National Standards for Arts Education

Summary Statement: Education Reform, Standards, and the Arts

Dance, Music, Theatre, Visual Arts

• What Students Should Know and Be Able to Do in the Arts
• Summary Statement
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What Students Should Know and Be Able to Do in the Arts

There are many routes to competence in the arts disciplines. Students may work in different arts at different times. Their study may take a variety of approaches. Their abilities may develop at different rates. Competence means the ability to use an array of knowledge and skills. Terms often used to describe these include creation, performance, production, history, culture, perception, analysis, criticism, aesthetics, technology, and appreciation. Competence means capabilities with these elements themselves and an understanding of their interdependence; it also means the ability to combine the content, perspectives, and techniques associated with the various elements to achieve specific artistic and analytical goals. Students work toward comprehensive competence from the very beginning, preparing in the lower grades for deeper and more rigorous work each succeeding year. As a result, the joy of experiencing the arts is enriched and matured by the discipline of learning and the pride of accomplishment. Essentially, the Standards ask that students should know and be able to do the following by the time they have completed secondary school:

• They should be able to communicate at a basic level in the four arts disciplines--dance, music, theatre, and the visual arts. This includes knowledge and skills in the use of the basic vocabularies, materials, tools, techniques, and intellectual methods of each arts discipline.
• They should be able to communicate proficiently in at least one art form, including the ability to define and solve artistic problems with insight, reason, and technical proficiency.
• They should be able to develop and present basic analyses of works of art from structural, historical, and cultural perspectives, and from combinations of those perspectives. This includes the ability to understand and evaluate work in the various arts disciplines.
• They should have an informed acquaintance with exemplary works of art from a variety of cultures and historical periods, and a basic understanding of historical development in the arts disciplines, across the arts as a whole, and within cultures.
• They should be able to relate various types of arts knowledge and skills within and across the arts disciplines. This includes mixing and matching competencies and understandings in art-making, history and culture, and analysis in any arts-related project.

As a result of developing these capabilities, students can arrive at their own knowledge, beliefs, and values for making personal and artistic decisions. In other terms, they can arrive at a broad-based, well-grounded understanding of the nature, value, and meaning of the arts as a part of their own humanity.

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Summary Statement

These National Standards for Arts Education are a statement of what every young American should know and be able to do in four arts disciplines--dance, music, theatre, and the visual arts. Their scope is grades K-12, and they speak to both content and achievement.

The Reform Context The Standards are one outcome of the education reform effort generated in the 1980s, which emerged in several states and attained nationwide visibility with the publication of A Nation at Risk in 1983. This national wake-up call was powerfully effective. Six national education goals were announced in 1990. Now there is a broad effort to describe, specifically, the knowledge and skills students must have in all subjects to fulfill their personal potential, to become productive and competitive workers in a global economy, and to take their places as adult citizens. With the passage of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act, the national goals are written into law, naming the arts as a core, academic subject--as important to education as English, mathematics, history, civics and government, geography, science, and foreign language.

At the same time, the Act calls for education standards in these subject areas, both to encourage high achievement by our young people and to provide benchmarks to determine how well they are learning and performing. In 1992, anticipating that education standards would emerge as a focal point of the reform legislation, the Consortium of National Arts Education Associations successfully approached the U.S. Department of Education, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Humanities for a grant to determine what the nation's school children should know and be able to do in the arts. This document is the result of an extended process of consensus-building that drew on the broadest possible range of expertise and participation. The process involved the review of state-level arts education frameworks, standards from other nations, and consideration at a series of national forums.

The Importance of Standards Agreement on what students should know and be able to do is essential if education is to be consistent, efficient, and effective. In this context, Standards for arts education are important for two basic reasons. First, they help define what a good education in the arts should provide: a thorough grounding in a basic body of knowledge and the skills required both to make sense and make use of the arts disciplines. Second, when states and school districts adopt these Standards, they are taking a stand for rigor in a part of education that has too often, and wrongly, been treated as optional. This document says, in effect, "an education in the arts means that students should know what is spelled out here, and they should reach clear levels of attainment at these grade levels."

These Standards provide a vision of competence and educational effectiveness, but without creating a mold into which all arts programs must fit. The Standards are concerned with the results (in the form of student learning) that come from a basic education in the arts, not with how those results ought to be delivered. Those matters are for states, localities, and classroom teachers to decide. In other words, while the Standards provide educational goals and not a curriculum, they can help improve all types of arts instruction.

The Importance of Arts Education Knowing and practicing the arts disciplines are fundamental to the healthy development of children's minds and spirits. That is why, in any civilization--ours included--the arts are inseparable from the very meaning of the term "education." We know from long experience that no one can claim to be truly educated who lacks basic knowledge and skills in the arts. There are many reasons for this assertion:

• The arts are worth studying simply because of what they are. Their impact cannot be denied. Throughout history, all the arts have served to connect our imaginations with the deepest questions of human existence: Who am I? What must I do? Where am I going? Studying responses to those questions through time and across cultures--as well as acquiring the tools and knowledge to create one's own responses--is essential not only to understanding life but to living it fully.
• The arts are used to achieve a multitude of human purposes: to present issues and ideas, to teach or persuade, to entertain, to decorate or please. Becoming literate in the arts helps students understand and do these things better.
• The arts are integral to every person's daily life. Our personal, social, economic, and cultural environments are shaped by the arts at every turn--from the design of the child's breakfast placemat, to the songs on the commuter's car radio, to the family's night-time TV drama, to the teenager's Saturday dance, to the enduring influences of the classics.
• The arts offer unique sources of enjoyment and refreshment for the imagination. They explore relationships between ideas and objects and serve as links between thought and action. Their continuing gift is to help us see and grasp life in new ways.
• There is ample evidence that the arts help students develop the attitudes, characteristics, and intellectual skills required to participate effectively in today's society and economy. The arts teach self-discipline, reinforce self-esteem, and foster the thinking skills and creativity so valued in the workplace. They teach the importance of teamwork and cooperation. They demonstrate the direct connection between study, hard work, and high levels of achievement.

The Benefits of Arts Education Arts education benefits the student because it cultivates the whole child, gradually building many kinds of literacy while developing intuition, reasoning, imagination, and dexterity into unique forms of expression and communication. This process requires not merely an active mind but a trained one. An education in the arts benefits society because students of the arts gain powerful tools for understanding human experiences, both past and present. They learn to respect the often very different ways others have of thinking, working, and expressing themselves. They learn to make decisions in situations where there are no standard answers. By studying the arts, students stimulate their natural creativity and learn to develop it to meet the needs of a complex and competitive society. And, as study and competence in the arts reinforce one other, the joy of learning becomes real, tangible, and powerful.

The Arts and Other Core Subjects The Standards address competence in the arts disciplines first of all. But that competence provides a firm foundation for connecting arts-related concepts and facts across the art forms, and from them to the sciences and humanities. For example, the intellectual methods of the arts are precisely those used to transform scientific disciplines and discoveries into everyday technology.

What Must We Do? The educational success of our children depends on creating a society that is both literate and imaginative, both competent and creative. That goal depends, in turn, on providing children with tools not only for understanding that world but for contributing to it and making their own way. Without the arts to help shape students' perceptions and imaginations, our children stand every chance of growing into adulthood as culturally disabled. We must not allow that to happen.

Without question, the Standards presented here will need supporters and allies to improve how arts education is organized and delivered. They have the potential to change education policy at all levels, and to make a transforming impact across the entire spectrum of education.

But only if they are implemented.

Teachers, of course, will be the leaders in this process. In many places, more teachers with credentials in the arts, as well as better-trained teachers in general, will be needed. Site-based management teams, school boards, state education agencies, state and local arts agencies, and teacher education institutions will all have a part to play, as will local mentors, artists, local arts organizations, and members of the community. Their support is crucial for the Standards to succeed. But the primary issue is the ability to bring together and deliver a broad range of competent instruction. All else is secondary.

In the end, truly successful implementation can come about only when students and their learning are at the center, which means motivating and enabling them to meet the Standards. With a steady gaze on that target, these Standards can empower America's schools to make changes consistent with the best any of us can envision, for our children and for our society.

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Arts Subject:	Grade Band:	Content Standard:
Dance		Content Standard: 1: Identifying and demonstrating movement elements and skills in performing dance
Dance		Content Standard: 2: Understanding choreographic principles, processes, and structures
Dance		Content Standard: 3: Understanding dance as a way to create and communicate meaning
Dance		Content Standard: 4: Applying and demonstrating critical and creative thinking skills in dance
Dance		Content Standard: 5: Demonstrating and understanding dance in various cultures and historical periods
Dance		Content Standard: 6: Making connections between dance and healthful living
Dance		Content Standard: 7: Making connections between dance and other disciplines
Dance		Content Standard: 1: Identifying and demonstrating movement elements and skills in performing dance
Dance		Content Standard: 2: Understanding choreographic principles, processes, and structures
Dance		Content Standard: 3: Understanding dance as a way to create and communicate meaning
Dance		Content Standard: 4: Applying and demonstrating critical and creative thinking skills in dance
Dance		Content Standard: 5: Demonstrating and understanding dance in various cultures and historical periods
Dance		Content Standard: 6: Making connections between dance and healthful living
Dance		Content Standard: 7: Making connections between dance and other disciplines
Dance		Content Standard: 1: Identifying and demonstrating movement elements and skills in performing dance
Dance		Content Standard: 2: Understanding choreographic principles, processes, and structures
Dance		Content Standard: 3: Understanding dance as a way to create and communicate meaning
Dance		Content Standard: 4: Applying and demonstrating critical and creative thinking skills in dance
Dance		Content Standard: 5: Demonstrating and understanding dance in various cultures and historical periods
Dance		Content Standard: 6: Making connections between dance and healthful living
Dance		Content Standard: 7: Making connections between dance and other disciplines
Music		Content Standard: 1: Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
Music		Content Standard: 2: Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
Music		Content Standard: 3: Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments
Music		Content Standard: 4: Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines
Music		Content Standard: 5: Reading and notating music
Music		Content Standard: 6: Listening to, analyzing, and describing music
Music		Content Standard: 7: Evaluating music and music performances
Music		Content Standard: 8: Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts
Music		Content Standard: 9: Understanding music in relation to history and culture
Music		Content Standard: 1: Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
Music		Content Standard: 2: Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
Music		Content Standard: 3: Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments
Music		Content Standard: 4: Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines
Music		Content Standard: 5: Reading and notating music
Music		Content Standard: 6: Listening to, analyzing, and describing music
Music		Content Standard: 7: Evaluating music and music performances
Music		Content Standard: 8: Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts
Music		Content Standard: 9: Understanding music in relation to history and culture
Music		Content Standard: 1: Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
Music		Content Standard: 2: Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
Music		Content Standard: 3: Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments
Music		Content Standard: 4: Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines
Music		Content Standard: 5: Reading and notating music
Music		Content Standard: 6: Listening to, analyzing, and describing music
Music		Content Standard: 7: Evaluating music and music performances
Music		Content Standard: 8: Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts
Music		Content Standard: 9: Understanding music in relation to history and culture
Theater		Content Standard: 1: Script writing by planning and recording improvisations based on personal experience and heritage, imagination, literature, and history
Theater		Content Standard: 2: Acting by assuming roles and interacting in improvisations
Theater		Content Standard: 3: Designing by visualizing and arranging environments for classroom dramatizations
Theater		Content Standard: 4: Directing by planning classroom dramatizations
Theater		Content Standard: 5: Researching by finding information to support classroom dramatizations
Theater		Content Standard: 6: Comparing and connecting art forms by describing theatre, dramatic media (such as film, television, and electronic media), and other art forms
Theater		Content Standard: 7: Analyzing and explaining personal preferences and constructing meanings from classroom dramatizations and from theatre, film, television, and electronic media productions
Theater		Content Standard: 8: Understanding context by recognizing the role of theatre, film, television, and electronic media in daily life
Theater		Content Standard: 1: Script writing by the creation of improvisations and scripted scenes based on personal experience and heritage, imagination, literature, and history
Theater		Content Standard: 2: Acting by developing basic acting skills to portray characters who interact in improvised and scripted scenes
Theater		Content Standard: 3: Designing by developing environments for improvised and scripted scenes
Theater		Content Standard: 4: Directing by organizing rehearsals for improvised and scripted scenes
Theater		Content Standard: 5: Researching by using cultural and historical information to support improvised and scripted scenes
Theater		Content Standard: 6: Comparing and incorporating art forms by analyzing methods of presentation and audience response for theatre, dramatic media (such as film, television, and electronic media), and other art forms
Theater		Content Standard: 7: Analyzing, evaluating, and constructing meanings from improvised and scripted scenes and from theatre, film, television, and electronic media productions
Theater		Content Standard: 8: Understanding context by analyzing the role of theatre, film, television, and electronic media in the community and in other cultures
Theater		Content Standard: 1: Script writing through improvising, writing, and refining scripts based on personal experience and heritage, imagination, literature, and history
Theater		Content Standard: 2: Acting by developing, communicating, and sustaining characters in improvisations and informal or formal productions
Theater		Content Standard: 3: Designing and producing by conceptualizing and realizing artistic interpretations for informal or formal productions
Theater		Content Standard: 4: Directing by interpreting dramatic texts and organizing and conducting rehearsals for informal or formal productions
Theater		Content Standard: 5: Researching by evaluating and synthesizing cultural and historical information to support artistic choices
Theater		Content Standard: 6: Comparing and integrating art forms by analyzing traditional theatre, dance, music, visual arts, and new art forms
Theater		Content Standard: 7: Analyzing, critiquing, and constructing meanings from informal and formal theatre, film, television, and electronic media productions
Theater		Content Standard: 8: Understanding context by analyzing the role of theatre, film, television, and electronic media in the past and the present
Visual Arts		Content Standard: 1: Understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes
Visual Arts		Content Standard: 2: Using knowledge of structures and functions
Visual Arts		Content Standard: 3: Choosing and evaluating a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas
Visual Arts		Content Standard: 4: Understanding the visual arts in relation to history and cultures
Visual Arts		Content Standard: 5: Reflecting upon and assessing the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others
Visual Arts		Content Standard: 6: Making connections between visual arts and other disciplines
Visual Arts		Content Standard: 1: Understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes
Visual Arts		Content Standard: 2: Using knowledge of structures and functions
Visual Arts		Content Standard: 3: Choosing and evaluating a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas
Visual Arts		Content Standard: 4: Understanding the visual arts in relation to history and cultures
Visual Arts		Content Standard: 5: Reflecting upon and assessing the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others
Visual Arts		Content Standard: 6: Making connections between visual arts and other disciplines
Visual Arts		Content Standard: 1: Understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes
Visual Arts		Content Standard: 2: Using knowledge of structures and functions
Visual Arts		Content Standard: 3: Choosing and evaluating a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas
Visual Arts		Content Standard: 4: Understanding the visual arts in relation to history and cultures
Visual Arts		Content Standard: 5: Reflecting upon and assessing the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others
Visual Arts		Content Standard: 6: Making connections between visual arts and other disciplines

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• About Japan, Teaching and Learning about Japan - a narrative on Japanese art and culture.
• Aesthetics Online the American Society for Aesthetics, news, links, and ideas to promote art.
• AE Connect - the art educators' virtual drop in center.  Site from Massachusetts College of Art - has extensive art education resources including Choice-Based Art Teaching. Lesson plans, tutorials, art + technology articles and more.
• Art Aware serves inner city students in Camden, New Jersey by introducing them to world culture through art - ancient civilizations to modern art.  Lesson on Romare Bearden for grade 3 through 8. combines watercolor with collage.
• Arts Advocacy Resources - Page of links created by Judy Decker
• Art Education Associations - Associations by state and NAEA link.
• Arts Education Partnership national coalition of arts, education, business, philanthropic and government organizations that demonstrates and promotes the essential role of the arts in the learning and development of every child and in the improvement of America's schools.
• Art Education Place - Site by Steve West, Retired Art Teacher & Former Art Supervisor Volusia County Schools, Florida
• Art in Action offers a discipline-based, sequential visual art curriculum that teaches art appreciation, art history, and art techniques. Located in the Bay Area, California - serving schools nationwide. School programs and summer camp offerings.
• American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) - advances the graphic design profession through competitions, exhibitions, publications, professional seminars, educational activities, and projects in the public interest.
• ANAT, the Australian Network for Art and Technology. A great resource!
• ArtLynx International Arts Resources Arts Links to Theatre, Dance, Visual Art, Music, and more from Artslynx
• ART: Art Resources for Teachers - Resources by Dr. Pam Stephens and Nancy Walkup. Popular resources available from Crystal Productions.
• Arts on the Line: Tools for the Arts Advocate Articles and resources,  speeches, advocacy links. The aim of AOTL is to give surfers quick and easy access to the best of this information as well as access to original materials that might help in making the case for stronger and more vibrant arts communities.
• ASCI, art and science collaboration.
• Art History Resources, a very large collection of links.
• ArtLex, a dictionary/glossary for artists, art students, and art teachers.
• Artliaison - a connection between the many different facets of the "art world"
• Art Links, a large collection of art resource links from a school principal.
• ArtNet Worldwide, for international artists, galleries, artfairs, Auctions On Line, Galleries On Line, and Artists On Line.
• ArtNetwork, a global virtual village.
• The @rt Room, lesson ideas, a demo, facts and trivia, and an art book review.
• Art Xpo, where art is everywhere and everything is art.
• artnetweb, an artist-run web site dedicated to providing resources for creativity and the exploration of possibilities in the digital realm.
• ARTnet Nebraska, a project of Prairie Visions, the Nebraska Consortium for Discipline-Based Art Education.
• ArtsEdge, A collaboration between the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Department of Education, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
• Art Serve. art and architecture mainly from the Mediterranean Basin and Japan
• Arts in Education - New Horizons for Learning Arts advocacy articles and resources. You might be interested in checking out some of the other topics in Teaching and Learning Strategies New Horizons for Learning home page.
• ArtsUSA, the American Council for the Arts.
• Association for the Advancement of Arts Education, a great site for art education resources.
• Beatrix Potter Educational Programming - Bobbie Sue Grenerth presents Beatrix Potter in libraries, classrooms, and community settings through hands-on activities and first-person interpretation.
• Botkyrka Friskola, download programs, read lesson tips, subscribe to a mailing list, participate in projects. These are the organizers of the KIDLINK '96 Art Exhibition.
• Carol Gerten Fine Art, with hundreds of  images and biographies of artists.
• College Art Association, which promotes excellence in scholarship and teaching in the history and criticism of the visual arts.
• Crayola Art Education, a site by Binney and Smith.
• Dia Center for the Arts, a multi-disciplinary contemporary arts organization based in New York City.
• EMIG (The Electronic Media Special Interest Group), by the National Art Educators Association.
• Getty Education Resources - Lesson Plans
• ‘In View’ is a new Weekly intended for fun, inspiration, and a perspective.  It features an historic or contemporary work along with music, notes, quotes, and a short list of resources —something to look forward to each week. Also see Notebook
• Japan Art Education Association page -- Art Lessons and Ideas for Teachers. National Curriculum Standards Reform for Kindergarten, Elementary School, Lower and Upper Secondary School and Schools for the Visually Disabled, the Hearing Impaired and the Otherwise Disabled. Links to lesson plans and curriculum materials.
• The FineArt Forum WWW Resource List This directory is meant to serve as a resource and jumping-off place for people interested in art, and in the possible relationships between art and technology.
• The Florida Institute for Art Education, a statewide project designed to develop DBAE.
• IPSA, the Institute for the Psychological Study of the Arts.
• Imagination Station by Mark Kistler. A popular PBS TV art show for kids.
• International Child Art foundation Site has section for children and a section for teacher/adults.Enhancing children's creative potential and fostering global harmony are the twin challenges of the 21st Century. The International Child Art Foundation (ICAF) is one of the premier organizations for the world's children.
• Internet for the Fine Arts, a network of on-line artists, galleries, museums, and resources for the fine arts.
• Jan Brett's Home Page, a resource page for art teachers.
• Jewelry Tips from the Jewelery Bench, a very comprehensive resource for the art of jewelry.
• John Gilinsky's Education Home Page which focuses Military/War Art and Artists including naval, maritime and aviation art and artists
• KidzArt Site created by Marvin Grossman D.Ed - to encourage the art in education.
  KidzArt is for art teachers, classroom teachers, parents and any other persons interested in our childrens' artistic creative development. Lesson plan, digital art and more. Dr. Grossman's Art Education Philosophy
• K-12: Art - Busy Teacher's Web Site A great resource page for art educators! Collections and Exhibits, Individual Artists, Graphic arts and photography.
• Melton Arts.org, Learning About Judaism Through the Arts - site devoted to Jewish arts education. The resources and tools provided on this website are aimed at furthering the teaching and study of Jewish and Israeli culture through the various art forms.
• Minnesota Center for Arts Education, which promotes opportunities in the the arts, and acts as a resource center for K-12 students and educators.
• Model Schools, Art Education Resources, Art Advocacy, Lesson Plans, School links, Museum links and more.
• NAEA, The National Art Education Association home page
• NAEA - Eastern Division, which includes the east coasts of Canada and the US.
• National Endowment for the Arts, the USA governments funding organization for the arts.
• NYSATA, the New York State Art Teachers Association.
• NCAEA, the North Carolina Art Education Association.
• New Directions in Printmaking, with information on safer and environmentally safe materials.
• NTIEVA, the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts.
• PAEA, the Pennsylvannia Art Education Association.
• The Perseus Project. The Perseus Project is a collaborative academic publication compiled by art historians, philologists, and archaeologists for teaching and research. It contains textual and visual materials for the study of ancient Greek civilization.
• S/R Laboratories Animation ArtWebCenter, conservation, restoration, framing, and appraisals of cartoons.
• The Star, a great resource dedicated to students and teachers of the Arts.
• Steve's Web Site Site by Steven Lonker. Aboriginal Art, African Art, Hudson River School, Heidelberg School and Botanical & Ornithological Art.
• Ten Cool Sites in Art, which features 10 art sites every week.
• TCAnet, the Texas Cultural Arts Network
• U.S. General Services Administration Fine Arts Programs Fine Arts and Historic Architecture data bases, image files and public art project information.
• Visual Arts Notebook Visual Arts References and Resources. Check out the notes for history of art education and ancient Greece.
• Weaving a Future for the Arts in Education Through Technology, an article by two ArtsEdge members.
• Westchester Arts Council in New York State.
• The World Wide Art Resources page. This is a must for art students and teachers. It even has a search engine!
• WWW Virtual Art Library - Art History (from CHart)
• WWW Virtual Art Library with many art resource links. Museums Around the World.

Animation/Comics

• Animation USA, with animation from all the major studios.
• Animation World Network, with an online magazine, gallery, and other resources.
• Association of American Editorial Cartoonists Online, the name says it all.
• The Cartoon Factory, with daily humor and cartoons for your home page.
• Caricature Zone Thousands of celebrity caricatures - fun things to do! Site is in English or French.
• Cartoonster.kidzdom.com - Animation Tutorials for the Cool Kidz by Andrew Fei, Australia. Fun and interactive online tutorials which teach children and young people to draw and animate.  Kidzdom - from Australia. Kidzdom is a fun website produced entirely by Andrew Fei, a student who taught himself animation to "bring entertainment to children and children at heart around the world." The site includes a series of animated cartoons, colouring exercises for young children, as well as an excellent animation tutorial showing others how they can produce their own animation.
• Fascination St. Gallery, which sells and displays animation from WB, Disney, Hanna-Barbara, and others.
• Garfield the Cat, with a virtual tour of the studio in Muncie, Indiana.
• Guardians of the North - The National Superhero in Canadian Comic-Book Art. Have you heard of these distinctive Canadian superheroes: Johnny Canuck, Canada Jack, and the Northern Light? These superheroes have been promoting Canadian heroism and patriotism since the early 1900s.
• Kim and Jason: The Comic Strip About Childhood. By Jason Kotecki. The site has the daily comic strip, which follows the misadventures of two young children trying to make straight the crooked world of grown-ups.
• Mad Magazine Art with many of your favorite Mad cartoons.
• Political Cartoons - Daryl Cagles's Professional Cartoonists Index. See the Teachers' guide.
• Van Eaton Galleries, an animation art gallery and resource center for the animation art collector and enthusiast.
• Vintage Ink and Paint, a site devoted to restoration, appraisal, and sales of animation art.
• Wonderful World of Animation Art, with art from Disney, Warner Bros., Flinstones, Tom and Jerry, and more.

Art by Country

• African Art - Links page. African Art Internet Lesson
• African Rock Art - South Africa. site by Steven Lonker. Traditional and Contemporary African Art.
• American Art - collection of links and favorite American Artists.
• American Art - Traditional Fine Arts Organization - largest, and most visited, free source of online information on American art. Dedicated to furthering education in American art through advocacy, publications and research. See the Resource Gallery.
• Art Index, a guide to Asian art on the internet.
• Art Serve - art and architecture mainly from the Mediterranean Basin.
• Asian Arts links page - Art of China, Japan, Asia
• Australian Aboriginal Rock Art Site from Steven Lonker. Contemporary Aboriginal Art
• Australian Art - Internet lesson and links page.
• Australia Art - Heidelberg School - landscape painting. Site by Steven Lonker.
• Australian National has over 1.6 gbs of artwork from many periods.
• Chinese Art and Folk Art - links page
• Egypt- Papyrology Home Page, where you can see images of ancient Egyptian art and their heiroglyphics.
• Egyptian Art - Links for art of ancient Egypt.
• Egypt - Ancient Egypt - Classical African Civilization - A view of Egypt as Black Africa. Site by Walter Moore
• Haitian Art -links
• India - Art and folk art - links page.
• Islamic and Arabic Arts and Architecture. Links page
• Greek and Roman Art - links page.
• Mexican Art and Folk Art - links page
• Native American Art - links
• Norwegian Art - Lofoten Art on the Internet. Links to many Norwegian artists.
• Pre-Columbian Art - links page for Maya, Inca, Moche
• Pyrenees Art Pre-historic art in France.
• Sri Lanka -Art Sri Lanka - Excellent site on art history, Buddhist art etc. Click on Masks - lots of images - types and meanings. Preview the Art Today - I viewed some of the 43 Group - to see how you can use this contemporary art with your students. I recommend the non-flash version - but you can decide.
• Tibet - Art and culture - links page.
• World Art Treasures, a large collection of art from Egypt, China, Japan, India, Burma, Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand.

Art History

• Art History Links  site by Chris Witcombe - Sweet Briar College
• Art History: ArtiFAQ 2100 Student created site - chronicles art history past and present.
• Art History - WWW Virtual Library Index.
• Art in the Picture - art history site created by Bruno Dillen
• Curse of King Tut: Fact or Myth? Student created site - by students  at John F. Kennedy High School in the Bronx under  the direction of Steve Feld.
• Hudson River School - site by Steven Lonker
• Learning about Leonardo - Why is the Mona Lisa Smiling? student created site - presenting original music by Leonardo da Vinci.  By students  at John F. Kennedy High School in the Bronx under  the direction of Steve Feld.
• Mother of All Art and Art History Links Mother is now available courtesy of the School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan.

Calligraphy -Lettering - Book Arts

• Arabic Calligraphy, and another link Arabic Calligraphy.com.
• Art of Chinese Calligraphy, with many calligraphers' work shown. More Chinese Calligraphy links
• Calligraphy Centre, a group of Artisans working in, promoting & teaching the Lettering Arts.
• Calligraphy, Lettering and Book Arts Many Calligraphy and Artists Book Galleries - Visit the Children's Playground. site by Cecilia Sharpley, Montrose, Victoria, Australia.
• Japanese Calligraphy, a site with a few examples and explanation of the art. Work of Master Calligrapher Eri Takase.  Find out more
• Society of Scribes and Illuminators The Society, based in the UK, is one of the most well-established and respected calligraphy societies in the world.

Cubism

• Cubism - from Artcyclopedia
• Cubism Gallery Asada an excellent gallery of Cubism art.
• Cubistic.com  Cubistic art - links, images and free information on Cubism and Cubistic painters (Picasso , Braque etc)

Dada/Surrealism

• Cusimano, a collection of metaphysical and surreal artists.
• Dada - Artcyclopedia
• DADA - online presentation from National Gallery of Art
• Surrealism - Artcyclopedia
• The Surrealism Server

Digital Art - Computer Graphics - Technology

• ACM SIGGRAPH is dedicated to the generation and dissemination of information on computer graphics and interactive techniques. ACM SIGGRAPH is extremely interested in supporting both Computer Graphics education and the use of Computer Graphics in education.
  Check out the Online Gallery and Artists Portfolios
  You might find the Education Resource Projects of interests:
  Student Gallery:
• Digital Art Museum  offers opportunities for the presentation of digital art from all digital artists, and provides a forum for critical dialogue between emerging and established artists and their audiences. Several artists featured.
• Serdar Camlica - Surreal 3d artworks - from Istanbul, Turkey. 3-D rendering and photography.
• Fred Casselman - place is called Earth Echo, a gallery of peace, love, and light on the internet. Many digital mandala images.
• Milan Dobrojevic - Fractals. Digital artist from Belgrade
• Robert J. Krawczyk - Art of Spirolaterals - first encountered while investigating space curves and fractals in Abelson. Artist from Chicago, Illinois.
• James Michael Lawrence - see his work on Minnesota Arts. James work is rich in imagery. You will find high quality digital images to inspire on the Minnesota Artists site (site takes a while to load - be patient - well worth the wait!). James wants students to be inspired by his work.
• Fred Leavitt Fine art,  photography and web design. See his creation series. Mr Leavitt currently lives in, and works out of,  Sebring, Florida.
• Mark Millstein - Kite forms. Ink Jet prints on Oriental papers. Millstein is a professor at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
• Scott Piers Digital Art - Abstract art. High definition digital art. Chicago artist.
• Minnesota Arts Collection of Digital Art and Computer Art Collection curated by James Michael Lawrence.
• Siegfried Schreck Non-objective art English version .Work brings Kandinsky to mind.
• Red Rope Project Surreal Digital Art by "Frogdot". Select an assortment of images to inspire your students to create a series of works on a theme. Comments in the theory section are not all appropriate for students to read.
• Woody Project - Many fun images of "Woody" the mannequin. Select images appropriate for your students. I like this Woody art parody "Marat" and "Forgotten Tools". Artist uses Bryce and Poser.

Expressionism

• Expressionism - one of the main currents of art in the later 19th and 20th centuries.
• Expressionism - Artcyclopedia

Fantasy Art

• The Fantastic in Art and Fiction - images from Cornell University's Rare Manuscript Collection.

Graffiti Art

• Anti-Graffiti Web Page, see the other viewpoint about graffiti art.
• Art Crimes: The Writing on the Wall, a site with graffiti art. This is a great resource for graffiti art. Warning!! Teachers must review this site before they let students view these pages. This art is street art and has the potential for scenes not appropriate to students.
• Graffiti Verite, a documentary that explores the eclectic world of hip hop and the urban graffiti artist.

Impressionism

• Access Art: Impressionist Thanks to such pioneering donors as Mrs. Potter Palmer and Frederic Clay Bartlett, The Art Institute of Chicago houses one of the largest and most significant collections of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art in the world. Includes twelve images from the collection with detailed information. Lesson plans and glossary included.
• Impressionism - a major movement, first in painting and later in music, that developed chiefly in France during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
• Impressionism Artcyclopedia  Post-Impressionism
• Impressionism Internet Lesson
• Techno-Impressionist Gallery

Italian Art

• The Florence Art Guide, a wonderful site of the art capital of the world.
• Italian Art and Museums.
• Renaissance Art - links
  
  

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• Brandwein, Joel, a digital photographer.
• Digital Photography Exhibit, a Top 100 Website from The Net magazine.
• Erickson, Dale, a nature and wildlife photographer.
• Fortier, Edmund - black and white photographs of Africa from 1900 to 1910 - From Centre Edmund Fortier. (has partial nudity)
• Susan Lamson  PhotoImpressions. Photographs are digitally rendered using Photoshop, painter, and Kai Soap - from Richmond, USA  Be sure to see the Farmers' Market!
• Lepage, Jean-Francois Photography
• Lost Trails The Herodotus project which is a serialized translation of Herodotus along with extensive photography of many of the locations mentioned in the book so that a student of history can explore these sites in photographs while reading the text. Photographs by Shane Solow.
• Herman Krieger Photo Essays by Herman Krieger. Slice of American life - Humorous photographs of churches.
• Mason, Teri - Photographer - Austin Texas. She loves working with children and
  new and expectant mothers.  Brides and weddings are another favorite.
• Mukerjee, Mala, a photographer from India. See also personal web site
• Art Sinsabaugh Photographs Landscape photography and more. Site from Indiana University Art Museum. 
• Zone Zero, a Top 100 website from The Net magazine.
  
  
  Political/Courtroom Art
• ada in flux, an evolving journey Socio-Political Art.
• Courtroom Sketch Art Home Page, with art by courtroom artists.

Prehistoric/Aboriginal Art

• Aboriginal Art Links, with art from the Aboriginal people in Australia.
• Paleolithic Cave Art, the Chauvet Cave in the Ardeche Region of France.
• Rock Art Links, with Petroglyphs. This site has links to sites all over the world.
• World Rock Art with links and literature on art created on rocks.

Religious

• Angel Art Gallery, where you can view and buy artwork of angels from the Bible.
  
  

Sculpture

• Walter S. Arnold Virtual Sculpture Page. View the work in the Gallery section, where you can see Fireplaces, Gargoyles and other sculpture. Visit the Resources
  pages to learn how stone is quarried and carved
• Elizabeth Berrien - Wire Sculpture - See Teaching pages and Workshops. California artist.
• Eric Ehlenberger: Neon Art Gallery - virtual art gallery of luminous art: sculpture and art installations by Eric Ehlenberger that incorporate neon light. Abstract and non-objective forms - wall mounts, floor sculpture, more. Geometric and organic. New Orleans artist. See also Glass Light Art Gallery.
• Philippe Faraut PCF Studios. Portraits and figurative sculpture. Excellent instructional book - Portrait Sculpting Anatomy & Expression in Clay by Philippe & Charisse Faraut
• Arthur Ganson - Kinetic Sculptures - Machines. Several with online video. Arthur is from Stoneham, MA.
• Lewis Goldstein Art and Design Figurative Sculpture and dolls. Complete with tutorials for sculpting a Child doll's head and a caricature of an African woman.
• Tom Haney - Figurative sculptures - Articulated Artwork from Atlanta, Georgia. Maker of one-of-a-kind, hand-crafted automata and other works of modern folk art. Carved wood -mixed media assemblages. Be sure and view the newest additions - Six new work on his site!  Watch the short videos, too. 
• Heidi Maiers - Portrait Sculptor . Portraiture in bronze and clay. Artist now living in Arizona.
• Michael Meehan - uses recycled items to create one-of-a-kind, mixed-media folk art faces from wood scraps, plumbing pieces, and oven knobs and more -  from San Francisco, California.
• Beth McGrath and Lori Kelly - Figurative sculpture-Whimsical Paper clay dolls - paper maché - mixed media dolls and ceramics. From Cincinnati, Ohio.
• Miller, Richard Life size bronze figures, bronze relief and portrait busts. From Pontiac, Michigan.
• Modo Gallery - Check out ceramic sculpture by Anita Fields -American Indian artist. 506 Warren Street, Hudson, NY 12534 - 866-492-6636
• James R. Morrison Sr. - Metal Sculpture inspired by ancient civilizations. Designed for walls and floors. Now working in California.
• Nicario Jinénez - Art of the Andes - Contemporary artist - maker of Retablos - sophisticated art in the form of portable boxes filled with brightly colored figurines arranged into intricate narrative scenes. Nicario now lives in Florida.
• Parker, Ken - Sculpturama - sculptures are made from 100% recycled newspaper, cardboard and wood. Site was off line last I checked
• Joe Pogan Sculpture - metal animal sculptures from found objects. Joe is from Oregon.
• Ralph Prata - Concrete relief sculptures - carved and cast. Hand painted mats add a striking frame. Abstract works inspired by music. Work shows influence from tribal cultures. New York artist.
• Dale Roberts - sculptor from British Columbia, Canada. Check his portfolio. Alabaster and mixed media installations and sculpture
• Scultori Italiani, a large collection of Italian sculpture.
• Dan Torpey's Automata: Fun, whimsical moving works of art. A little sculpture - plus invention - plus lots of imagination! I like Can Pigs Fly?
• Wakan, Elias Sculptor from British Columbia. Sculpture is inspired by an appreciation of geometric forms. Sculptures in wood.
• Cary Lathan Weigand - beautiful earthenware figures - with inspiration from Asian philosophies and Shamanism - focusing on awareness of mind, spirit, and environment.
• Al Williams -AW Shadows - Unique wood carvings on barrels, boxes and more. Real family treasures!
• Francisco Zúñiga (1912-1998) Latin American Sculptor - Figurative work for mature students. Born in Costa Rica - worked in Mexico. Site also has drawings and paintings.

Ceramics

• Russell Akerman British Studio Potter & Ceramic Artist. Traditional forms. Also see Echo of Deco slab formed functional ceramics by father and son team, Malcolm and Russell Akerman.
• Clayton Bailey - ceramics and robot assemblages. California artist.
• David Dotter - altered traditional form - vessels. From Texas
• Marie e.v.b Gibbons. Sculpture in clay and mixed media. From Colorado.
• Dragana Jevtovic - slip cast ceramics in three different decorating styles including African motifs of birds, feathers and geckos.  Decorative utilitarian pieces. Dragana was born in Yugoslavia - now living in Cape Town, South Africa.
• Orly C. Nezer - A Touch of Clay - One of a kind ceramic sculpture - Figures, relief work, tiles and more. From New York.
• Cheryl Tall - Ceramics sculptures and paintings. From California
• Ceramics Links page

Crafts - Wood - Miscellaneous

• Al Williams -AW Shadows - Unique wood carvings on barrels, boxes and more. Real family treasures! A real craftsman!
• Art and Virtual Reality.
• ARTtext. Page for Modern Art. Antiquarian Books on Modern Art,Women Artists & Film Studies
• La Compagnie Bleuzen  Creative furniture constructed from cardboard. Neat idea for sculpture design lesson. Site is in French and English.
• Doug Barker- Cool Timbers -Wood wording with copper tooling  Dragonfly Candle - Lamp with tooled butterfly Limited edition oil lamps with hand tooled copper reflectors
• The Frankenstein Mail Art Exhibition, where 185 people from 34 countries responded to an invitation to submit art and poetry on Frankenstein. These WWW pages showcase some of these submissions.
• The Great Conflagration Galleries, with paintings and lithographs of the great Chicago fire.
• The Gundam Project, an information source for the popular Sci-Fi animation series, Mobile Suit Gundam. Great Japanese art.
• Hein, John, with his artistic furniture.
• Origami Club of Pittsburgh and CMU Origami Club.
• Photorealism - photorealistic paintings by Vladimir Sevcik
• Plaza Del Sol, with many links to Native Indian art.
• Shakespeare Illustrated, explores nineteenth-century paintings, criticism and productions of Shakespeare's plays and their influences on one another.
• Billie Ruth Sudduth - Basketmaker living in the North Carolina mountains. Her baskets are inspired by traditional Shaker and Appalachian styles
  - and also show connection to math. Read more about her on Mint Museum site.
• UCLA Laboratory for New Media, a site devoted to creative expression.
• U. S. Army Combat Art, where artists on the U. S. Army Combat Art Team IV (Samuel Alexander, Burdell Moody, Daniel Lopez and Ronald Wilson) have paintings and sketches of the action in Vietnam.
• Viking Art  More on Viking Art

Native American Art

• IAD's Native American Link Page
• Lewis & Clark- This thematic lesson has many Native American links near the bottom of the lesson.

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Art Image Sources

• Art Images for College Teaching: Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, Modern, Non-Western "AICT is a royalty-free image exchange resource for the educational community."
• Carol (Jackson) Gerten - Scanned art images- some biographical information about artists. Carol Gerten Mirror Site
• Mark Harden Artchive- scanned art images
• Olga's Gallery Listing of artists This site has many quality images-- If the pop-up windows get annoying - try downloading POW to block the ads.  World Literature in Painting Greek and Roman myths references
• Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods
• World Art Treasures Slide collection of art form Egypt, China, Japan, India, and Europe
• Web Museum Famous Painters by artist Theme Index
• Art Serve: Australian National University Art & Architecture - 165,000 images -- mainly from the Mediterranean Basin
• Artincontext.org - Images by Genre - Search by genre and by medium Also search by discipline

Collections of Artists

• American Art Company The American Art Company mixes contemporary works of art on paper (etchings, silk-screens, and collage) with paintings, sculpture, art quilts and contemporary expressions in wood.
• American Artists - Selected artists compiled by Judy Decker
• Artists' Index of WWAR (Worldwide Arts Resources). This site has over 150,000 pages!
• Artist Online Biz - a guide to art and artist information on the Web. This might be a good source for teacher to "discover" new contemporary art to inspire lessons. This link is provided for teacher use - all artists have not been checked.
• The Arts Factory, with 10 artists.
• ARTscope, a large collection of artist and galleries.
• Dynamite House Productions Site features a graphical user interface for ease of navigation, even to the inexperienced user. Everything was designed to load quickly, even on a 56K modem. This site was designed to be a completely interactive, visually stimulating experience unlike anything else on the web. Features large gallery of artwork - Vector, Web page design, Flash animation, and graphic art.
• DoubleTake Gallery with several artists.
• Exploratorium Digital Library, with a collection from their many artist-in-residence artists.
• Famous Hispanic Painters, a page with 11 links to Hispanic artists.
• The Head-Space Project, a large collection of creativity.
• Levy Creative - Founded by Sari S. Levy represents artists who work in a wide range of styles ranging from traditional painters & digital artists; 3-D animators & web designers. Our portfolio of artists include: Alan Dingman, Shane Evans, Thomas Fluharty, Max Grafe, Kris Hargis, Jenny Laden, Rob Magiera, Timothy Okamura, Roberto Parada, David Rankin, Oren Sherman, Doug Struthers, Jonathan Weiner. This is a "cool" site. Has children's book illustrations. too.
• Living Artists Gallery, a collection of artists in the state of Washington.
• Modo Gallery - Check out ceramic sculpture by Anita Fields -American Indian artist (click on painting and sculpture in menu). Beautiful Pueblo Pottery - from many cultural groups. Innovative styles.506 Warren Street, Hudson, NY 12534 - 866-492-6636
• Paris Art - A project about living Artists and Galleries of Paris.
• Portrait Artists- A Stroke of Genius..., a gallery with many portrait artists.
• UK Fine Art Gallery - London England. Contemporary Fine Art painting, photography, sculpture, mixed media. Artist information and exhibitions listing.
• Web Weaving: Art Links, a large collection of links.
• w3Art, a large index of artists named by name and discipline.
• Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day- Visit the gallery to view the more than 900 pinhole photographs taken on that day from participants in 35 countries!
• Zero One Art A growing collection of visual art from artists worldwide. United Kingdom.

African American Artists

• African American Artists  Page of artists compiled by Judy Decker. African American Art and History.
• African American Artists - Chronological listing from Artcyclopedia.
• African Art: Aesthetics and Meaning (an electronic exhibition catalog)
• African Art - Universes in Universe Johannesburg Biennial
• African Art and History - Links compiled by Judy Decker. Online African Art Lesson
• Adams, Alonzo, an artist from the U.S.
• Brunhoso, Antognoni  Angolan artist living in Holland. Mixed media, acrylic and oil painting.
• Camp, Sokari David Nigerian artist, based in UK. Welded steel sculpture inspired by traditional African art.
• Cutting to the Essence, Shaping for the Fire (a Yoruba and Akan art exhibit)
• Terry Dixon (born 1969) Washington DC Artist. Abstract Expressionism with African inspired symbolism. Paintings - mixed media.
• FolkArt and Craft Exchange Haitian Art
• Geter, Tyrone, an artist at the University of Akron.
• Kanika African Sculptures Kanika Marshall - African-American artist from California. African inspired masks, figurines, breast cancer survivor jewelry, pendants, pins, and more. Home decorator items hand-sculpted from clay and adorned with African fabric, leather, and beadwork.
• Lloyd, Robert J., professor of art at Eastern University. See his images and commentaries.
• Loveless, James See the "art of love" - Portraits by the Loveless family. Saint Louis, Missouri,
• Eugene J. Martin (b. 1938, Washington D.C. - d. 2005, Lafayette LA) Realistic drawings to abstract paintings. Larger size images can be found on Artnet.
• George C. Mayfield - African American artist. Still life, portraits and more. Paintings and 3-d work.
• Paul R. Jones Collection University of Delaware. See works in the collection -- noted African American artists including Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, Selma Burke and others.
• Mohamed Buwe Osman, a native of Merka Somalia. Paintings are reflective memories of rich, diverse and adventurous experiences of life. Physician who is an artist.
• Pleasant (African American - born 1974). Figurative paintings and sculpture - Gestural in feeling. Email Pleasant for painting images you need for PowerPoint. Email me for images of wire sculpture (this offer is for art teachers only).
• Lucas Sithole (1931-1994) - site in memory of one of South Africa's most important sculptors showing hundreds of works from various collections around the world
• Wilson Brown Gallery

Female Artists

• National Museum of Women in the Arts-  list of women represented and biographies. See what all is available in the collection
• Women Artists - Listed by Century - from Artcyclopedia
• Women's Art, a page with many women artists and related sites.
• Women Artists in History- Showcase the work of women artists down through the centuries.
• World's Women Online demonstrates achievement of women artists internationally -- bridging language barriers through art imagery. Use the Artist index to find contemporary women artists all over the world. Demonstrates achievement of women artists internationally -- bridging language barriers through art imagery. Use the Artist index to find contemporary women artists all over the world.
• Alcorn, Sabina Botanical prints using the finest offset lithography. From Cambridge, New York.
• Altman, Robin Wethe - Internet Gallery of Watercolor Paintings and Giclée Reproductions. California artist.
• Patricia Anders - Art Propensity Look at her  handcrafted sculptural jewelry, unique jewelry sets (Diva Dollies - FUN! You will have to own one), assemblage jewelry, art hearts (cast pulp), Art Dolls and figurative sculpture. Information on paper mache, too.
• Carol Lynn Barth African American (Born 1949) Paintings - dolls and creative rock painting. See her paintings inspired by women of Africa. Beautiful fabric patterns and colors.
• Mary Ann Beckwith - experimental techniques in watercolors - using stencils and Halloween cobweb for interesting textures. Be sure to view her pdf file explaining her techniques and sample pages from her book. Professor at Michigan Technological University.
• Bell, Marty, known for her detailed capture of Old England.
• Teresa Bernard - Original landscape, portraits, wildlife, still life, seascapes, inspirational and religious oil paintings. A series of art lessons covering a variety of subjects about oil painting and art in general. Also offering professional Web design. From Texas.
• Elizabeth Berrien, Ac. Z - Award winning wire sculpture. From California. See teaching pages.
• Norma Bessouet - born in Argentina, now living in New York ".......dream-like and fantastic voyages and mythic narratives of the spirit.... Bessouet's painting merges certain Latin American strands of literary magic realism with Surrealism...."
• Bonnie Bishop - Gallery on Incredible Art Department
• Cozy Bendesky, a textile artist who lives in Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania. See Art Quilts and Shirbori dying technique.
• Shannon Bowley - Washington artist. Primarily non-objective paintings. "Fragments of bird wings, seed pods, shells and petals rest along side ragged swatches of color with sometimes subtle - sometimes not - counterpoints of pencil drawing, etching, dripping and stamping."
• Brandon, Theresa, a children's book illustrator.
• Bulteau, Béatrice. Beautiful horses in watercolor, acrylics - prints and ceramics. Born in France Now living in Lisbon, Portugal where she began her series of studies with horses and movement, and developed her current impressionistic style in watercolor.
• Camp, Sokari David Nigerian artist, based in UK. Welded steel sculpture inspired by traditional African art.
• Carbonell, Chelsea floral paintings and figures (some nudity). From California.
• Clark, Donna, watercolor artists from North Hampton, Ohio
• Coleman, Claudia, an American Portfolio.
• Davis, Jennifer - Minneapolis,  Minnesota artist. Mixed media - collage and acrylic. Interesting work.
• Es, Carol - Original pop art paintings - Los Angeles artists
• Gibbons, Marie e. v. b. sculpture in clay & mixed media / mixed media assemblage jewelry. From Colorado.
• Barbara Harnack - New Mexico artist. Creative face raku vessels and inspiring mixed media figurative works. From Studio 98-B Barbara uses commercial underglazes for her raku face vessels.
• Hildreth, Sandra - Adirondack Wilderness Landscapes & Mandalas
• Ashley Jennings - oil painting, pastels - landscape and figurative works. Giclee prints available. From Scotland.
• Valrie Jensen - California artist. One of twelve design templates (referred to as Orthogons, derived from a square) forms the understructure for every piece. See Timeless by Design
• Kahlo, Frida, Mexican Painter, 1907-1954. A woman artist who suffered from polio.
• Keigley, Carolyn - Tahoe, Utah. Carolyn works mostly with dry pastels on a large scale. Her work is of winter mountain landscapes focusing on the beauty one finds in nature during the winter. Carolyn teaches art and art education on the college level and is a first/second grade teacher at Glenshire Elementary School in Tahoe.
• Kilpatrick, Debbie - SportsActionArt.Com was created by Canadian Artist Debbie Kilpatrick, a Nova Scotia artist who specializes in sports art and other portraits and paintings.
• Trudy Kraft - Patterns artist..."works on paper are songs in praise of cosmic interconnectedness. Her universal signs and symbols - radiant hemispheres, leaves, dots, and spirals - point beyond themselves."
• Natalia Dolgova Kukunet - paintings showing  the beauty, riches and culture of people inhabiting the North-East part of the Asian continent. (Chukchi, Eskimos, Koryaks and Evenkies). Natilie is from Russia.
• Lane, Susan - Paintings in the traditions of the Old Masters, using oil mediums formulated by the late Jacques Maroger. From Maryland, USA.
• Loder, Sue, an artist in London.
• Soraida Martinez - Latino artist of Puerto Rican heritage - known as the creator of "Verdadism", a form of hard-edge abstraction in which paintings are juxtaposed with social commentaries. Many women's issues - and about minorities. Must see site.
• Marina Obo - artist from Paris, France. Arcimboldo style collage, Surrealistic collage, portraiture, Oriental style, Pop-Art and more. Be sure to see "La Carpe" and other collage creatures.
• Corinne Okada - California artist. Wire sculpture accented with  mixed media collage. Assorted recycled papers, handmade papers, silks and more on wire armature. See Kimonos, insects (nature) and more.
• O'Keeffe, Georgia, a famous western painter. See her beautiful paintings
• Amy L. Rawson - beautiful paintings! Sculptures and fine art dolls. Check back often. (server was down last I checked)
• Amanda Richardson - British artist. Paintings and textile collage.
• Shrager, Joan Myerson Digital Art- Digital Photography, Figurative work and abstract work. See the exhibit at University of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania artist.
• Stichter, Beth Cavener - Sculptural Ceramics. The sculptures she creates "focus on human psychology, stripped of context and rationalization, and articulated through animal and human forms." (some mature images - teachers may want to select images for student viewing)
• Streeter, Katherine Whimsical collage- paintings. New York artists.
• Tall, Cheryl - A virtual ceramic sculpture portfolio and gallery with pictures, events and resume. Take a look!
• Tierolff, Tessel - from Netherlands. Contemporary Dutch artists paintings: here fine art is abstract, decorative or figurative and famous colourful.
• Robin Urton -Eyecon Art Gallery - paintings have a surreal and iconographic nature which evoke her personal spirituality. Beautiful framing that is part of the work. From Taos, New Mexico.
• Geeta Vadhera - Contemporary Indian artist.
• Vierow, Judith, a quilt designer - paintings and prints
• Marcia Yerman  Don't be stopped by the image on her home page - her work is AMAZING! Drawing, gouache, collage, mixed-media, or large-scale oil paintings, the themes are powerful - dealing with world issues - family and more. Work is both narrative and symbolic in nature. See my favorite! If I Don't Do It - A great tie in for Renaissance units (playing cards).
• Andria Zweigart - Illinois artist. See jewelry, sculptures, paintings and prints. Interesting series on abstract shoes.

Male Artists

• Adams, Ansel - American West photographer.
• Ahrens, Wick, a Vermont artist who carves dramatic sculptures of whales and other marine mammals for the corporate and private collector.
• Alcorn, Stephen Relief-block prints divided into thematic categories - including the interpretation of literary classics, portraits of celebrated authors, artists and musicians, celebrations of the animal kingdom and more. From Cambridge, New York. Lesson Plans using books illustrated by Stephen Alcorn
• Mark Allen British artist. Digital Surrealism. Work to inspired a graphics arts class.
• Anderson, Mark - IDea, Inc. Photography, painting and graphic design.
• Antonov, Alexei, a Russian-born artist. He also has painting techniques and resources.
• Annosov, Ilia, a fresco artist.
• Oscar Araripe - Lively art, Fresh and colorful - from