AccessArt
An evolving collection of online workshops and arts educational activities aimed at all ages.

AEContent
MassArt's art educator virtual drop in center.

Ancient Egypt Lesson Plans for Teachers
An online curriculum resource on the Detroit Institute of Arts consisting of three lesson plans on the Art of Ancient Egypt written by three Detroit area teachers.

AP Studio Art
Guidelines from the College Board on developing Advanced Placement curriculum programs in studio art.

Art Education at the University of Florida
Information on our art education program at the University of Florida.

Art Education’s Journal
This group weblog is for discussing education and art education in particular. A place to post lessons, get advice, and vent.

Art Junction
The aim of this website is to foster meaningful online collaborative art projects and exchanges between teachers, students, and art professionals from across the globe.

Art Rituals in the Classroom
Tips on teaching drawing and establishing routines in the artroom by Marivn Bartel.

Arts and Activities
Read selected online articles from this popular art education magazine.

ArtsConnectEd
As an educational gateway to the Walker Art Center and The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, this Web site is remarkably rich in content with a wide array of resources that will interest art teachers and students.

Arts Curriculum Online
A growing collectio of curriculum materials from the Guggenheim Museum in NYC.

ArtsEdge
Comprehensive website dedicated to arts education ponsored by the Kennedy Center.

Art Education Curriculum Guides - Saskatchewan Education
An extensive collection of Canadian art curriculum materials covering all grade levels.

The Vermont ARTT Project
This project provides online visual arts mentoring for students in grades 1-12 who submit their artwork for sharing and critique by professional artists, teachers, and other students.

Assistive Technology and Art
Melissa Enderle offers a wealth of ideas on assistive technology and strategies to make art more accessible.

Ceramics and Pottery
Kerry Marquis created this site that includes a number of lesson plans covering various hand-building ceramic techniques along with related teaching materials, examples of student work and more.

Chicana and Chicano Space
A thematic, inquiry-based art education resource for middle-school and high school students covering Chicana and Chicano art and culture.

DARE (Digital Art Resource for Education)
DARE is an interactive resource for culturally-diverse contemporary art education organised around the themes of Play, Space + Place and Translation and with links to over 200 artist, gallery and education sites worldwide.

Downloads at Whitechapel
Four innovative lesson ideas, from the Whitechapel Gallery in London, UK, involving the use of new technologies.

Drawing in One-Point Perspective
Step-by-step instructions for doing basic one-point perspective.

Eyes on Art 2
This site offers a series of interactive tutorials that will engage students in learning how to look at art. There is also an art history quiz and a teacher’s guide available.

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence - The Arts
An extensive list of governmental links to on-line resources that can support arts education.

Florida Art Education Association
Membership information, an online gallery, links, and more.

Gender Issues for Art Educators
Explore issues of gender, difference, and feminist philosophy as they relate to those involved in art education.

History of Art EducationTimeline
An ongoing project of Penn State faculty and students.

The Incredible Art Department
This valuable site has been revived by Judy Decker and includes extensive collections of links and resources on a wide range of topics related to art education.

INSEA Web
The official Web site of the International Society for Education Through Art.

International Journal of Education and the Arts
The IJEA offers articles pertaining to issues in the various fields of aesthetics and arts education online, dating back to 2000. Directions for submitting articles and joining the IJEA listserv are provided on the site.

Landscape Painting: Artists Who Love the Land
This curriculum packet from the Smithsonian Institution includes a background essay and two lessons about understanding the composition of landscape paintings. (PDF format)

Learning@Whitney
This site offers interdisciplinary teaching materials and activities for integrating twentieth- and twenty-first-century American art and culture into grades 3–12 curriculum.

Learning through the arts
A very nice animated feature promoting arts education.

Learning to Look
A Canadian teaching guide for art education covering the basics of teaching art, activities for looking at art, art vocabulary, and art education links.

Matisse and Picasso
A companion website for the PBS production. Includes a educational resource guide and lesson plans in PDF format.

NAEP 1997 Arts Report Card
The NAEP is a national arts assessment that measures students' knowledge and skills in music, theatre, and visual arts.

National Art Education Association
Information on membership, the annual convention, recent news, publications, and more.

National Standards for Arts Education
"What Every Young American Should Know and Be Able to Do in the Arts."

NGA Classroom: For Teachers and Students
The site consists of four thematic lesson plans, a Resource Finder that permits teachers to search the extensive collection of lessons and resources available on the NGA Web site and two interactive game-like activities designed for students.

North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts
NTIEVA's mission is to conduct research and staff development in the implementation of discipline-based art education (DBAE).

Picturing Women
Educational Web Adventures designed this exceptional site that explores how society has depicted women over several centuries. Iesson plans and classroom strategies are included.

Project Zero
Project Zero's mission is to understand and enhance learning, thinking, and creativity in the arts, as well as humanistic and scientific disciplines, at the individual and institutional levels.

Spiral Art Education
An exceptional set of curriculum materials developed and taught by Chicago-area art teachers.

Teach Animation
For teachers who want to engage their students in learning how to make pictures move.

Teacher’s Guide to African Art
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF) created this on-line resource to introduce children to the Art of Africa through a questioning approach.

Teacher's Guide to American Art
Another excellent on-line guide from FAMSF consisting of lesson plans designed to prepare a 5th-grade class for a visit to the de Young Museum in San Francisco. Adaptable to other locales and grade levels.

the @rt room
This site offers kids all sorts of art activities, online art games, art trivia, links and more. Teacher resources included.

Up Close: A Focus on Contemporary Sculpture
Curriculum materials designed to strengthen student knowledge about contemporary sculpture within the broader context of contemporary art.

Virtual Artroom
This site is designed to help UK art and design teachers embed ICT and digital media into teaching and learning at key stages 3 and 4.

Visual Culture Workshop
This site was created by a Penn State art education student and consists of K-12 curriculum resources on visual culture.

Visual Understanding in Education
VUE is a non-profit organization which designs programs for schools and museums that foster cognitive growth through interaction with art images.

VSA Arts (formerly Very Special Arts)
VSA Arts is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the creative power in people with disabilities.

What in the World is Graphic Design?
Visit this site, designed for high school students, to find out.

Where's the Art in Today's Art Education?
This article discusses recent trends in the field with a critical focus on the movement to replace art education with visual culture studies.

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