Professional Development
The Arts on the Web
Directories
EDSITEment
This site from the National Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the National Trust for the Humanities, and the MarcoPolo Education Foundation brings online humanities resources from some of the world's great museums, libraries, cultural institutions, and universities directly to your classroom.
ThinkQuest Library
Studnet-designed sites explore a wide variety of content areas, including the humanities.
The WebQuest Page at San Diego State University
Large collection of K-12 WebQuests in a variety of curriculum areas, including the arts.
World Art Images
This site from California State University has images of over
20,000
of works of art.
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Create Your Own
Architect Studio 3D, from the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust
Design a house in 3D with Frank Lloyd Wright! You can choose a client, a location, and a floorplan and then design a house to meet the clients needs. Addictive! You'll need the free Shockwave plug-in.
The Renaissance Connection
Step 500 years into the past and learn more about some of the innovations developed during the Renaissance. You can also become a patron of the arts, learn about the life of a Renaissance artist and lots more.
Destination Modern Art
This interactive site from the Museum of Modern Art in New York features a variety of intercactive demonstrations and activities.
The Artist's Toolkit: Explore
This site from the Minneapolis Institute of the Arts and the Walker Art Center has a number of interactive tutorials in some basic art concets like line and color.
Cycles: African Life through Art
Explore Arican art and culture at this site from the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
My Imaginary City
Create your own imaginary city!
The Boston Symphony Orchestra's Online Conservatory
Learn more about composers and their works.
 Fun With Music 
Get an inside look at the orchestra at this fun site from the San Francisco Symphony. You can learn about the instruments in an orchestra. In the Music Lab you can learn about tempo, rhythm, pitch, and harmony. Once you've mastered the basics, try your hand at the Composerizer and compose your own music or try the Performalator and play your own music! For your listening pleasure, tune in to the radio and listen to some great classical music.
Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary Teacher Section: No Searchable: Yes
Creating Music
Try your hand at composing and playing with music at this interactive site for kids.
Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No
DSO Kids
See what all of the instruments in the orchestra sound like, learn about orchestra seating through different time periods, play games like Beethoven Baseball and Composer's Keyboard, learn how to make your own instrument, or listen to some great music at this site from the Dallas Symphony Orchestra!
Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: No
The Collage Machine II
Make your own unique collage!
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Multimedia
Art History in Just a Minute
This site features a series of art history shorts from
art historian Christopher L. C. E. Witcombe of
Sweet Briar College in Virginia. He also maintains a directory of art history sites.
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Museums
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
This site features images and information about works (and the artists that created them) in the museum's permanent collection, you'll also find an Explore and Learn section that gives students and adults a closer look at art and artists.
Louvre
Images and information about some of the works in the Louvre's collection. You can take a virtual tour, learn the history of the Louvre or view art from the permanent collection.
J. Paul Getty Museum
This Los Angeles museum features Greek and Roman antiquities, contemporary American and European photographs, paintings, decorative arts, manuscripts, and sculpture. The site includes images and essays for some of the art from the museum's permanent collections.
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Government Resources
Archives of American Art
This site contains primary source documentation on the visual arts in America. Resources include: letters, diaries, sketches and sketchbooks, photographs, exhibition catalogs, scrapbooks, business records, art periodicals, and other types of documents.
National Endowment for the Arts
Arts features, interviews, new work in the Gallery and Writer's Corner. Learn about the work being done by artists and arts organizations across the country. Find out about funding and grant opportunities and find resources for a variety of art forms.
National Gallery of Art
Take a tour of the art in this museum by artist, medium, or time period. The site features thousands of images, essays, artist profiles and lots more.
Humanities Interactive
This site from the Texas Council for the Humanities contains exhibits on a wide-variety of topics including: Ancient Cultures; the Medieval World; the New World; and Literature. The site is intended for use by students and includes lesson plans, essays, games and more. |