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Top Picks
Top Picks
27 Art Activities and Lessons to Try at Home - Try these fun activities listed at the bottom of the page
Google Arts & Culture - So much to see! Try the “Explore” button, where you can use the Art Camera to zoom into famous master paintings, experience culture in 360 degrees, and tour the world’s greatest museums and other landmarks using “Street View”. Or choose categories to discover the most well-known artists and masterworks in history.
The Art Assignment (PBS) - A weekly PBS Digital Studios production that takes you around the U.S. to meet working artists and solicit assignments from them that we can all complete. For more, subscribe to The Art Assignment on YouTube: youtube.com/theartassignment.
Additional Web Resources
Additional Web Resources
Art Choice Board - Try some of these ideas, and share your work online with the hashtag #artinquarantine
Google Art Project - Zoom into the finest details on the most famous artworks in the world.
Arts & Culture Experiments - Try out experiments at the crossroads of art and technology, created by artists and creative coders with Google Arts & Culture (Some require VR headsets and Steam)
Google Arts & Culture (Chrome Extension) - Make the site your homepage, and have a new masterwork fill your screen every day.
Art Project - New Tab (Chrome Extension) - Display random masterpieces from Google Cultural Institute in your every new tab
Artcyclopedia - An encyclopedia of art!
Art History Resources - Articles and e-books available for download
Art 21: Art in the 21st Century (PBS) - video series on working artists. Art21 is a nonprofit organization dedicated to inspiring a more creative world through the works and words of contemporary artists.
Art School: PBS Learning Media - a web video series that introduces contemporary artists who discuss their careers and intentions, then demonstrate hands-on techniques or concepts. Art School provides resources for learning how to draw comic strips, create animations, and much more. Engage with contemporary art and discover new ideas for creativity from a variety of professional artists through this fun and engaging series.
TED.com: Visual Art - A playlist of TED Talks about art
PBS Learning Media: Visual Art (videos for all grades)
On Netflix
On Netflix
Abstract: The Art of Design (2 seasons) - Meet innovative designers and see how design impacts our daily lives
Tales by Light (3 seasons) - Photographers and filmmakers travel the world capturing indelible images of people, places, and creatures from new, previously unseen angles.
Miss Hokusai - An animated motion picture - Herself a talented artist, O-Ei works with her father, Tetsuo, later known as Hokusai, on the woodblock prints that would make Edo famous worldwide
On Amazon Prime Video
On Amazon Prime Video
If your family already has a membership with Amazon Prime, there are so many movies and shows on art that are available that it’s impossible to list them all. Here are a few good starting points:
Kehinde Wiley: An Economy of Grace (A fantastic contemporary portrait artist and a great documentary)
Brushstrokes: Every Picture Tells a Story (a series of half-hour shows each focusing on a single famous painting)
Museum Access: Season 1: Episode 3: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum Access: Season 2: Episode 10: The Phillips Collection
Renaissance Unchained (16+)
Art & Copy (a movie about graphic designers)
Digital Art / Computer Graphics / Graphic Design
Digital Art / Computer Graphics / Graphic Design
Adobe offers resources that you might find fun, interesting, and useful, especially if you’re planning on continuing in graphic design, computer graphics, business, or any number of creative pursuits.
If you’d like to continue to develop your skills in digital art while at home, Adobe offers a 7-day free trial on all of its Creative Cloud software, including Illustrator and Photoshop, and many others related to not only graphic design but animation, web design, film editing, sound production, etc. If you want to continue with the software after the 7-day trial, there is a monthly fee. If you’re interested, make sure you take advantage of the student pricing option, which is heavily discounted.
Adobe also posts a great many free video tutorials for most of its software. Try one out. You can even learn new skills and techniques that we may not get around to during the Graphic Design course.
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