 General Fine Arts sites offer resources and information
about everything from sculpture, music, art, drawing, crafts, origami,
graphic design and digital art, performing arts and architecture to creative
ways of recycling items to create art. Included:
Galleries of famous works, curriculum resources and lesson plans, games
and fun ways to experience art.
Many parents and teachers want to help their children develop an interest
in, and appreciation for, the arts. Unfortunately, not everyone lives
in close proximity to a museum or theater. The Internet, however, hosts
a variety of fine arts sites that can bring the arts right into any home
or classroom. Many of those sites offer a forum for displaying works of
art; others contain educational resources that can be used to expand students'
knowledge of art. Whether you are a student, teacher, art enthusiast,
or an interested observer, these sites are sure to enhance your art experience.
Hirshhorn
Museum and Sculpture Garden
The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is the Smithsonian's museum
of modern and contemporary art. The online collections focus on the art
of the past 25 years and feature more than 4,000 records. Students can
visit Art Interactive to learn how artists have used different methods
and materials to convey their ideas, or they can try their hand at making
their own art online in Create a Sculpture.
ARTSEDGE
The Kennedy Center's ARTSEDGE provides teachers with quality resources
and interactive opportunities for "teaching in, through, and about the
arts". The Teaching Materials include carefully reviewed and selected,
standards based curriculum units, lesson plans, activities, and other
ideas for integrating the arts across the curriculum. Resources are arranged
by curriculum area and also can be browsed alphabetically or by grade
level.
Oriland
Oriland explores the ancient art of Origami from the most basic to the
most complex, including information on how the art helps build motor skills
and develop creative and intellectual abilities. The Learning Center contains
animations for learning origami basics, along with ten lessons for practicing
the folds and tips for folders. Included is a studio of diagrams for folding
everything from animals to plants to heroes.
A
Lifetime of Color
A Lifetime of Color is an art education site that includes ArtEdventure
games, lessons on art and art history, plus teachers' guides and lesson
plans. The games are fun and entertaining, and will help students learn
about art history and color theory. You'll also find a long list of art
lessons, lesson plans, and guides for teaching art in the classroom. The
site's learning opportunities vary in complexity, making it useful for
all grade levels.
Draw
and Color with Uncle Fred
From Fred Laswell, the artist/writer of the Barney Google and Snuffy Smith
cartoons, comes this fun and instructive art site for children in grades
1-5. At this site, visitors need just a pencil and paper to follow the
simple, step-by-step directions for drawing a series of cartoon characters.
The drawing lessons are great to combine with a writing activity that
allows students to create stories about their pictures.
Learn about more great sites for students, parents, and educators
by visiting Education World's Site Reviews Archives.
Article by Linda Starr
Education World®
Copyright © 2005 Education World
01/12/2005
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