Art

A. Pintura: Art Detective
an adventure in art history with teacher's guide by Educational Web Adventures

The Amazing Picture Machine
a searchable index to graphical resources on the Internet

Art Capades
easy, fun, educational art activities for young students (K-3)

Art Kids Rule!
provides fun and educational art activities for all ages, and has been featured in many articles and has won many awards.

Art on the Net
a place where artists can have studios and gallery rooms that can be accessed via the WWW

The Art Room
Virtual learning environment for exploring the world of art. Although designed for kids, teachers will find it useful in curriculum planning.

Art Studio Chalkboard
a resource for artists and art students that focuses on the technical fundamentals of perspective, shading, color and painting

ArtsEdge
designed to help artists, teachers, and students gain access to and/or share information, resources, and ideas that support the arts as a core subject area in the K12 curriculum

ArtsEdNet
An online service developed by the Getty Education Institute for the Arts to support the needs of the K-12 arts education community. It focuses on helping arts educators, general classroom teachers using the arts in their curriculum...

Aunt Annie's Crafts
Emphasizes learning, creativity, and problem-solving while doing craft projects. Includes a variety of designs to choose from, patterns to print, and easy to follow instructions.

Coloring.com
color a picture on the Internet

Digital Education Network: Graphics Den
Teaches students how to use a computer graphics program to create unique digital art. Each lesson takes you from start to finish of a digital project. You can follow our step-by-step instructions to complete a similar project. Or, you can apply what you learn here to your own computer illustrations.

Eyes on Art
Teaches beginning students of art, art history, humanities, and critical thinking (K-14) to develop the skill of "learning to look" artistically. Includes activities to build upon this skill and a teacher's guide.

How to Draw a Cartoon Character
how to draw different cartoon characters in ten easy steps

The Incredible Art Department
features include: the
Art Room (home pages from a guest school's art department); Art Stuff (links to other art sites); Lessons (art lessons submitted by teachers); Best of the Net (monthly award to best school art on the net); and Art Site of the Week

Imagination Station
the coolest learn-to-draw in 3-D web site in the cyber galaxy from Mark Kistler

International Kid's Space
award-winning site that contains many sections including creative activities, communication pages, and sections for learning basic computer skills. Students can submit work for publication.

KidsArt Games
art fun, games, and free folk art lessons

KinderArt
free online art lesson plans, activities and recipes for K-8 designed by art teachers for teachers, parents, and kids

Marilyn' Imagination Factory
teaches children and their care givers creative ways to recycle by making art

Origami Page
the art of paper folding, including information on the art form itself, files and diagrams, other links

Silly Billy's Computer Art Center
a series of lessons that show you how to draw pictures on the computer

Twentieth Century American Sculpture at the White House
online exhibition of American sculpture

Watercolor Online
View works in acrylic, gouache, transparent watercolor, tempera, and various other water-based paint. Information is presented which is designed to enlighten and aid the aqua media artist.

World Art Treasures
100,000 works, including the main civilizations, such as Egypt, China, Japan, India, Europe

World Artist Directory
The number one source for locating "accomplished" artists throughout the world. Each and every artist application is screened and acceptance to the directory is based solely on the quality of the artists technique and presentation.

World Wide Art Resources
the biggest gateway to the arts on the Internet - from happening, groovin' art events to traditional planar exhibitions and museums to way out 3-D cyber galleries

Yahoo Art Page
links to sites about the Arts and Humanities

Yahooligans Art Soup Page
links to sites about Art for kids

 

Dance

American Ballet Theatre
archive includes information about every ballet in American Ballet Theatre's repertory and biographies of choreographers, composers, designers...

ArtsEdge Teaching Materials
curriculum materials for the arts

Bolshoi Theatre
Located in Moscow, the theatre is one of the oldest and one of the best known theatrical companies. Information on its history, productions, performers, etc.

Dance Art
features teacher chat page, dance clip art, and resources

Dancin' Wild Home Page
official site of the coolest kid and teen dance club online

Drill Team Exchange
a one-stop resource and fun center for dance, drill, color guard, cheer and performance groups of all ages

Henry's Dance Hot List
resource list by Henry Neeman

Jazzart
reference site for information on all aspects of jazz dancing including tips for jazz dance teachers

PowWow Dancing
all about traditional Native American dances

World Wide Arts Resources: Dance
index page will lead you to thousands of dance related resources

Yahoo Dance Page
links to sites about all types of dance

Yahooligans Art Soup Dance Page
dance sites for kids 

 

Museums

American Art Museum (Smithsonian)
the largest resource in the world for the study of American art is committed to the understanding, enjoyment, and preservation of America's visual heritage

The Andy Warhol Museum Home Page
permanent collections of art and archives of one of the most influential American artists of the second half of the 20th century

The Franklin Institute Science Museum
exhibits, resources, and the fun of a museum visit right to your desktop

Holocaust Museum
America's national institution for the documentation, study, and interpretation of Holocaust history, and serves as this country's memorial to the millions of people murdered during the Holocaust

International Museums Hot List
comprehensive resource list of museum links

Louisiana Children's Museum
includes a Children's Wing, Grown-Up's Wing and Educator's Wing

Louvre Museum
a virtual tour of the museum and its most famous collections

National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian)
click Exhibits to access the many galleries available

National Museum of the American Indian (Smithsonian)
Preserving the heritage of native Americans. Exhibits, photos, video and music clips...

Salvador Dali Gallery
information about the great painter and his art, including surrealistic works as well as some of his later paintings which are dubbed 'classic'

Smithsonian Institution
searchable database 140 million artifacts and specimens in trust for "the increase and diffusion of knowledge"

United States Museums Hot List
comprehensive resource list of museum links

Vatican Museums
take a virtual tour of this impressive collection

WebMuseum: Bienvenue!
thousands of works of art along with artist biographical information

World Art Treasures
100,000 works, including the main civilizations, such as Egypt, China, Japan, India, Europe

Yahoo Art Museums, Galleries, and Centers Page
links to museums, galleries, and centers

Yahooligans Art Soup Museums and Galleries Page
links to museums and galleries for kids 

 

Music

All Music Guide
An ongoing project to review and rate all music. It contains (among other things) information on more than 200,000 popular albums, 16,000 artist biographies, and 900,000 song titles.

America's Shrine to Music Museum
more than 6,000 American, European, and ethnographic instruments from virtually all cultures and historic periods

Children's Music Web
a non-profit organization dedicated to music for kids

Classical Music Hall of Fame
lists some of the greatest composers with biographical information and multimedia clips for listening and viewing

Classical Music Composers Biographies
biographies on numerous classical music composers with links to additional resources

Garden State Pops Youth Orchestra Page
award winning site with sections on Learn about Music, This Day in Music History, Music Selections, etc.
Midi files to download, too

Kids Click Music Resource Page
annotated list of sites by subject for children

Louisiana District I Choral Directors
resource page with a schedule of events and links to sites of interest to music educators

Louisiana Music Directory
the only complete listing of music businesses, services, bands, and musicians in the state of Louisiana.

Mozart's Magical Life and Music
a multimedia presentation adapted for the Internet from the December 1994 family concert presented by "Strings in the Mountains"

Music Education Online
designed to aid music educators in connecting with a variety of music education resources located on the Internet as well as providing interactive bulletin boards for posting questions and comments on music

Music History
An exhibit from the IPL with a chronological history of Western music from the Renaissance to modern times. Includes Real Audio files of significant pieces from each period.

Music Online
promotes music education for middle and high school students. Lesson plans explore melody and musical themes.

The Piano Education Page
a one-stop resource for teachers, students, parents of students, and fans of the piano with over 250 pages of free information, updated biweekly

Piano on the Net
lessons are divided into "Starter," "Intermediate," and "Advanced" categories. Each lesson takes about 35 minutes to complete and overall the Web site provides a solid background in music theory.

Pipsqueaks
an online music magazine for kids

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
a virtual visit to the exhibits that bring to life the sights, sounds, and experiences of artists, songwriters, and producers from every era

Vocal Area Network
new organization of volunteers dedicated to the advancement of vocal ensemble music in the New York City area 

WWW Sites of Interest to Musicologists
The most extensive music resource list I found!

Yahoo Music Page
index of music sites by subject area

Yahooligans Music Page
index of music sites by subject area for children