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National Museum of Women in the Arts: Lavinia Fontana
A profile of Lavinia Fontana, the first woman painter to have had a successful artistic career.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: The Coins of the Demareteion Master
The Demareteion Master is the name given to the artist who created the dies for the Demareteion coin and some others in ancient Greece. He is the first known master engraver to have lifted the numismatic art form to the level of...
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Jackson Pollock
An exhibition that examines the many influences that Jackson Pollock absorbed before breaking with past traditions to create a new kind of abstraction. Beginning with Thomas Hart Benton, who was Pollock's first teacher, Pollock learned...
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Julia Morgan
This resource presents a biographical look at architect Julia Morgan, who was the first woman allowed to attend the prestigious Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. She opened the field of architecture to women; her best-known project was...
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Art Places: Arnold James Isbister
A. J. Isbister is an accomplished aboriginal artist in Saskatchewan. A biography and some of his art work are posted.
Smithsonian Institution
National Postal Museum: Art of the Stamp: First Man on the Moon
View the artwork of Paul Calle as he designed the stamp honoring the first man on the moon. Read about the inspiring story that lead to the making of this stamp.
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: The First African American Regiment
Students will be introduced to the first African American Regiment that fought in the Civil War through a memorial sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. They will compare and contrast the experiences of these soldiers through their...
9/11 Memorial & Museum
National September 11 Memorial & Museum: First Fallen: Father Judge [Pdf]
The National September 11 Memorial & Museum has partnered with the New York City Department of Education and the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education to develop a robust set of 9/11 lessons for K-12 classrooms. Each lesson...
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Sol Le Witt's Concepts and Structures
Students will consider the term "conceptual art" and the role of math in producing this art. They will first create a conceptual art piece by following a set of Sol LeWitt's instructions. Then, they will design two conceptual art plans...
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: The Corinthian Maid
Students will be introduced to the Greco-Roman myth of Dibutades and the creation of the first relief sculpture by critically analyzing Joseph Wright's painting The Corinthian Maid. They will then mimic the artistic process presented in...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Eadweard Muybridge's Photography of Motion
From the National Museum of American History this is a description and analysis of the photography of expatriate Englishman Eadweard Muybridge. "Freeze Frame: Muybridge's Photography of Motion" iclude's examples of Muybridge's work...
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The International Education and Resource Network: The First Peoples' Project
Join the online community of indigenous students from nations around the world and/or view work from students that center around issues relating to indigenous children.
Gabriel Dumont Institute
Virtual Museum of Metis History and Culture: Changes Storybook
Changes is a downloadable storybook about a Metis child speaking to a spirit about the seasons. The art work is lovely and the reading level is at about mid-primary.
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: Sun, Stone, and Shadows
Resource provides a description, questions, essay topics, lesson plans, biographies, and notes guide a reading of Sun, Stone, and , Shadows, a compilation of short stories by twentieth-century Mexican authors Juan Rulfo, Octavio Paz,...
Native American Art and Technology
Native Tech: Native American Technology and Art
Informational site discusses the technology of Native American crafts and the meaning of those crafts. Touches on everything from pottery to clothing.
Gabriel Dumont Institute
The Virtual Museum of Metis History and Culture
This user-friendly site takes a close look at Metis history and culture through the use of many primary resources including oral histories, audio and video files, art, interviews, documents, and more. Very comprehensive site.
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