Incredible Art Department | Art Education Curious George . Mix and Paint Come play again later! Come play again tomorrow! Download Over 250 Free Art Books From the Getty Museum Yesterday, we wrote about the Wellcome Library’s opening up of its digital archives and making over 100,000 medical images freely available online. If you’ve already made your way through this choice selection (or if the prospect of viewing a 19th century leg amputation doesn’t quite pique your curiosity) have no fear. Getty Publications just announced the launch of its Virtual Library, where readers can freely browse and download over 250 art books from the publisher’s backlist catalogue. The Virtual Library consists of texts associated with several Getty institutions. Readers can view extensively researched exhibition catalogues from the J. Paul Getty Museum, including Paul Cézanne’s late-life watercolours, when the painter raised the still life to a high art (Cézanne in the Studio: Still Life in Watercolors, 2004), as well as the woefully underappreciated Flemish illustrations of the 15th and 16th centuries (Illuminating the Renaissance: The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript, 2003).
Haring Kids | Welcome Patatap 8 Good Art Resources for Teachers and Students I have lately received some requests to share digital Art resources for Art teachers and students. I went back to my Art Resources section here in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning and handpicked for you these excellent websites. Check them out below and as always if you have other suggestions to add to this collection, feel free to share them with us in the comment form below or email them to me and I will add them to the list. Enjoy 1- Google ART Project Museums large and small, classic and modern, world-renowned and community-based from over 40 countries have contributed more than 40,000 high-resolution images of works ranging from oil on canvas to sculpture and furniture. 2- Smart History Smarthistory is a platform for the discipline where art historians contribute in their areas of expertise and learners come from across the globe. 4- National Gallery of Art NGA Images is a repository of digital images of the collections of the National Gallery of Art.
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Who Knew? Arts Education Fuels the Economy In public-policy battles over arts education, you might hear that it is closely linked to greater academic achievement, social and civic engagement, and even job success later in life. But what about the economic value of an arts education? Here even the field’s most eloquent champions have been at a loss for words, or rather numbers. Until now. In December, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, the U.S. The numbers are still a work in progress. The total economic output (gross revenue and expenses) for arts education in 2011, the most recent year for which data are available, was $104-billion. Again, these figures do not include design schools, media-arts departments within schools of communications, or creative-writing programs—to name just a few notable omissions from the world of higher education. It’s not just arts enthusiasts who feel this way. Why, then, the paucity of solid economic analyses to inform funding and policy decisions about arts education?
African Art « Collections Currently not on view. Made almost exclusively for and about Africans, the objects in the PEM collection reflect the artists' powers of observation and abilities to render distinct human features. Works first acquired in the early 1800 by members of the East India Marine Society demonstrate the strengths of sub-Saharan and West African artists working with ivory, leather, wood, resin and other indigenous materials. Carvings and ceremonial masks with leopard fur and shells speak to African relationships with Europeans and other visitors interested in trade. Early and significant works from coastal East and West Africa, an important body of Zulu arts and storytelling devices illuminate cultural traditions. PEM also has one of the world's finest collections of Ethiopian Christian art - 16th- to 20th-century icons and metalwork with roots in the late Antique and Byzantine traditions.
Art for Children and Adults with Disabilities - Lessons Art SPECIAL ARTISTS Note: Grade levels are given as a guideline only. Lessons are always adaptable. KinderArt® features many activities and lesson plans which have proven successful with children and adults with disabilities. In order to help those who work with special children and adults, we have listed a few appropriate activities here in one place. In addition, at the bottom of this page, we have provided you with links to resources specifically designed for children and adults with special needs. If you have some ideas/tips to share, please send them to us. Depending on their level of ability, children and adults with disabilities will be able to attempt the following activities. Crayon Resist Students can use crayons and paint to make delightful crayon resist pictures. Leaf by Leaf Students can create a tree using different leaf cut outs. Musical Art By drawing or painting to music, students will learn to identify the similarities between music and art. Very Special Children
Oceanic Art « Collections Currently not on view. The Hawaiian concept of exquisite perfection is hana no'eau. Hana is activity, and no'eau means clever, skillful, wise and dexterous. Internationally recognized, the collection originated with the first works donated to the museum in 1799.