Saturday, November 17, 2007

Educational Art Websites

1. http://www.alifetimeofcolor.com/ This is a great website for interactive games for teachers and students. In these fun and educational activities, you'll discover how great artists made their famous works—while learning tips and techniques for creating your own art!

2. http://www.crayola.com/ This website is great for students to explore the life of color.

3. http://www.guidancecom.com/alphabet/ This shows the ABC's of Art

4. http://www.moma.org/destination/ - Destination: Modern ArtDesigned for children ages five to eight

5. http://www.schoolsliaison.org.uk/kids/landscape.htm Learning about landscapes.

6. http://www.diduknow.info/portraits/ Students become portrait detectives.

7. http://redstudio.moma.org/ - Explores issues and questions raised by teens about modern art, today's working artists, and what goes on behind the scenes at a museum.

8. http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/zone.htm -Interactive art that students can make online

9. http://www.nga.gov/kids/kids.htm - Choose from a variety of activities or projects from the National Gallery of Art.

10. http://www.albrightknox.org/artgames/index_launched.html -Artgames is an interactive website designed to engage children in playful, interactive learning about works of art.

11. http://www.lib.virginia.edu/clemons/RMC/exhib/93.ray.aa/African.html -Check out the exhibit's amazing masks, headdresses and wood carvings.

12. http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/smartkids/index.html - SMARTkids invites kids to experience art. You can tour a photographer's studio, interview the artist, and learn about becoming an artist.

13. http://www.kid-at-art.com/ Students will learn how to make art using common, household trash as a source of free materials. Activities include drawing, painting, sculpture, and collage.

14. http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/ - Check out this online exhibit of famous paintings, a complete index of artists, and a useful glossary!

15. http://www.textilemuseum.org/ - Learn about the history, collections, and purpose of textile arts.

16. http://www.arts.ufl.edu/art/message/message.html - The @rt room is designed around the idea of "activity" centers that encourage kids to create, to learn and to explore new ideas, places and things on their own.

17. http://www.sparktop.org/ - Students can create awesome stuff, play games, connect with other kids and discover new ways to succeed in school and in life.

18. http://www.mowa.org/kids/kids_main.html -Learn about art, check out the galleries and have fun playing art games.

19. http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/justforfun.asp -Website include family guides, museum hunts, and art games. From discovering a dragon to guessing a detail, there's something fun for everyone to do and learn.

20. http://www.artsmia.org/restoration-online/ - Learn how the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and other museums conserve artwork and how they keep old paintings looking like new.

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