Curated OER
Natural Collaboration: Building With the Five Elements of Art
Young scholars assemble found natural objects into an artistic arrangement. They photograph their arrangement and Photoshop to enhance their artwork.
Curated OER
Artscapes
Students consider "The Gates" and other environmental art projects, and create an original public art project for their local community. They draw sketches and write proposals outlining their ideas.
Curated OER
Maya Lin - Artist, Architect, Environmentalist
Sixth graders explore the life of Maya Lin and analyze the impact of her architectural philosophy on her work. They trace the history of the Vietnam Memorial from its conception by Maya Lin, to the present day. A time line is created of...
Curated OER
Creating Artwork to Explain Environmental Change
Students review artwork that relates to the environment and communicates a value. They view and analyze art by Andy Warhol, Eric Carle and Albert Bierstadt and then create original pieces with an environmental theme.
Curated OER
Environment As Art
Students create an idea for environmental artwork for installation somewhere on school property.
PBS
Art21: Mel Chin
This artist enjoys infusing art into unlikely places and uses current culture, such as technology, to bring about awareness of global issues.
Other
Christo and Jeane Claude
This site contains a wealth of information, history, and photos of recent and past earthworks and installations by Christo and Jeanne-Claude.
Other
Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty
The site for Robert Smithson has everything you wanted to know about the Spiral Jetty and other works by Smithson.
New York Times
New York Times: Earthworks: Robert Smithson's Floating Island
An analysis of "Floating Island," a work of Robert Smithson created posthumously. An overview of Smithson's life and work provides context.
American Academy of Achievement
Academy of Achievement: Frank O. Gehry
Biography on Frank Gehry, a renowned architect and designer. Some of his famous works include the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, France, Walt Disney Concert Hall and Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Listing of Environmental Artists
ArtCyclopedia's list of environmental artists from the 20th century to the present day. There are links to the artists' biography and works.
Other
Robert Smithson
This is the official site of Robert Smithson who is an artist most known for his earthworks and recognized by his work 'Spiral Jetty.' There is a fantastic collection of his work, interviews, and much more!
New York Times
New York Times: Robert Smithson: Earth Art
An audio slideshow about artist Robert Smithson narrated by New York Times art critic Michael Kimmelman. The slideshow, which illustrates many of Smithson's drawings and works of scuplture, including his famous "Spiral Jetty," coincides...
Other
Nevada Museum of Art
The collection of the Nevada Museum of Art emphasizes the themes of the environment and the West, in categories of historical survey, work ethic, the Great Basin, contemporary art, and the altered landscape photographs. Each category is...
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: An Eye for Art: Andy Goldsworthy [Pdf]
A printable, kid-friendly introduction to Andy Goldsworthy. Goldsworthy has spent nearly three decades exploring the raw materials of nature, shaping them into poetic and mysterious forms that invite us to see our surroundings in new ways.
University of South Florida
No Strings Attached: Geometric Figures
Young scholars will prove their knowledge of geometric shape by capturing photographs of examples within their environment.
Other
Environmental Art: Hal Stowers Art
A gallery and information about Hal Stowers and his Environmental Art.
Other
Eco Pics
E-com site that sells photos and graphics of Environmental Art. Lots of good examples.
Other
Circlemakers
Now that people have come forward and admitted to making crop circles, we can enjoy them as the true art that they are! Here are some incredible examples of this art. But even the artists themselves want to believe there is something...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Patterns in Nature
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart shows some of Sir Robert Hitcham's amazing collection of photographs that are on his website. It will stimulate discussion about art in nature.
