Art Class Resources
Draw and Color with Uncle Fred
This is a super site for primary students who are just developing fine motor skills. Students learn to draw by following a series of steps shown via a slide show.
The Art Room
All art teachers will appreciate this site! It is touted as a "virtual art room." The site has interesting links to student art galleries, art sparkers, resource books for students and a host of related links.
NGA Kids
This site is sponsored by the National Gallery of Art. It provides a unique method of introducing kids to art by having them click on a picture which leads them through a slide show.
Art Detective
Try this on-line art detective game to peak your student's interest in classic art and encourage observation skills.
Crayola
This page on various ways to use Crayola techniques is sure to bring inspiration to your students' art projects. If you are looking for other ways to use Crayolas for art projects, a list of links is provided.
Art Controversies
The Art of Controversy
This is a transcript of a television program that gave a concise overview of the "Sensation" exhibit controversy that took place in New York City in 1999.
Contemporary Art: Hot Topic Series
This is an abstract giving way to the history of some of the biggest controversies in Modern Art. This site explores controversy in several different countries and discusses art from the early 1900's to the present day.
CIRCA
CIRCA is an online quarterly magazine for contemporary visual arts based out of Ireland. This site provides reviews, previews, interviews, articles and images for the visual arts.
Center for Arts and Culture
This site provides links and information about art and the law. An area called Creativity and the Law explores how the legal system may control the creativity of an artist. Several links provided for information on congress, senate and local government debates on the topic.
Broadway Theatre
The Elements of Great Theatre
This site provides an article giving the elements of what makes a great show. Find out about the history of classic Broadway and what the early shows were based on. A description of types of theatre and where some of the greatest Broadway shows ideas stemmed from.
Songs and Melodies from Broadway Musicals
A list of the current shows on Broadway is provided at this site plus a listing of the theatre they can currently be seen. Several links to online theatre forums and past Broadway starts is provided. Links to lyrics, scripts and music is also available.
Musicals101.com
This site provides biographies of famous Broadway musical composers and writers. Find out information about Gilbert & Sullivan, George M. Cohen, Florenz Zigfield and several famous actors that helped make Broadway what it is today. Links about making a musical and elements of great musicals is also available.
Color Theory and Color Therapy
Color Mixing
A Multimedia-enhanced guide to color theory, color mixing and related topics. This site provides instruction on the two systems of color mixing, the human eye and the color spectrum, the additive color system, the subtractive color system, color photography, color in painting and art, lithography and much more.
Color Theory
An illustrated, interactive instructional guide on color theory intended for students of visual or graphic art for high school and above. This site contains instruction on electronic color, color models, color mixing, color contrast and more.
Living Colour
A fabulous site full of interactive information and activities about many aspects of color. This is a site from the Australian Museum Online so the spelling of many words is British. The site is completely interactive and could work as during a lesson or for reinforcement or self exploration.
Colour Palette
This site is full of information and interactive activities about color from the National Gallery of Canada.
Color Psychology
From About.com, this site gives a higher-level look at the psychology of color along with a bit of a scientific background about what color actually is.
Color Therapy / Chromatherapy
This gateway page includes links for all sorts of information on color theory and color therapy.
Color Theory for Kids and Teachers
This site contains many activities, artwork, activities, and resources for color theory and art.
Dance
Dance Kids.org
This site is designed for elementary students who are interested in Dance. The site is interactive and has sound to help students with a lower level of reading skills. There are great stories about dance, an area to write dance postcards and much more for kids.
Boohbah, Boohbah Dance
Another great site from PBS Kids. This site has a parent and teacher site to explain how to use the Web site and what benefits it has for students. The goal of the Web site is to engage students in movement from the start.
Ants in Your Pants
AThis is a great site for integrating song and dance into the regular curriculum. Keeping in mind the students who need movement to learn, this site gives songs and dance to relate to a language arts curriculum.
Mr. Roger's Neighborhood
At Mr. Roger's Web site, find different themes to go with different types of music and movement. The past themes are archived and give great ideas with videos to download for class.
Dance Directory
A guide to an abundance of dance resources available on the web.
Digital Photography Links
Digital Photography Review
Get the latest in digital camera and accessory information, find a discussion board where you can read serious photographers' opinions on digital cameras, links that show sample images from various cameras, and more.
The Imaging Resource
Get the latest in digital camera and accessory information, find a discussion board where you can read serious photographers' opinions on digital cameras, links that show sample images from various cameras, and more.
Digital Camera Resource Page
Get the latest in digital camera and accessory information, find a discussion board where you can read serious photographers' opinions on digital cameras, links that show sample images from various cameras, and more.
The Short Courses
This site is for the moment you are ready to begin exploring new ways to use the images you take with your digital camera. This site offers short courses on what is available and the types of software programs that are revolutionizing digital photography.
Using a Digital Camera in the Classroom
An excellent site to grab ideas on how to integrate digital cameras into curriculum areas. The site also provides a wealth of tips and tricks, a how to section and more!
General Informational Sites
ArtsEdge
A great site that links the arts and education through technology. Includes a web site guide, curriculum studio, community center, and much more!
ArtsEdNet
An online service for K-12 arts education supported by the Getty Education Institute for the Arts. Included are lesson plans and curriculum ideas, image galleries, and much, much more!
Hologram Web Sites
Holoworld.com
In this site you can watch how holograms are made by viewing pictures. There is a section for younger children that explains what holograms are and how lasers work. There is also an area with answers to common questions about holograms.
Hand Drawn Holograms
This is great site that shows how to hand draw holograms. It has further hints for viewing and drawing holograms. There are pictures of examples of holograms and an area for FAQs.
Titanic Holography Project
Re-creating the wreck of the Titanic with 3-Dimensional laser holograms. Items recovered from the Titanic are used to create holographic images. The site also has basic information about holographs. The author of the site uses this and other projects to instruct local students who are interested in learning more about lasers and holography.
Amateur Holography Guide
Free online course for a person aspiring to make his or her first hologram on a limited budget. This site includes not only an overview of what a holograph is, but detailed instructions on how to create holographs. If you are interested in creating your own holographs this site is for you.
Impressionism Web Sites
Impressionism: A WebQuest
This site provides a great WebQuest for Impressionism. The questions asked are fact based and then open-ended. Here is a fantastic site to infuse technology into the world of Art.
National Gallery of Art
The National Gallery of Art provides online tours of the Impressionism wing of the museum. Full size images as well as audio and text are provided for an interactive Impressionism experience.
Mass Media and Broadcasting History Links
The Museum of Television and Radio
This Web site for the Museum of Television and Radio, located in New York and Los Angeles, offers information on exhibits, teacher workshops, classes for K-12 students, as well as distance learning materials. This site is excellent for media studies teachers and students, as well as for educators planning a field trip to enrich in-class learning.
Federal Communications Commission History
TA part of the FCC's main Web site, this page offers links to valuable resources like on-line video, television technology links, and virtual tours of FCC exhibits. Additionally, the site contains a timeline of television technology with hyperlinks to other informative sites.
Mozart Links
The Mozart Effect Resource Center
Visit this Web site to find out more on the Mozart Effect. Interactive experiences are provided to enhance the Mozart Effect experience. Find articles, discussions, books recordings and much more about the Mozart Effect.
Creating Music
Children of all ages can conduct, write, develop and perform all types of music with the click of a button.
The Mozart Effect Online Resources on Music/Brain Research
This site provides over 30 sites on the Mozart Effect and related topics. Find information on musical influences on children, music and memories not to mention streaming RealAudio for Mozart.
Play a Piano Online
This site allows the viewer to play a piano online. As the piano is played, wave sounds, key tones and notes are displayed. Java capability is necessary for this Web site.
Museums
The British Museum
This British museum more shows the cultures of the world with artifacts from each. It does have virtual tours and many pictures for your students to explore.
The Smithsonian American Art Museum
This museum highlights American art over the years. It does have an education center and many paintings highlighted.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
This museum is one of the United States' most highly-regarded museums. It contains some of the most famous paintings in the world. The site has virtual tours and fantastic pictures of a lot of the artwork.
The Louvre
The Louvre may be the most renowned museum in the world. This site shows many of the famous paintings of the world and other artwork. The site can be read in various languages as well.
Music
Jazz Online
Louis Armstrong
Music Around the World
RootsWorld
This extensive site is organized by region and by artist. It contains reviews, articles, interviews, and samples of contemporary music from around the world.
African Music Encyclopedia
This site includes profiles of artists from around the continent as well as a glossary of African musical terms.
Music History
Music History Links- Suite 101.com
This site offers interesting links for ancient cultural music. Ranging form ancient Greece to ancient Israel, this site has it all. There are stations listed to listen to music online and several sites listed for interesting performance groups.
Guide to Medieval & Renaissance Instruments
A great history lesson for musicians everywhere! An extensive listing of medieval and renaissance instruments from bagpipes to zinks. Each instrument is given an extensive history and images with each link. Not only great for music history but for several classes studying the Middle Ages and Renaissance period.
Essentials of Music
Basic and advanced information about Classical music is provided within this site. It is designed for beginners as well as more advanced learners. Provided within the site are glossaries, examples of music scores, biographies of composers and several different audio clips of a variety of classical music.
Internet Public Library - Music 102
Starting with the Middle Ages and providing information through the 20th century, this site provides links to the composers mentioned through hyperlinking narratives. Audio clips are provided, as well as images of composers and samplings of their musical scores.
Musical History
An amazing wealth of information for anyone looking for music history! From women composers to family rock bands, this site has it all. A large selection of sites are provided for 19th century musicians and 20th century pop culture. Over 92 sites are listed for music history and trivia.
Music Lyrics
Songfile.com
A comprehensive music Web site with information on lyrics, licensing, artists and composers. Very comprehensive.
Koala's List of Lyrics Sites
A huge list of links to a huge variety of lyrics Web sites. Organized in genres from "Old But Cool", to "Children's Music" to "Chinese Lyrics" to "College Fight Songs". Whatever kind of music you are looking for, it is here.
The Lyrics Web Ring
This Web ring boasts almost 300 members. You can visit each site randomly, or view the index to find a site you are interested. Contains links to sites from Glen Miller to local artists to Britney Spears.
Musicsearch.com
A search engine devoted solely to music, you can search this site for links to lyrics or to a myriad of other music information.
Lyrics Connection
Links to sites with lyrics. Organized by genre, band and single artist. In addition, dozens of links to other lyrics sites are provided.
Native American Artists
The Native American Artist
This site provides excellent examples of true Native American art. The paintings are theme based and have informative descriptions of what the painting is trying to convey.
Native American Art
This site is unique that is categorizes native american painting according to the symbols that were used within the paintings, and includes a unique set of reference links to learn about the various tribes and what they represent.
Native American Geometry
If you are looking for a way to pull math into art projects, this may be the site. The site shows examples of how geometry is a major force in the creation of native american art.
Online Music Magazines
Opera
OPERA America
This site provides a variety of informational, technical, and administrative resources to the greater opera community. Its fundamental mission is to promote opera as exciting and accessible to individuals from all walks of life.
Opera Glass
This site is an opera information server on the World Wide Web which gives detailed information, including performance histories, synopses, libretti, discographies, pictures, and more on any of a small but rapidly growing number of operas, plus pointers to many other opera servers.
Opera Education International/OEI
This site gives you the opportunity to learn - through listening, through reading, and through travel - about the art form known as opera. Includes sections on opera news, reviews, and also a discussion area.
Opera Resources
Offers access to opera resources. You'll find links to information about schedules, seasons, education, performances, and much more.
La Scala - World's Greatest Opera House
Welcome To New York City Opera
Puppetry
Center for Puppetry Arts
A wonderful site for students, teachers, and parents! Tour the Center's museum and education departments. Learn about puppets and puppetry from around the world and throughout history. Also included are directions to the Center, time and dates for various conferences and workshops.
Nick Barone Puppets
This page has a puppetry gallery divided by category which show examples of realistic, fantasy and rod and glove type puppets. The site also includes a quick reference guide to which materials are best used for creating puppets.
Sunnie Bunnie Puppetry
This site will delight all puppetry students. The site is uniquely designed so it allows viewers to go virtual backstage to a puppetry workshop. There are links that go indepth about puppetry making, plays and patterns to go with the puppetry plays, scenery suggestions, and poems about puppetry.
Lois Walker's Easy Puppet Page
A Looking for a quick way to get kids involved in making puppets, then try this site. It has a how to sheet that is visuals and a list of materials.
Ballard Institute Museum of Puppetry
This site provides an in-depth list, description, and example of various types of puppet construction.
