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Art Appreciation
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Albright-Knox Artgames 
 This appealing site provides activities "designed to engage children in playful interactive learning about works of art in the collection of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York." Includes a games gallery, the opportunity to create art online, and a link to an illustrated index to the collections at Albright-Knox. Available in English and Spanish. http://www.albrightknox.org/artgames/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities, Internet Guides & Search Tools, Museums, Museums by Place: United States Last updated Aug 18, 2003 Americans for the Arts
The organization responsible for annual events such as the National Arts Awards and the Public Leadership on the Arts Awards ("in cooperation with the U.S. Conference of Mayors"). Find news, details about programs and award-recipients back to the late 1990s, and more. http://www.artsusa.org Topics: Art Last updated Aug 10, 2006 Art Safari: An Adventure in Looking for Children and Adults
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) presents several paintings from its collection, each containing an animal. Asked to interpret various aspects in each work and in some instances to write an original story, the participant submits the responses online. Includes a drawing program which permits the user to create original artwork and submit it to the museum. http://www.moma.org/interactives/artsafari/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities Last updated Mar 18, 2009 Artopia
A website for middle school students about the visual and performing arts. "Students can closely examine important works of art and take part in activities that teach about styles, principles and processes of each art form." Topics include dance, theater, media arts, music, painting, and sculpture. Provides lesson plans and classroom materials. From the South Carolina Educational Television Commission (ETV). http://www.knowitall.org/artopia/ Topics: Art Last updated Aug 17, 2007 How Art Made the World
Companion to a television series about "mankind's unique capacity to understand and explain the world through artistic symbols." Features commentary and video clips about the art of early civilizations on topics such as ancient unrealistic images of the human body, reading images and cave painting, the art of persuasion, visual storytelling, and death. Also includes images galleries. From Community Television of Southern California (KCET) and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). http://www.pbs.org/howartmadetheworld/ Topics: Art, Ready Reference & Quick Facts Last updated Apr 20, 2009 Sister Wendy's American Collection
In this companion Web site to the PBS series Sister Wendy's American Collection , Sister Wendy Beckett explores the paintings, sculptures, and other treasures of six of America's greatest museums: Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, Forth Worth's Kimbell Art Museum, New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Cleveland Museum of Art. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/sisterwendy/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities, Museums Last updated Sep 19, 2001 Smitten: A Love Story About Art
Companion to a documentary about Rene di Rosa, a Northern Californian art collector who "is smitten by art. For over 50 years the renowned Napa Valley collector and California art patron has been seeking out unknown and emerging artists." The website features an essay on the history of the collection and an online gallery showing a selection of the collection of contemporary California art. From KRCB Public Television. http://www.pbs.org/smitten/ Topics: Art Last updated Dec 22, 2008 |
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