Art and Music Resources
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Information and Art Education
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An art dictionary for artists, collectors, students and educators in art production, criticism, history, aesthetics, and education.
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ArtLex |
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Provides ideas and information on K-12 arts education from the J. Paul Getty Trust.
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ArtsEdNet |
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Provides links for students, curriculum ideas, web spotlight sites, and more from the Kennedy Center.
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ArtsEdge |
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A wide variety of sites related to art education. The site includes a search engine to narrow by grade level.
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Blue Web'n Art Sites |
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An outstanding site for elementary and middle school students to learn about the concepts of color.
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Color Worm |
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A 4 2 Explore site that provides numerous links to sites that deal with teaching about the concept of color.
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Color |
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Provides information about basic color theory: primary, secondary, tertiary, color harmony, and color schemes are all covered.
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Color Matters |
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A 4 2 Explore site that provides information and links about drawing techniques.
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Drawing |
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Allows you to send and receive picture postcards on the Internet. The post card rack has many cards from artists and photographers.
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The Electric Postcard |
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A 4 2 Explore site that provides information and links about masks.
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Masks |
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A 4 2 Explore site that provides information and links about paper and papermaking.
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PaperMaking |
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Presents a description about perspective with graphic examples, and provides links to artists' works that have perspective.
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Perspective Drawing |
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A 4 2 Explore site that provides information and links about photography.
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Photography |
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A 4 2 Explore site that provides information and links about pottery.
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Pottery |
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Provides ideas and examples about creating and studying art. Check out the ArtEdventure under the Play Art Games category and play the interactive games as you learn about art concepts.
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Sanfords' ArtEdventures |
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A 4 2 Explore site that provides information and links about sculpture.
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Sculpture |
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A site to demonstrate how visual information is used in art, including aspects of depth perception, color perception, and form perception.
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Vision and Art |
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4 2 Explore site that provides information and links about weaving.
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Weaving |
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An on-line exhibition of African artwork sponsored by the Guggenheim Museum. The exhibition ranges from the tools and rock art of early humans to objects created in the 20th century. Students can click on a map of Africa to read and see about the art in that area.
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Africa: The Art of a Continent |
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Provides information, stories, and pictures about the potters from Oaxaca, Mexico.
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Manos de Oaxaca |
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Students can learn about the life and work of Michelangelo Buonarroti.
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Michelangelo |
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Provides links to a large number of museums all over the world, with links to museums in Africa and Middle East, Asia, Europe, South America, Antarctica, Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania, and North America.
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Museum Computer Network |
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Provides an alphabetical list of online museums in the United States. In addition you can search by name, type, or state.
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Museums in the USA |
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A virtual tour of the Sistine Chapel with more than 325 images of the chapel.
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Sistine Chapel |
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Provides links to special art exhibits and a link to famous paintings that can be explored from an artist index or by themes ranging from Gothic paintings to 20th century art. The site has text and images about the artist and their work.
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WebMuseum, Paris |
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Provides a virtual gallery for student art work and ideas for creative works.
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The @rt Room |
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A free online magazine with stories and artwork created by students.
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CyberKids |
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A 4 2 Explore lesson that provides links and information about music.
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Classical Music |
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A site designed to introduce students to the best music of every period. All through the site you'll find almost 200 excerpts from Essential Classics.
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Essential Music |
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Provides information and links about folk music and musicians.
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Folk Music |
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Provides video, audio clips and lesson ideas (look under Jazz Class and talks about Jazz Appreciation Month and list 112 ways to celebrate jazz.
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Jazz at the Smithsonian |
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An interactive website with music theory tutorials for students that include lessons on staff, clef, and ledger lines; note duration; measure and time signatures; rest duration; dots and ties; simple and compound meter; odd meter; steps and accidentals and more. In addition, a chord calculator, staff paper generator, and matrix generator are available for online use.
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Musictheory.net |
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A site that includes: Musician's Lounge, Composers' Gallery, Instrument Storage Room, Instrument Laboratory, Conductor/Soloist Dressing Rooms, Newsstand, Games, and Composer's Workshop. Students get to experiment with interactive instruments, compose music, create instruments online and learn about composers and musicians.
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New York Philharmonic Kidzone |
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Provides information about Conjunto a unique Texas-based Mexican American music tradition born in the 19th century that continues to evolve and thrive today.
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Accordian Dreams |
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provides over forty lessons that are divided into Starter, Intermediate, and Advanced categories.
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Piano on the Net |
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Provides research about music in the classroom, as well as ideas for songs by discipline.
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Songs for Teaching |
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