMoMA: What is Print?http://www.moma.org/whatisaprint/flash.html
This site from The Museum of Modern Art is dedicated to helping students understand "What Is a Print." Students can click on brushes, sponges and other materials to experience how serigraphs, lithographs, etchings and woodcuts are made, while also viewing famous art examples of each method. The site requires the Flash 5 plug-in.
Arts Connectedhttp://www.artsconnected.org/Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, The Thinker Database
http://www.thinker.org/fam/index_thinker.asp
The ImageBase is a searchable image and text database of objects from the collections of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (the de Young Museum and the Legion of Honor). Their innovative storage system coupled with breakthrough software lets you see details of the art at high magnification.
March Harden's ARTchivehttp://www.artchive.com/ftp_site.htmExploring Themes in American Arthttp://www.nga.gov/education/american/aasplash.htmFrom the National Gallery of Art, a teaching resource - explore Abstraction, The Figure, Historical Subjects, Landscape Painting, Marine Painting, Portraiture, Narrative Art, Scenes from Everyday Life, Still Life, Topographical Views.
Aelbert Cuyphttp://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/cuypinfo.htm
"Welcome to the National Gallery of Art's Web site. The Gallery's extensive collection of paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, and works on paper spans over 600 years of history from the Middle Ages to the present day. To discover more about the Gallery, its programs, and collections and exhibitions, select from one of these categories: General Information, The Collection, Exhibitions, Online Tours, Education, Programs & Events, Resources, and Gallery Shop. Or, choose from one of these features: Help, Feedback, Search, Site Map, and Highlights. All of these options appear either in the left margin or on the bottom of each page within this Web site."
"A Century of Drawing"http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/drawinginfo.htm50 of the 140 drawings on view in this exhibit at the National Gallery of Art.
Impressionistshttp://www.biography.com/impressionists/Learn about 9 impressionists; take a virtual tour of five Impressionist paintings; "paint your own masterpiece" in the style of one of the impressionists (requires Shockwave plugin); test your knowledge with a
quiz. A very well done site.
National Gallery of Canada
http://varley.gallery.ca/ng/
Jacob Lawrence: Exploring Stories
http://www.whitney.org/jacoblawrence/
Curious Curators
http://www.thirteen.org/wnetschool/origlessons/curious
In this lesson plan, students exercise their critical thinking skills while learning about the job of a museum curator. Examine how collections can be organized around a theme by looking at on-line examples. Ultimately, the students become curators themselves and produce a museum-style exhibition that they present to the class.
ArtsConnectEd
http://artsconnected.org/
The Minneapolis Institute of Art allows visitors to create their own online gallery of their favorite pieces.
Eyes on Art
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/art2/
Arts Workshop
http://www.childrensmuseum.org/artsworkshop/index.html
Create a multimedia puppet show by writing the story, casting the characters, selecting the music, and choreographing the action—then publish it online for everyone to enjoy.
Art Tales: Telling Stories with Wildlife Art
http://www.wildlifeart.org/arttales/
Art Education and ArtEdventures
http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/
A Pintura, Art Detective
http://www.eduweb.com/pintura/index.html
Art history disguised as a noir mystery.
Inside Art: An Art History Game
http://www.eduweb.com/insideart/index.html
Explore a painting from the inside out.
Keith Haring Interactive Coloring Book
http://www.haringkids.com/coloringbook/index.html
Drag and drop some of Haring's iconic figures and add colors and backgrounds.
Guess the Color Game
http://www.funbrain.com/color/index.html
Roy G. Biv, the world's most colorful parrot, wants you to know how colors of light mix to form other colors. He'll show you a color, see if you mix red, green, and blue light to match his.