Jenn Shepherd says "ART LINKS ROCK!!"
"Art is everywhere, except it has to pass through a creative mind."
- Louise Nevelson
- NGAkids Art Zone offers an array of interactive online art activities that are fun for children of all ages.
http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/
- Keith Haring- fun online activities for kids and great lesson plan database for teachers
http://www.haringkids.com/
- Awesome interactive site from the Museum of Modern Art
http://www.moma.org/destination/#
- Sanford Art Adventures: A lifetime of color, primary art games!
http://www.alifetimeofcolor.com/main.taf?p=4,1
- Smart Museum of Art: University of Chicago; for students ages 7-12 to discover ways to look at, think about, and respond creatively to art!
http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/smartkids/index.html
http://www.etch-a-sketch.com/
- Inside Art: go on an adventure in art history- fun site!
http://www.eduweb.com/insideart/
"I don't say everything, but I paint everything."
-Pablo Picasso
- Art Detective: solve "The Case of Grandpa's Painting" great art history lesson!
http://www.eduweb.com/pintura/
- Artist's Toolkit: (Minneapolis Institute of Art)- visual elements and principles
http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/
- Art Safari: Explore the theme of animals in art through the work in the Museum of
Modern Art. Take a “journey”—and adventure in looking at art.
http://www.moma.org/momalearning/artsafari/index.html
- Meet Me at Midnight: Interactive site from Smithsonian American Art Museum. Designed to teach middle school students about some works in the collection.
http://midnight.si.edu/default_flash.html
- My Imaginary City: from Tate Kids, UK. Choose a background, then select buildings and scenery for your city. Add some color - have some fun!
http://www.tate.org.uk/kids/city/
"Every time I paint, I throw myself into the water in order to learn how to swim."
- Edouard Manet
- Wacky Kids: Fascinating and "wacky" website for kids launched by the Denver Art Museum. Creative art projects and much more will keep kids aged 8-10 busy for hours. One of the first websites ever produced by an art museum that features a variety of printout activities for kids. The "wac" in wacky stands for World Art and Cultures, and it is the place for kids to explore art from around the world. Four areas can be investigated which correspond with the D. A. M.'s own collection."
http://www.wackykids.org/
- Artpad: is a very cool flash-based paint program from art.com. Have fun creating art!
http://artpad.art.com/artpad/painter/
- Kidzdom: a fun website by Andrew Fei. The site includes a series of animated cartoons, colouring exercises for young children, as well as an excellent animation tutorial showing others how they can produce their own animation.
http://www.kidzdom.com/flash5.html
- Chunky Monkey Drawing Lessons: Learn to draw animals, plants and insects of the rain forest.
http://www.chunkymonkey.com/murals/murallessons.htm
- Color Internet Movie Machine: Create your own animations.
http://www.16color.com/
- Jackson Pollock: Click and drag the mouse to splash paint your computer screen. Click mouse to change colors and splash paint.
http://www.jacksonpollock.org/
- Mark Kistler's Imagination Station: The most popular learn to draw in 3-D site on the planet.
http://www.markkistler.com/mainframe.html
"I can only draw what I see."
-Claude Monet
- Switcheroo Zoo: Switch the animals' heads, legs, and tails to make new creatures
at this surrealistic virtual zoo. Thousands of combinations are possible!
New animals monthly.
http://switchzoo.com/
- Kids Art Worldwide Art Gallery: The Worldwide Kids' Art Gallery celebrates the boundless expression and imagination of children. This site invites children from all corners of the globe to submit their art for display. Poetry and short stories are also accepted.
http://www.theartgallery.com.au/KidsArt.html
- Michelangelo Jigsaw Puzzle
http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/michelangelo-js.htm
http://www.crayola.com/kids
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