Art

"All art is but imitation of nature."
-Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Background Information on art:

	World Wide Arts Resources - This interactive arts gateway will give you access to artists, museums, galleries, high quality art, art history, arts education, antiques, dance, theater, classified ads, resume postings, arts chats, discussion forums and much more.
	National Endowment for the Arts - Arts features, interviews, new work in the Gallery and Writer's Corner. Learn about the ex
	NYC's Metropolitan Museum of Art - Can't go the art, have the art come to you.
	Smithsonian American Art Museum - the museum in Washington, D.C. is closed for renovations until 2003, but you can visit anytime.

Teacher Resources:

	Eyes on Art-This site teaches students of all ages how view things with an artistic eye. Students can create their own personal online galleries, or they can explore famous paintings. This site is very educational and allows students to explore and discover their own artistic talents.
	Educational Web Adventure-This site features online art games that gets your students asking questions and learning more about the history and composition of famous art. Includes teacher resources for teaching their students more about art.
	Art Teacher on the Net - lesson plans and activities for all ages.
	Artsedge - Teaching activities and lessons from the Kennedy Center.
	Busy Teachers: Art – This site is an excellent site to lead you to online art museums and collections. There are also lesson plans available.
	Crayola – Are you looking for some great art ideas? This is the place for you. It is frequently updated.
	Getty Education Institute for the Arts - ArtsEdNet, an online service developed by the Getty Education Institute for the Arts, supports the needs of the K-12 arts education community. It focuses on helping arts educators, general classroom teachers us
	A. Pintura: Art Detective – In game-type format, this site introduces children (and adults) to art history.
	Focus on Sculpture - Sponsored by the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, this site has wonderful activities plus the history and bios of famous sculptors.
	Color, Contrast and Dimensions- This site is an interactive tour through the many concepts of Art.
	Color Theory- Take children on a virtual tour through the color wheel.
	Kinderart - This site has a lot of wonderful art activities to do with the lower elementary students.
	The Art Kids - This webpage gives arts lesson plans for grades K-12.

Kids Sites:

	Jan Brett's Home Page - This favorite children's author provides many different activities related to her famous books and characters. (Note: try other children's author and illustrator's sites for more activities.)
	The Craft Cabin - Visit Cyber Camp and enjoy making some of these neat crafts.
	Kodak - Have some online fun with your digital camera (or pictures online).
	NGA Kids- This site offers many art ideas that children would enjoy.
	Draw and Color with Uncle Fred - This site gives children the chance to create different cartoons.
	Art Kids Rule - This site gives many activities for children to do including on-line creations.

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