Art

A collection of sites that will enhance your Art curriculum:


 * The Pre-Raph Pack || [|The Pre-Raph Pack] (don’t you love that name?) is a brilliant site about artists, the techniques they used, a timeline that spans 100 years, and a collection of images from the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. Students not only get a peek at the artists themselves, they learn the history, technique, and what the movement meant to art. This is a well put together site for use in any art class, but the in-depth look at the artists and the history makes it a great site for any classroom. ||
 * Google Art Project || Select a museum from the list on the homepage and you can virtually tour it using the same interface style you experience in Google Maps Streetview. Inside the museum just double click to zoom to a location. You can also open a floor plan overview and click on a room to navigate to that part of the museum.

The best part of the Art Project powered by Google is the option to create your own artwork collection while visiting each museum. As you're touring a museum click on the "+" symbol on any work of art see it in greater detail, to add it to your collection, and to open background information about that work of art. To create a collection you must be signed into your Google account. ||
 * Color in Motion || Regardless of if you teach about color or art, Color in Motion is a must see just for the creativity and brilliance of the site. Color in motion is a wonderfully animated and interactive experience of color communication and color symbolism. ||
 * Waltee's Quest || [|Waltee’s Quest] is an interactive adventure where students help solve a mystery and discover a variety of art along the way. Students begin their adventure by watching an introduction animation of the Walters Art Museum where inside curator Waltee is getting ready for an exhibit and preparing the museum for visitors. While Waltee is preparing, lightning strikes, the elevator shakes, and a wild whirlwind takes all the museum treasures with it. Students ride a magical elevator to travel to different worlds in an effort to find the lost art. As students explore the different rooms, they discover treasures and learn about the real museum items. Students can click “Learn more” every time they discover a new item and the “Walteepedia” opens up with more information. ||
 * Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery for Kids || [|BM&AG for Kids] is a fun site where students can learn more about Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, Victorians, World War 2, and the Art Gallery and Museum. The site aims to give students a chronological understanding of these historical events, knowledge of the events, people, and changes in the past, organization and communication, and historical inquiry. ||
 * Meet Me at Midnight || [|Meet Me at Midnight] is an interactive adventure/comic book that takes place in the Smithsonian Art Museum. Through this fun mystery adventure, students are introduced to American art and Artists from the Smithsonian collection. ||
 * Jackson Pollock Whiteboard || This website allows students to create Jackson Pollock-esque virtual paintings. Students click anywhere on the screen for splatters of paint, drops, and dribbles. As they are “painting”, students can press any key on the keyboard for a different background color, erase using the space bar, press alt+ any key to change the color of the drip, or use numbers 1-0 or left, right, up, or down arrow to change the color of the drip or background. ||
 * Art Babble || [|Art Babble] is a video website designed and maintained by the [|Indianapolis Museum of Art]. The purpose of [|Art Babble] is to provide a place for people to learn about the creation of art, artists, and collections through quality video productions. ||
 * National Gallery of Art for Kids || National Gallery of Art for Kids where students are able to create interactive artwork ||