Art and Music Resources

 

 

Click here for a collection of Visual and Performing Arts PowerPoints.

 

Art

A Brush with Wildlife - Create a composition with artist Carl Rungius
A Lifetime of Color -Art products and resources for creative individuals
A. Pintura: Art Detective - Can you solve the Case of Grandpa's Painting?
Animation World Magazine - for cartooning and animation fans
Architect Studio 3D - Design a house with Frank Lloyd Wright
Art Education at the Getty - Teacher Resources, lesson plans, TeacherArtExchange
Art History Club - Art History online reference and guide
ArtMuseum.net - Cool online exhibits + teacher resources
Art.Net - Enjoy visiting artists' studios and roaming the gallery rooms
Art Safari - Museum of Modern Art online project
Art Studio Chalkboard - Information for artists and students
Art Teacher Toolbox - A resource for classroom teachers
Artcyclopedia - the guide to great art on the Internet
ArtsEdge - creative use of technology in teaching the arts
ArtSparkers - Art activities to "jump start" your brain
BBC Primary Art - shows how to create 3 themed murals for kids ages 9-11
Cartoon Critters - coloring pages, learn to draw
Color, Contrast, and Dimension - an online guide that explains color theory and shows how to use it in design
ColorPencil Challenge - Lessons, artwork, step by step instructions
Crayola Creativity Central - Activities, arts & crafts, lesson plans
Destination Modern Art - Museum of Modern Art's interactive site- check it out!
Droodles - What's a droodle? A doodle riddle! See if you can guess what they are!
Global Children's Art Gallery - Browse the gallery or submit your own masterpiece
Guggenheim Museum - visit one of the world's most famous art museums
HaringKids - Interactive coloring book, lesson plan database
Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden - create your own sculpture and see how it would look in the museum
Imaginary City - Artists use their imaginations to create scenes and places that are not real- What would your imaginary city be like?
Incredible@rtdepartment - Princeton Online's Art Education page
Kaleidoscope Painter - Paint your own kaleidoscope designs
LooneyTunes Library for Kids - Learn to draw your favorite LT characters!
Mark Kistler's Imagination Station - a popular how to draw website
Mr.PicassoHead - Create your own abstract art
NGA Kids ArtZone - Interactive art you can make online
National Gallery of Art Classroom
NGA Kids Home Page - National Gallery of Art; Lots to see and do here
NGA Online Tours - Explore an artist, work of art, or theme
Optical Illusions and Visual Phenomena - Can you believe your eyes?
Scribbles - a place for kids of all ages who love to create art
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Snowflake Designer - have fun designing a virtual snowflake!
The Artist's Toolkit - Explore the tools that artists use to build works of art
The Renaissance Connection - travel 500 years into the past to discover Renaissance innovations
Pictures of the Year - see the winners of this international competition
Plan59 - The museum of mid-century illustration
Principles of Artistic Illusion - examples in art, famous illusions
TeacherVision Youth Art Month Activities

What is Art? - Art teachers' PowerPoint presentation

Music

All About Jazz - artist profiles, free downloads, CD reviews
ArtsAlive - Learn all about orchestral music
ArtsEdge - creative use of technology in teaching the arts
BBC Bitesize Music - explore different types of music, links to other music sites
Children's Music Workshop - music education online
ChoralNet - the Internet center for choral music
ChordFind.com - for guitar, keyboard, 4-string instruments; also some good links
Classics for Kids - music, games, musical dictionary, and instruments of the orchestra
Community Learning Network - curricular resources for music education
Crayola.com - Activities for Music in Our Schools Month
Creating Music - children's online creative music environment
Drums Database - Drum lessons (over 500), drum tabs, everything you always wanted to know about drums!
DSO Kids- a world of musical fun and learning for students, parents, and teachers
Education Index Music Resources
Education World March Resources - scroll down for Music in Our Schools Month
EMP - the Experience Music Project, an interactive music museum
Essentials of Music - basic information about classical music
Gershwin.com - Strike up the band! It's the official website of George and Ira Gershwin
Guitar Shred Show - Let Mr. Fastfinger show you the techniques and tricks of shred guitar
History of Pipe Organs - how they work, geographic tour, history
I Hear America Singing - Music, theater, & dance collections from the Library of Congress
Instrumental Music Resource Page
Internet Resources for Music Educators
IPL Music History 102 - a guide to Western composers from Middle Ages to present
K-12 Resources for Music Educators - lots of links for band, choral, and classroom music teachers
La Pate a Son - Experiment with sound, tempo, pitch, melody, and volume to create your own composition; Very Cool Site!
MENC -National Association for Music Education
MIDI and Music Technology Resources for Teachers
Music at school - music worksheets, quizzes, online lessons, and internet links
Music Education - learn to read music, about different instruments, musical genres, and more
Music Education Madness - a gathering place for music educators
Music Hall - Music education resources for teachers and students
Music in Our Schools - Resources for celebrating Music in our Schools month
Music in Our World - musical elements, different types of world music
Musictheory.net - a very cool site to learn about keys, notes, chords, rests, etc.
MustCreate.org - The website of Music in Schools Today (MuST)
Naxos Learning Zone - Explore composers, glossary of musical terms, a to z of opera, and more
New York Philharmonic - explore instruments, composers, compose your own
PBS: American Roots Music - Discover the pioneers of blues, country, bluegrass, gospel, Cajun, Native American, Tejano, and Zydeco
PBS: Ken Burns' Jazz - Explore America's greatest cultural achievement
ReadWriteThink - Lessons for Music In Our Schools Month
River of Song - Contemporary music along the Mississippi River
Science of Music- Exploratorium's Accidental Scientist; online exhibits, movies, ???
Sing-Along midis and lyrics for lots of old songs your parents would know
SphinxKids - Classical music interactive learning & games
Star Theory - Free music theory for beginners to very advanced
SurfNetKids Singalong
TeacherVision - Activities for Music in Our Schools Month and more
TMEA - Tennessee Music Educators Association

Young and Young at Heart - Sing-along MIDIs and lyrics to kids' songs

 

 

 

 

 

 

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This page last updated 3/20/2007