Art Education and History of Art Links for Learning

“Often it was not in school, but outside of it - in extracurricular activities or during time spent altogether away from school - that calling appeared. It is as if the image in the heart in so many cases is hampered by the program of tuition and its time bound regularity.” - James Hillman, Jungian trained psychologist - The Soul’s Code- In Search of Character and Calling [more Quotes ]

art education books

Art Education Posters

KhanAcademy - Link to Art History section of KhanAcademy, a free world-class education for anyone anywhere ...

International Society for Education Through Art - Promoting international understanding through art education. [Quote from Abraham Maslow - “ ...education through art is a kind of therapy and growth technique, because it permits the deeper layers of the psyche to emerge, and therefore to be encouraged, fostered, trained, and educated.”]

A World History of Art - Art from every age and from every corner of the world from pre-history to present day, cave paintings to computer art.

Annenberg/CPB Project - uses media and telecommunications to advance excellent teaching in American schools across curriculum. (I would also suggest viewing their excellent educational television programming.)

EDsitement - Subject-based access to top humanities sites; lesson plans and at-home activities, and additional learning activities.

edutopia - Lesson Plans and Resources for Arts Integration

Society of American Mosaics Artists - SAMA, a non-profit organization, is dedicated to educating, inspiring, and promoting excellence in mosaic arts.

Getty ARTSEDGE/Kennedy Center - supports the place of arts education at the center of the curriculum through the creative and appropriate uses of technology. ARTSEDGE helps educators to teach in, through and about the arts.

The Getty Trust - is an international cultural and philanthropic institution devoted to the visual arts and the humanities that includes an art museum as well as programs for education, scholarship, and conservation.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Create your own Met Gallery with over 3,500 works online, spanning 5.000 years. More educational resources available.

National Endowment for the Arts - an investment in America's living cultural heritage, serves the public good by nurturing the expression of human creativity, supporting the cultivation of community spirit, and fostering the recognition and appreciation of the excellence and diversity of our nation's artistic accomplishments.

National Endowment for the Humanities - an independent grant-making agency of the United States government dedicated to supporting research, education, and public programs in the humanities.

The Smithsonian Institution - an independent trust instrumentality of the United States holding some 140 million artifacts and specimens in its trust for “the increase and diffusion of knowledge”. The Institution is also a center for research dedicated to public education, national service, and scholarship in the arts, sciences, and history.

The Wallace Foundation seeks to support and share effective ideas and practices that will strengthen education leadership, arts participation and out-of-school learning.

Cre8ng People, Places & Possibilities - Creative consultant for improving team and individual creative thinking skills.

Creativity Resources for Teachers, Denver Art Museum - adaptable lesson plans