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Grasping Artistic Styles
Create your own art slide show by bookmarking examples from Sanford's
A Lifetime of Color
  
Museums at Your Feet
Take your students on a virtual tour of the Louvre, MOMA, and many other great museums.
Planning a Museum Trip
  
Handy Art Suppliers
Lost that catalogue again? Find your favorite supply house here, at your virtual fingertips.
Art Teacher's Checklist
  

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Handmade Holiday Treasures Student Projects That Make Great Gifts
Many of our most treasured holiday decorations and small gifts are special because they were made by hand --- especially if they were made by children's hands!

Refrigerator to Renoir Ten Great Art Lessons on the Net
American writer Henry Miller said, "Art teaches nothing, except the significance of life." Few teachers would argue the importance of teaching art in schools.

Art on a Shoestring Creating Groundbreaking Works Without Breaking the Bank!
Some of the neatest works of art are made with recycled or inexpensive materials. You don't have to be a scrooge to appreciate a good bargain -- these activities straight from the Internet are fun and cheap!

The Amazing Picture Machine! -- A Picture Resource on the Net for Teachers
The Amazing Picture Machine will help you locate the pictures you seek on the Internet! Included: Sample lessons that make use of online picture resources across the grades!

Picture This Art Every Day!
Enrich Learning with Discipline-Based Art Education



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A Lifetime of Color
A Lifetime of Color is an art education site that includes ArtEdventure games, lessons on art and art history, plus teachers guides and lesson plans.

Ceramics Web
CeramicsWeb houses databases of glaze recipes and material analyses, links to other ceramics Web sites, health and safety information, and a variety of educational materials related to ceramics.

Kodak Picture Playground
The Kodak Picture Playground is a great place to let kids manipulate digital images.

Pieces and Creases A Fun Guide to Origami
The site provides directions for several popular origami forms as well as a series of activities that include quizzes and lesson plans.

Totally Tessellated An Introduction to Tessellations
A tessellation is a repeating geometric pattern. Totally Tessellated takes you on an exploration into the history and construction of a variety of different types of tessellations.

@rt room
The "@art" room is set up like a school's art room with activity centers, exhibitions, and projects for kids.

Kinder Art
This page was designed for children and parents and includes information and resources for creating and enjoying art. The site also serves teachers with free, online art lessons.

Elementary Art Education
This website has lesson plans for teaching art to elementary school students and links to other art education resources.



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National Gallery of Art Teaching Resources
On-line programs and classroom activities based on the collections at The National Gallery of Art.

GEM Lesson Plans for Visual Arts
The Gateway to Educational Materials art lesson plans for all grade levels.

Marilyn's Imagination Factory
There is no machinery at The Imagination Factory, and smokestacks don't pollute the air. Instead, we teach children and their care givers creative ways to recycle by making art.

The Incredible Art Department
This incredible art department contains art news, teacher submitted lessons, a virtual art room and much more!

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Bettie Lake Building a Home for Art Teachers on the Internet
The Herrera School for the Fine Arts in Phoenix, Arizona, has a unique art teacher on its staff who has set up a virtual faculty room for educators on the Net. And the subject of discussion is art!

WANTED Art Teachers Willing to Share!
Art teacher Pete Sotelo is looking to add to his "collection" of lesson plans by collaborating with other art teachers on-line.

Making the Case for the Fourth `R’ Art!
Reading and ’riting and ’rithmetic and ’rt (art)? Many school districts are strengthening the art components of their curricula in light of new research on the benefits of arts education.



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Association for the Advancement of Arts Education
Arts resource center for students, educators and teachers.

Visible Knowledge Program
The Visible Knowledge Program (VKP) pairs artist-instructors with high-school educators and their students to explore new ways of integrating contemporary art with core high-school curricula.

National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts
This is the Web site for the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts which supports artistically-orientated high school seniors.

The Star
This is a Web site for anyone involved with arts education. The site has resources for students and teachers as well as links to art images and suppliers.

The Kennedy Center's ARTSEDGE
This site provides a unique opportunity for teachers to share plans, learn about education news in the US, follow links to other internet resources...

ArtsEdNet
For all aspect of an art teacher's profession, this site provides stimulation and a great deal of quality content.

Eyes On Art
These instructional strategies were designed using references from California State Visual and Performing Arts Framework and help students learn critical and cognitive thinking skills. Each lesson plan is simple and complete, offering all the digital imagery needed to complete each one.

VISUAL ARTS STANDARDS

National Standards Visual Arts K-4
Visual Arts 5-8
Visual Arts 9-12
 
State Standards



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