Provided below are wonderful websites and descriptions of what you will find. These are great resources for planning lessons or can be used by students for exploration!
Art Babble
This website holds a multitude of videos on everything from artists and practices to clips about art history and movements. Although a majority of the videos would be best suited for high school or middle school students, there is a section specifically labeled for kids that features stories and more fun takes on exposing them to art.
Contributed by Kayla Dean, Michael Seagraves
Art Ed Guru
Art Ed Guru is a collection of everything you could possibly need as an art teacher. The site is filled with lesson plans for 2D, 3D, and 4D. All of the lesson plans contain several high quality example photographs which set clear expectations for students. Art Ed Guru also includes a great classroom management section and material care page. Overall, a must know for new teachers.
Contributed by Gabrielle Buuck
Color Matters
Color Matters is a great resource when planning units on color. The site contains everything from scientific articles on color psychology to optical illusions illustrating color theory. I plan on letting my high school students explore this site on their own then report back information they found particularly interesting. Younger students may need some assistance using the site on their own as is somewhat advanced.
Contributed by Gabrielle Buuck
Color with Leo
http://www.colorwithleo.com/index.php
A young Leonardo da Vinci, “Leo” leads the user around the interactive art games and hosts art lessons that teach about color mixing, famous historical artists, and the principles of art. This site is geared more towards kindergarten through second grade.
Contributed by Laney Haskell
Kids Think Design
http://www.kidsthinkdesign.org/worldofdesign/index.html
Kids Think Design has won multiple awards, including the Parent’s Choice Award for its kid-friendly, appropriate, and innovative site. Engineered towards middle school aged students, the site filters content into multiple categories, including design, fashion, graphics, interiors, books, products, film + theater, architecture, animation, and environment. Each segment includes specific resources that relate to the subject, so that students who are interested in architecture can readily access information that targets those interests. If the subject is architecture, the site offers projects that relate to building bridges, for example, or using neutral colors in structures. This is a great site to let students roam themselves and make discoveries in the arts.
Contributed by Laney Haskell
Incredible Art Department
https://www.incredibleart.org/
A great resource for students as well as teachers. More focused on the student’s side of the site, it gives many resources for games and and other art activities!
Contributed by Shannon Tester
National Art Education Association
Every art teacher should be visiting this site regularly! The NAEA site is jam-packed with the most amazing opportunities for art teachers. They put on several conferences a year where great minds come together to contribute to a growing knowledge base. The site is geared to helping art teachers further their careers and classrooms!
Contributed by Gabrielle Buuck
Student Art Guide
http://www.studentartguide.com/about
This is mostly angled towards high schoolers, but is also a very helpful resource for middle schoolers and art teachers. It features articles, videos, and lists of helpful things such as art tutors, competitions, assistance, and inspiration. A wide variety of content for everything from college prep to simple, interesting articles.
Contributed by Kayla Dean
Art For Kids
https://art-educ4kids.weebly.com/art-genre-specific.html
Art For Kids isn't a very flashy site, but I have found the it is one of the best sources for teaching art history. I have a specific interest in Japanese art history and found it hard to find kid friendly sites to aid in lesson plans. Art of Kids represents Japanese art culture in an accurate and easily explainable way.
Contributed to Gabrielle Buuck
Artsonia
Artsonia is the largest student art museum in the world! Every child can have an online art gallery and keep their masterpieces in a digital portfolio!
Contributed by Shannon Tester
Cosmeo
https://www.cosmeo.com/bySubject.cfm?art
This site, created by the Discovery Channel, students can discover various artists and art history in which it provides them with links to videos, photos, articles, and much more!
Contributed by Shannon Tester
Coudal Partners
Otherwise known as The Museum of Online Museums, this website is an archive of museums that allow virtual tours or galleries of pictures featuring the work on display. A wealth of art work and history that many students may never get to see in person otherwise. Although nothing can compare to seeing things in person, it is a nice way to make class interactive and a great visual resource for students.
Contributed by Kayla Dean
Khan Academy
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-history
Khan Academy has many detailed lessons that cover a survey of art history from across the globe. This would be most applicable for self directed learning and reinforcement.
Contributed by Michael Seagraves
Knoxville Museum of Art
As art teachers in Knoxville its important for us to stay up to date with K-towns art scene! The KMA site also has opportunities posed for student competitions and many great community events.
Contributed by Gabrielle Buuck
The National Gallery of Art
Website for the gallery of artwork in Washington DC featuring works of and writings about art from all over the world. The site features both thought-provoking content for middle and high schoolers and fun activities for elementary grades.
Contributed by Kayla Dean
Smart History
A highly comprehensive and actively updated site that contains both articles and videos on art historical topics. The site is most appropriate for secondary grade levels.
Contributed by Michael Seagraves
Artsology
http://www.artsology.com/games.php
A site featuring a plethora of art-related games. Although not every single game is full on educational all of them expose students to art terms, important visuals, snippets of art history, and some basic ways to get the creative juices pumping. Mostly for elementary students.
Contributed by Kayla Dean
Kleki
This is digital drawing and painting software that is free and operates directly in your web browser, which means students can access it anywhere there is an internet connection. This would be a great tool to help teach digital art techniques because the site operates on the same principles as other commonly used art and design software.
Contributed by Michael Seagraves
National Museums Liverpool
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/kids/games-quizzes/
This is the kids’ website of the National Museums Liverpool in which kids can navigate around the site to click on art games, videos, and much more!
Contributed by Shannon Tester
Smithsonian Education
SmithsonianEducation.org/students
This is an educational site affiliated with the Smithsonian Institute that includes games, quizzes, and multisensory learning activities to help students learn about art, history, culture, and social studies. The site is predominantly geared towards grades K-4, but has some activities for middle school and high school as well. The site will require Flash Plugins on the majority of the games. There are multiple games that have to do with the Smithsonian Museum and the items that can be found within it, as well as their history.
Contributed by Laney Haskell