Digital media curriculum for teaching high school students how to communicate through media. Students learn the fundamentals of art and design and the technical skills to prepare them for careers in the arts, media, and entertainment...

If you're looking for a complete list of art critique questions, this is the site for you! You'll find ideas for description, analysis, elements, technique, judgement, and audience.

At the companion website for the BBC series "Simon Schama's Power of Art," hosted by Columbia University professor Simon Schama, find insightful analysis of eight artistic masterworks, each of which represents a turning point in history....

At the online home of the Art Institute of Chicago, browse the full scope and focus of the museum's collections of French impressionism, photography, architectural drawing, European decorative arts, American art, textiles, African art,...

At the online home of Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art find a variety of ways to view and experience the museum's collections and exhibitions, which focus on visual art from 1945 to the present. Interactive content includes podcasts,...

Pop artists used consumer products, advertising, and popular culture icons as the major source for subject matter in their art. Between 1962 and 1967, Andy Warhol painted soup cans, both individually and in groups. 100 Cans is one of the...

Use the left-hand toolbar of this site to investigate an online textbook for the language of design. It provides visual examples and explanations of line, form, color, color psychology, texture, balance, proportion and many more...

From the center of America's high-tech industry, the Silicon Valley Art Museum showcases the talents of artists-- past, present, and future-- who explore the connections between art and technology. Through a variety of high-interest...

From the center of America's high-tech industry, the Silicon Valley Art Museum showcases the talents of artists-- past, present, and future-- who explore the connections between art and technology. Through a variety of high-interest...

In this lesson, 1st graders look at a print of "Mona Lisa" by Leonardo DaVinci and talk about what they see, searching for visual clues to help them form an opinion. They discuss the importance of portrait paintings during the...

The Museum of Modern Art invites young readers interactively learn about Vincent van Gogh, Frida Kahlo, and Umberto Boccioni using sound, simple language, and engaging animations.

The Goethe-Institut provides a wonderful resource leading to many German visual arts sites on the web. Sites include current national topics in German visual arts, visual arts guides from Germany, art projects world-wide, and even brief...

A resource for anyone thinking about a career in art, the Vocational Information Center publishes a directory of links to art-related occupations. Find information on job availability, supplies, working conditions, preparation, wages,...

Brief introduction to Renaissance art and links to web searches for specific artworks.

Even if you are miles away from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, these four-page downloadable family guides to the museum's collections make wonderful tools for teaching interesting things about art to children. Full-page illustrations...

This site from Hanover College gives a tutorial on issues of visual representation, such as depth, perspective, texture, shadow, illusion. Begins at an introductory level. Numerous pictures.

In this arts integrated unit, 3rd graders will explore Rocks and Soil. These projects focus on bringing multiple art forms to the Earth Sciences for third graders. Students will focus on comparing and contrasting the 3 types of rocks, as...

The home on the web for arts-related content that airs on PBS stations. You can link to the program sites of long-running arts broadcasts, sample special exhibitions, and investigate what the network is airing or has recently aired on...

Creative play with a purpose! Information, from the National Endowment for the Arts, to encourage and guide your children in understanding and appreciating the arts. Learn how to engage them in arts of all sorts: writing, dance, music,...

Brief information explaining of how artists capture conflict through their art.

Arts education is part of the backbone of the 21st Century skills movement. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills had designed a map that provides examples of collaboration, communication, creativity, innovation, critical thinking,...

Arts education is part of the backbone of the 21st Century skills movement. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills had designed a map that provides examples of collaboration, communication, creativity, innovation, critical thinking,...

By studying cave paintings, students learn about prehistoric cultures and the stories and ideas they wished to communicate to others through art. The lesson plan presented on this website aims to show young students the significance of...

The Museum Network presents, "Landscapes in Art: Explore, Learn, Inspire", an interactive exploration of the visual art genre, the landscape. With activities, information about the development of the landscape in painting, examples of...