Southwood Middle School ~ 8th Grade Art Quote of The Week:
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up." - P. Picasso
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For Art History and/or Independent Research, I recommend the following websites:
- Archives of American Art: http://www.aaa.si.edu/
- Art 21: http://www.pbs.org/art21/
- Corcoran - American Art: http://www.corcoran.org/collection/browse_results.asp?Dept_ID=1
- Corcoran - Contemporary Art: http://www.corcoran.org/collection/browse_results.asp?Dept_ID=2
- Corcoran - Eurpoean Art: http://www.corcoran.org/collection/browse_results.asp?Dept_ID=3
- Discovery: http://dsc.discovery.com/
- World Cultures: http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/world.htm
- Kids Art: http://www.kidsart.com/IS/index.html
- National Gallery of Art: http://www.nga.gov/kids/
- National Geographic: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
- Smithsonian Encyclopedia: http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/default.htm
- WebMuseum - Timeline of Art History: http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/tl/
For Art Activities, Interactive Games, and to Make Online Art, I recommend the following websites:
- Art Thread Interactive Art: http://www.artthread.org/addart.php
- ArtPad: http://artpad.art.com/artpad/painter/
- Did You Know? Portrait Gallery: http://www.diduknow.info/portraits/
- Getty Games: http://www.getty.edu/gettygames/
- National Gallery of Art - Making Art Online: http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/zone.htm
- Picasso Portrait Maker: http://www.mrpicassohead.com/
- Make Your Own Pop-up: http://www.robertsabuda.com/popmakesimple.asp
- smARTkids: http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/smartkids/home.html
- The Exploratorium - Seeing: http://www.exploratorium.edu/seeing/about/introduction.html
For information on various Museums and Art Galleries, I recommend the following websites:
- Atlas Galleries: http://www.atlasgalleries.com/index.cgi
- College of Dupage Permanent Art Collection: http://www.cod.edu/art_collection/index.htm
- Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA): http://www.luc.edu/luma/
- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York): http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/justforfun.asp
- Moraine Valley Community College - Art Gallery: http://www.morainevalley.edu/fpac/Season/gallery.htm
- Museum for African Art (New York): http://www.africanart.org/index.php
- Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago): http://www.mcachicago.org/
- Oakton Community College - Koehnline Museum of Art: http://www.oakton.edu/museum/
- Smart Museum of Art: http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/
- The Art Institute of Chicago: http://www.artic.edu/aic/
- The Artshow.com (online gallery): http://www.artshow.com/
- Thomas McCormick Gallery: http://www.thomasmccormick.com/#