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Art Advocacy: Local | Virginia | National

Princeton Online
Arts Advocacy

http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/advocacy.htm
Keep Arts in Schools.org

http://www.keepartsinschools.org/

Local

National

NAEA

http://www.naea-reston.org/
Artslynx International Arts Resources
Multiple links to resource in support of the arts.

http://www.artslynx.org/artsed/

Virginia

VAEA

http://www.naea-reston.org/

Art Production Techniques

ceramics

critique

How to Read a Painting
includes writing and assessment

http://www.kcsd.k12.pa.us/~projects/critic/

painting

printmaking

sculpture

Origami

Robert Lang Origami

http://www.langorigami.com/index.php4

Arts News: Local | Virginia | National

Local Art News

National Art News

The Art Newspaper

http://www.theartnewspaper.com/
Artcyclopedia News

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/art-news.php
Art Daily

http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp

Virginia Art News

Elementary Art

4th Grade

Kandinsky

National Gallery of Art
Wassily Kandinsky, Improvisation 31

http://www.nga.gov/kids/kandinsky/kandinsky1.html

5th Grade

Picasso

Picasso Resources

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/picasso_pablo.html

First Grade

Kindergarten

Second Grade

Ancient China

Ancient Egypt

Egyptian Name Translator

http://www.eyelid.co.uk/e-name.htm

Third Grade

Ancient Greece

Ancient Rome

Maps and Globes

Matisse

Matisse for Kids

http://artbma.org/educators/index.html

Monticello

Monticello

http://www.monticello.org/

Grants: Local | Virginia | National

Local Grants

Piedmont Council of the Arts

http://www.charlottesvillearts.org/grant_info.html

National Grants

Virginia Grants

Virginia Commissions for the Arts

http://www.arts.state.va.us/

High School Art

AP Art- 2-D Portfolio

Art 1

Art 2

Art 3

Art 4

Ceramics

Crafts

Photography

Local Artists | Art Galleries | Art Festivals

Artists

Festivals

Festival of the Photograph

http://www.festivalofthephotograph.org/2008/index.html
Virginia Festival of the Book

http://www.vabook.org/
The Virginia Film Festival

http://www.vafilm.com/
The Dogwood Festival

http://www.charlottesvilledogwoodfestival.org/

Local Galleries / Art Centers

Mc GUFFEY ART CENTER

http://www.mcguffeyartcenter.com/
Art in Place

http://www.artinplace.org/
Second Street Gallery

http://www.secondstreetgallery.org/
University of Virginia | Art Museum

http://www.virginia.edu/artmuseum/
The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection

http://www.virginia.edu/kluge-ruhe/index.php?p=_home_

Middle School Art

6th Grade

7th Grade

8th Grade

Online Resources: Books | Activities | Lessons | Search Engines

art search engines

Artcyclopedia

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/index.html
Art A to Z

http://www.antiquesatoz.com/artatoz/

art themed books online

Story Line Online
When Pigasso met Mootisse and more

http://www.storylineonline.net/

lesson plan sites

Kinder Art

http://www.kinderart.com/
Crayola For Educators

http://www.crayola.com/educators/index.cfm?n_id=5
Dick Blick Lesson Plans

http://www.dickblick.com/lessonplans/2008lessonplans/

online activities

Getty Games

http://www.getty.edu/education/for_kids/
Mr. Picasso Head

http://www.mrpicassohead.com/create.html
Art Bot

http://www.professorgarfield.org/pgf_ArtBot.html
NGA Kids
Many Interactive Activities

http://www.nga.gov/kids/kids.htm
Imagination Cubed
GE Free Drawing - features playback mode

http://www.imaginationcubed.com/
A. Pintura Art Detective
An online detective game about artists and art history.

http://www.eduweb.com/pintura/index.html

Teaching Art: Curriculum | Classroom Management

Art & Learning to Think

http://www.goshen.edu/art/ed/art-ed-links.html
The Incredible @rt Department

http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/
Artful Thinking
The goal of the Artful Thinking program is to help students develop thinking dispositions that support thoughtful learning – in

http://www.pz.harvard.edu/at/index.cfm

classroom managemant

curriculum

Download the County Visual Arts Curriculum

http://schoolcenter.k12albemarle.org/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=41217&sc_id=1201271749
Download the VA Sols

http://www.doe.virginia.gov/go/Sols/home.shtml

Arts in Education Articles

New Horizons for Learning Arts in Education Articles
Numerous articles that support the arts in education.

http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/arts/front_arts.htm