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Visual Arts

Art Ed Websites

Ask ERIC for the Arts 

Includes Arts Lesson plans written by education students and teachers and submitted to AskERIC.

 

Incredible Art Department 

Designed by an Indiana elementary and middle school art teacher.  Includes lesson plans, links to school art on the internet, a monthly school art room with a gallery of that school's work, and links to elementary, secondary, and higher education art rooms and departments.

 

Art Teacher on the Net

Includes art project lessons, art history, parent ideas, art projects for senior and adult recreation, and more.
 

Art Education and ArtEdventures from Sanford and A Lifetime of Color

This site includes online art activities appropriate for primary students, reference materials for those who study art, online art games and technique demos, and a variety of resources for art teachers including lesson plans and an online newsletter.

 

Educational Web Adventure  

This site features Art and Art History online games and activities for all levels. Information on appropriate grade levels for each activity is provided. Each adventure includes Teacher Resources with a study worksheet and key.

 

Art Studio Chalkboard        

These pages are a resource for artists and art students that focus on the technical fundamentals of perspective, shading, color and painting. They were compiled and designed by Ralph Larmann, art faculty member in the Southern Arkansas University Art Department.

 

The Arts and Academic Improvement: What the Evidence Shows

REAP (Reviewing Education and the Arts Project) has conducted the first comprehensive and quantitative study of what the research on academic outcomes of arts education really shows. The Executive Summary is presented here. From a double issue of The Journal of Aesthetic Education, entitled The Arts and Academic Improvement: What the Evidence Shows (Fall/Winter 2000).

 

ArtLex Visual Arts Dictionary         

Includes definitions of more than 3,300 terms here, along with numerous illustrations, pronunciation notes, great quotations, and links to other resources on the Web. More than 120 longer articles are also included on topics such as tessellations, mythological art, and more.

 

ARTSEDGE

Includes information on arts organizations, arts advocacy, funding resources for the arts, current arts issues in the news, links to arts departments of K-12 and higher education schools, student research pages, and a young artists' showcase.

 

American Arts Alliance Homepage   

The principal advocate for America's professional nonprofit arts organizations and their publics in representing arts interests and advancing arts support before Congress and other branches of the Federal government. Sections include: Recent Advocacy Update, American Arts Alliance Advocacy Materials, Myths and Facts about National Support of Arts and Culture, Economic Impact of the Arts and Cultural Institutions in their Communities, Links to Other Arts and Cultural Information Pages.

 

Arts Education Partnership   

The Arts Education Partnership (formerly the Goals 2000 Arts Education Partnership) is a private, profit coalition of education, arts, business, philanthropic, and government organizations that demonstrates and promotes the essential role of arts education in enabling all students to succeed in school, life, and work.

 

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)       

Includes a guide to the NEA, grant information, lists of NEA publications, list of state and regional arts organizations; an arts resource center, links to other arts related sites.

 

The Junction

Designed for kids 8 and over and teachers who can find activities and information for curriculum planning.

 

Global Show-n-Tell Virtual Museum of Children's Art

 

National Art Education Association (NAEA)

 

 

 

   

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