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Elementary Art |
Check out these art sites for each grade level.
- Be an Architect! Design a House with Carmine Chameleon. An ArtEdventure from Sanford's A Lifetime of Color Art Education Site
- Resource for Architecture Design/Houses: Interactive resource with vocabulary, photographs and cross-disciplinary connections.
- Heade1
- Nature study: features the artwork of Martin Johnson Heade, examining the different aspects of the nature compositions he painted in terms of their content and the 5 senses. Interactive activities included that contain auditory and animated features.
- Sanford & A Lifetime of Color's Art Education Resources
- Resource for Self Portrait Lesson: Understanding proportion of the head and facial features - interactive activity included.
- Miro
- Required Artist Resource: Joan Miro - artwork and biographical information.
- National Gallery of Art NGAkids Tissot Hide and Seek 6
- Use of visual texture: Examination of the quality of brushstroke and painting techniques to represent specific textures within James Jacques Joseph Tissot's 1877 painting, "Hide and Seek". Interactive and activity features.
- CALDER FOUNDATION
- Chronological listing of Alexander Calder's work including images.
- ART HISTORY RESOURCES: Asian Art
- Historical resource of artwork from all across Asia.
- ART HISTORY RESOURCES: The Native Arts of the Americas & Oceania
- Huge Oceanic Art resource - artwork and photographs displayed.
- MMA, Carpet Hunt - Interactive site
- A very good exploration of the symbols found in a 350-400 year old carpet from India - accompanying activities included.
- A Look at Chinese Painting - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Examination of how traditional Chinese paintings were created. Glossary of terms included.
- Works of Art - Mughal rugs from India
- Metropolitan Museum of Art resource for visuals, history, and construction of Mughal Indian rugs.
- Multimedia Archives - Africa
- Multiple Resources for African sculpture, masks, maps, photographs, 2D artwork
- Multicultural Resources - Crizmac
- Crizmac offers audio visual and print resources on multicultural / native populations, cultures, artwork
- Akan Cultural Symbols Project Title Page
- Resource for African Art: Examples and text about the art and artifacts of the Akan people from Ghana and La Cote D'Ivoire.
- African Odyssey Interactive
- Resource for The Art of Africa: Multiple resources for African visual art, music, culture, etc.
- WebMuseum: Davis, Stuart
- Examples of artwork by Sturat Davis and accompanying biographical information.
- WebMuseum: Kandinsky, Wassily
- Information on the Russian born artist, Wassily Kandinsky, including examples of his work.
- WebMuseum: Picasso and Cubism
- Cubistic style exemplified by Picasso with links to Juan Gris whose artwork that portrayed similar characteristics.
- WebMuseum: Expressionism
- Description of Expressionist movement and links to artists and artwork that illustrated this style.
- WebMuseum: Fauvism
- Description of Fauvist movement with links to examples of artists and artwork from this period.
- Dale Chihuly - Main Installations Menu
- National Gallery of Art NGAkids-Kandinsky- Improvisation 31 (Sea Battle)
- Study of Modern Art / Artists: Exploration of Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky's compositional style with strong emphasis on recognizing elements of color, line and shape in the composition.
Multicultural Art Resources
- African Art: Aesthetics and Meaning
- Exploration of African sculpture, symbolism and aesthetics.
- MEXICAN ART, ARTISTS, AUTHORS, EXPOSITIONS and GALLERIES
- Mexican artists and artisans - link to biographical information and images.
Miscellaneous Art Resources
- Crayola Art Education
- Mark Harden's Artchive
- Marilyn's Imagination Factory
- A variety of art lessons / activities geared for young children (elementary).
- Art Educators of MN
- State art educator website - AEM
- NAEA - National Art Education Association
- National Art Education Association web site. Links on the site to a number of resources and news of upcoming events.
- craig's links to the world wide web
- Extensive multi-purpose art site with links to student artwork, art history, art education, artists, etc. - developed by Craig Rolands, art instructor at the University of Florida.
- Arts Journal: Visual Arts
- Current event articles regarding the visual arts from Arts Journal.com.
- *newJust for Kids Parents and Teachers Too! Art Appreciation
- Interactive art sites and MUCH more!
- *new Art Links
- *new Studio Cyberspace Activities
- Explore the world through the eyes of artists. Visit galleries and museums-virtual and real. Tour artist studios and learn about the art of other cultures.
- *new Art Links from Internet4Classrooms
Museums
- Guggenheim Museum Home Page
- Virtual museums from New York, Bilbao, Venice, and Berlin
- FAMSF-Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
- Location: San Francisco, California
- Mpls Inst Arts
- Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
- Location: Chicago, Illinois
- National Museum of American Art
- Smithsonian
- Smithsonian Institution
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Location: Washington, D.C.
- Walker Art Center
- Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
- ArtsConnectEd
- Location: MIA & Walker Art Center - Mpls., MN.
- The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
- Location: Richmond, Virginia
- The National Museum of Women in the Arts
- Location: Washington, D.C.
- Native American Art, Indian Art
- Location: Phoenix, Arizona
- The Getty
- Location: Los Angeles, California
- Ulrich Modern Current Exhibitions
- Location: Wichita Kansas - Kansas State University
- Atlanta's High Museum of Art
- Location: Atlanta, Georgia
- The Frick Collection and Frick Art Reference Library
- Location: N.Y.C., N.Y.
- The Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology
- Location: Memphis, Tennessee
- The Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery World Wide Web Site
- Location: Glasgow, Scotland
- LACMA: The Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- Location: Los Angeles, California
- American Visionary Art Museum
- Online art museum Origination: Baltimore, Maryland
- The Art Institute of Chicago Museum
- Location: Chicago, Illinois
- Louvre Museum Official Website
- Location: Paris, France
- ArtMuseum.net
- Location: Online Art Museum Origination: Intel Corporation
- MoMA | The Museum of Modern Art, New York
- Location: N.Y.C., N.Y.
- National Gallery of Art
- location: Washington, D.C.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Location: N.Y.C., NY
- *newJust for Kids Parents and Teachers Too! Art Appreciation
- Interactive art sites and MUCH more!
