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Websites

ArtEdventures from Sanford profile Photos
This site from the Sanford Company (they make pens and markers) has lots of art games like Go West, Young Artist, Leonardo's Workshop, and the Art of Crime Detection that explore art concepts and history. You will also find an art glossary and artist biographies. There is also a section with lesson plans.
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Destination Modern Art profile Photos
This interactive site from the Museum of Modern Art in New York features a variety of interactive demonstrations and activities.
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The Art Room profile Photos
Lots of art activities, artwork from kids around the world, info about famous artists, and more. 
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A Brush With Wildlife profile Photos
Learn how to create wildlife art with artist Carl Rungius. Learn about basic art principles like balance, contrast, movement, pattern, and proportion with an animated gallery or visit the Composition Studio to see how a work is created. You can even create and submit your own wildlife art in the studio using what you have learned!
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The Crayola Homepage profile Photos
Find out how crayons are made, check out some crafts, or play a game.
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Eyes on Art profile Photos
You will find art activities that will help you explore art, including an exploration of art styles, and an art expert's quiz.
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Global Children's' Art Gallery profile Photos
Look at art work from kids around the world.  You can even submit a picture of your own.
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Mark Kistler's Imagination Station profile Photos Video
Check out the drawing lessons, look at work by other kids, or send in your own work.
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Building Surprises profile Photos
Learn about the architectural design process at this site from the Weisman Art Museum. You can explore this building designed by Frank Gehry and learn about the design process. You can also learn more about Frank Gehry who also designed the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and the new Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.
Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary School Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: No



Art Games
This site from the Albright-Knox Gallery in Buffalo, NY has a collection of interactive art games for kids.

A. Pintura, Art Detective
Break out your magnifying glass and be an art detective in this interactive tour through art history.

Inside Art
Take this tour through art history where you get sucked into famous paintings, if you want to get out you have to have the right answers!

Art Safari
Explore animals in art at this site from the Museumof Modern Art.

Destination Modern Art
Takean interactive trip through the world of modern art at this site for kids from the Museum of ModernArt.

Curious Corner
You can pick the right faces for portraits, make an African mask, and more at this interactive site for kids from the Arts Institute of Chicago.

NGA Kids
Create portraits and landscape paintings in the style of American naive artists, use a virtual camera to snap photos, then edit the images or add special effects to create your own works of art, create an interactive still life that mirrors the paintings of the old masters and more at this interactive site for kids from the National Gallery of Art.

Getty Games
This site for kids from the Getty Museum lets you test your memory, play art detective, and solve art puzzles.

Portrait Detectives
Learnmore about portrait painting at this site from the National Museums of Liverpool. You can take a guided tour or explore on your own.

ArtsEd Adventures
This site from the art supply company Sanford features a collection of onlinegames for students.

Artsology
This site has a number of online art games and investigations like an art match games, a maze using Mondrian's painting Boogie Woogie, and a game where you can capture Picasso as he zips through his own works.


Online Video

Mark Kistler's Online Video Art Academy

Mark Kistler's School of Imagination Animated Art Lessons

Tate Museum ArtSparks
Cornelia Parker Thirty Pieces of Silver

Sophie Calle's The Hotel, Room 47

Umberto Boccioni's Unique Forms of Continuity in Space


Anish Kapoor's Ishi's Light

Francis Bacon's Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion


Lesson Plans

KinderArt
Art education page with hundreds of online lessons designed especially for teachers, parents and kids. A new lesson is added weekly. You can also submit lessons.

Incredible Art Lessons
This site from the Incredible @rt Departmentfeatures a collection of art lesson plans and activities for grades K-12.

EDSITEment Art Lessons
You can locate art lesson plans by category and grade at this site from the National Endowmentfor the Humanities.

ArtsEdge
You'll find a large collection of arts lesson plans at this site from the Kennedy Center.

Getty Center Lesson Plans
This searchable site from the GettyCenter features lesson plans covering visual arts, language arts, history, science and math.

National Gallery of Art Lesson Plans
You can locate lesson plans and resources by curriculum area, topic, or artist.

Modern Teachers
This site from the Museumof Modern art features a collection of lesson plans, images, and guides focused on modern art.

Blick Art Lessons
This site from the art supply company Blick features a large collection of art lessons and projects for grades K-12.

A Lifetime of Color
This site from the art and school supply company Sanford features a large collection of art lessons, games, and projects for grades K-12.