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Art

• Links to fine arts websites for K-12 educators
  www.tenet.edu

• A  Canadian arts education curriculum guide. http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/artsed/

• Association for the Advancement of Arts Education (AAAE)
  This site serves as a region-wide clearinghouse to provide educators with information, communications, and planning opportunities for the arts in education. http://www.aaae.org

•  Explore art history from prehistoric times to contemporary art categorized according to time periods.
  www.looksmart.com/eus1/eus53706/eus53710/eus53828/eus56177/
  LookSmart category - Art History

• ArtsEdge
  A collaboration between the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts (with support from the U. S. Department of Education), ArtsEdge provides links to a wealth of arts education information. Teachers may visit the Curriculum Studio for ideas and read interviews of many different arts education guests. http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org. 

• Louvre Museum - one of the world's most famous art museums; collections including Egyptian, Oriental, Greek, Roman and Etruscan antiques, Islamic art, sculptures, paintings, prints, drawings, etc.; links to the museum's publications and databases, admission information and more http://www.louvre.fr/louvrea.htm
• Metropolitan Museum of Art - one of the largest and finest art museums in the world, houses more than two million works of art; links to membership information, calendar, collections, exhibitions, news, educational programs, and more http://metmuseum.org
• An eclectic collection of World Wide Web services connected with art museums around the world. The museums are organized by country or continent. Those of special interest are marked with symbols. http://vlmp.museuophile.com/world.html

• Art History - Many sites from different eras as well as cultures from this web.
  http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html

• Timeline of Art History - 
  This developing site documents the history of art with objects in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection. Currently the timeline covers several regions from prehistory to 500 A.D. Explore Roman territories; trade routes; Celtic Gaul, Britain, and Pannonia; Nabataean Kingdom and Petra; Palmyra; Parthian Empire; the Qin, Mauryan, Shunga, and Han Dynasties; and Kushan Empire. Coverage includes "key historical and cultural events of the period in chronological order." Information for each piece includes artist's name (if known), title, date, culture, medium, dimensions, credit line, accession number, and a description. 
  http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htm

HOW TO

• Cartooning - Emmett Scott has been teaching cartooning for children of all ages for many years.  He can tech you too. Just follow a few simple lessons and keep plenty of paper on hand.
  http://www.cartooncorner.com/artsfolder/howcartoon/cartooning.html

• Origami Page - a definition of origami, information on what paper to use, types of folds, links to origami organizations, book reviews, and a Brief History of Paperfolding http://www.origami.vancouver.bc.ca/index.html

• Art Studio Chalkboard
  A resource for artists and art students focusing on the technical fundamentals of perspective, shading, color, and painting. Organized by drawing, painting, question responses, and notable links, this site contains text and illustrative graphics on, for example, linear perspective, using chiaroscuro, characteristics of common pigments, and stretching canvas. What makes this site unique is its how-to, illustrative approach written in plain English. 
  http://www2.evansville.edu/studiochalkboard/

• A Lifetime of Color
  An art education site that includes hands-on activities and techniques; galleries of student and professional work; information about art elements, principles, concepts, media, styles, and artists; an interactive art timeline and glossary; online games; teacher resources; and lesson plans for grades K-8. A good place to learn some basic techniques. Site is sponsored by Sanford, a manufacturer of art supplies.
  http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/

• On-line Visual Literacy Project
  An exploration of common visual elements including the dot, the line, shape, direction, texture, hue, saturation, value, scale, dimension, and motion. QuickTime video clips are used to illustrate further explanations of several of the elements. 
  http://www.pomona.edu/Academics/courserelated/classprojects/Visual-lit/intro/intro.html

• Artlex - Visual Arts Dictionary
  Over 3,300 terms are defined, with links to illustrations and related Web sites. Artist's names and titles of individual works are included in the definitions, but are not included as separate entries. Not searchable. 
  http://www.artlex.com/

•   Vision and Art
  This tutorial demonstrates how the illusion of three dimensions can be created in two-dimensional art. Elements that illustrate aspects of depth perception, color perception, and form perception include interposition, relative height and size, linear and aerial perspective, texture gradient, shadows, impossible figures, figure-ground relationships, and spatial summation.

  http://psych.hanover.edu/Krantz/art/

CLIP ART

• Web Clip Art (About.com)
  Excellent, annotated directory for locating clip art for your Web pages.  http://webclipart.about.com/internet/webclipart/

• ClassroomClipart
  Subtitled K-12 Picture Database, this site contains a large (13,700) collection of photographs, clipart, and historical images designed for use for educational purposes. Searchable or browse by topical areas.       http://classroomclipart.com/

• Animated Gifs, Backgrounds, Graphics, Icons, Sounds, Movies
  Great collection backgrounds, animated GIFs, icons, and other small graphics for student Web page designers. Additionally there are more than 150 sound files in WAV and MIDI formats and a very few movies in QuickTime and AVI formats. 
  http://www.crews.org/media_tech/compsci/webresources/

• Barry's Clipart Server
  Large collection of free clip art.
  http://www.barrysclipart.com/

•   Celtic Web Art
  Over a thousand Celtic graphics including backgrounds, borders, buttons, animated GIFs, a knotwork alphabet, and more for designers of Web sites. The graphics may be downloaded and used for "personal or non-profit pages" (see Terms of Use for details). There are also categorized links to other Celtic and clip art resources. 

  http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/Cyrion7/celtic/

• Clip Art Review
  "A guide to free graphics on the Web. Many images are arranged by category, which makes it easy to find specific images. Each site's graphics are described based on the type, number and quality of the images." Categories include backgrounds; bullets; GIF Animations; lines, bars and rules; and photos.
  http://www.webplaces.com/html/clipart.htm

• Discovery School's Clip Art Gallery
  Choose from hundreds of original clip art pieces, including animations. Teachers, parents, students, or any youth-minded organization could dress up their work with these graphics, which are organized into specific categories: Animated Clips, Letters & Numbers, Art, Logos & Mascots, Sports, School Subjects, Fun & Games, Technology, Seasons & Holidays, and more. This portal site includes links to Dictionary Plus, Puzzlemaker, Science Fair Central, and others.
  http://school.discovery.com/clipart/

Industrial Arts

• http://www.electronic-school.com/index.html

• NetTech: Educational Technology for Education Leaders
  Educational technology resources for education leaders, school administrators, principals, superintendents, teachers, curriculum coordinators, technology coordinators, library media specialists.
  http://www.nettech.org/

• The Milken Exchange on Education Technology
  An initiative of the Milken Family Foundation, is one of the nation's leading voices in exploring technology's implications for learning, teaching, school improvement, and educational policy. A collection of materials related to both policy and practical aspects of educational technology, most produced or supported by the Milken Family Foundation. Perhaps too many areas of the site are still "coming soon," but nevertheless there is substantial information here. A highlight is Technology Counts 98, a study of the effectiveness of technology in education produced by Education Week in collaboration with the Milken Exchange. The site includes a number of electronic discussions. http://www.mff.org/edtech/

• Tom's Ed Tech for Bozos
  Provides resources, news and event information related to educational technology. Includes a professional support line, references and readings.
  http://www.mediasrv.swt.edu/Swinney/index.html
  
  

Music

• The National Association for Music Education  is geared toward teachers, kids and parents whose focus is music education.
  http://www.menc.org/

• A general music education site.
  http://www.geocities.com/Athens/2405/

• A music education site  with lesson plans, composers, general music information. 
  http://www.talentz.com

• Music! The Universal Language - links to music images and animation galleries, fun music ideas, music software, music games, instruments, jazz musicians, blues, and more
  http://www.educationline.com

• Music around the World
  This site is an excellent tool for learning about the various types of music around the globe. Detailed essays on world music styles are available under Music of the World.
  http://www.eyeneer.com/World/

• Music education
  An organization promoting music education  around the world.
  http://www.iste.org

•  The Choral Public Domain Library (CPDL)
  The purpose of this site, subtitled An Archive of Free Choral Music, "is to create a repository of editions of music in the public domain." It contains over 1,800 scores. All sheet music is downloadable in PDF format (Adobe Acrobat Reader). Sound files are available in MIDI format while source files are in various formats. Users can download a PDF listing of all the scores or use the search engine to search by composer title, or number of voices and voice parts. Users can also contribute to the list.
  http://cpdl.snaptel.com/

Bands

• National Association for Music Education
  http://www.menc.org/
  

• Bands of America is a non-profit educational organization that produces music education events across the country. Events include our Marching Band Championships, Concert Band, resources, etc.
  http://www.bands.org/

•  High school marching band competitions, events, resources, a calendar of parade and field contests, and a directory of links to marching bands on the web.
  http://www.marching.com/

• The Instrument Encyclopedia - University of Michigan: a project of the university's Cultural Heritage Intitiative for Community Outreach (CHICO) and included in the Musical Heritage Network; an extensive database of instruments may be accessed through material type, alphabetical, geographical, or hierarchical options; also includes Resources for Educators http:/www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/MHN/enclpdia.htm
  
  

  BigBands Database
  This large database of big band and other popular music is searchable by band name, musician, song title, or other keyword. May also be browsed by region (American, Canadian, British, or European bands). Includes information on current bands as well as historical material. Searching is a bit tedious as searches rely heavily on the use of the "find" function in your browser. The Tunesmiths Database contains short biographical information on hundreds of popular music composers and lyricists. Other resources include: a glossary; Hit Parade winners 1935 - 1955; swing and western Swing; society bands; studio bands; and more.
  http://nfo.net/

   

  Theatricopeia
  This site lives up to its subtitle - "An abundance of links and more for Musical Theatre fans." The author annotates and rates links in categories that include: Shows, Composers, Performers, Lyrics, Magazines (for reviews, etc.), Mailing Lists, Multimedia & Discographies, Awards, and more.
  http://www.saintmarys.edu/~jhobgood/Jill/theatre.html

   

  Ultimate Band List
  Search by name or keyword, browse the bands by letter, genre, resource, or view the complete lists. Highlights include sections on e-zines and magazines; radio stations, with links to stations broadcasting exclusively on the Net as well as traditional stations' Web sites; concerts and online events, which link to ticket information, concerts, and events listings; musician resources, with links by instrument; and a directory of record labels, by location and genre. - http://ubl.artistdirect.com/

Databases

• American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
  Ever wondered who wrote that song, or performed it, or where to get permission to use it (copyright)? Search a database by titles, writers, publishers and performers of millions of performed works in the ASCAP repertory.
  http://www.ascap.com/ascap.html

• California Library Systems Cooperative Song Index

  Provides access to over 101,000 song titles from more than 1000 indexed items. Searchable by song title, portions of a title, or song book title. Provides bibliographic information on the work the song is in, but no information on the song itself. See the Popular Song Index if you want to search by or find composer information.
  http://www.sjvls.lib.ca.us/songs.html

• The Choral Public Domain Library (CPDL)

  The purpose of this site, subtitled An Archive of Free Choral Music, "is to create a repository of editions of music in the public domain." It contains over 1,800 scores. All sheet music is downloadable in PDF format (Adobe Acrobat Reader). Sound files are available in MIDI format while source files are in various formats. Users can download a PDF listing of all the scores or use the search engine to search by composer title, or number of voices and voice parts. Users can also contribute to the list. 
  http://cpdl.snaptel.com/

MUSIC HISTORY

• Historic American Sheet Music

  Digitized images of over 3000 pieces of American sheet music from 1850 to 1920 are presented, along with their full-color cover art and advertisements, in this searchable index. Search for specific criteria such as subject or date, or browse by cover. From The Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University. 
  http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/sheetmusic/

   

• Instrument Encyclopedia (MHN)

  This Musical Heritage Network (MHN) site provides general and historical information for musical instruments from around the world. For some instruments, it provides references and the ability to listen to sample sounds of the instrument. It provides a glossary and links to related sites. The information is categorized by the major instrument types, the Sachs-Hornbostel classification scheme, and by geographic region. This project is an initiative of CHICO, the Cultural Heritage Information and the Community Outreach project. 
  http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/MHN/enclpdia.html

• Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music

  This collection spans the years 1780 to 1960, but its strength is 19th and early 20th century American popular music. (See, for example, the 10 songs about the Titanic.) Images of the cover and music are available, mostly for pieces of music more than 75 years old. The more than 26,000 pieces of music are searchable by keyword or browsed by box number or cover art. Information includes: title; composer; lyricist; arranger; publication; forms of composition; instrumentation; first line; first line of chorus; dedicatee; engraver, lithographer, artist; and subject. Part of Special Collections at the Milton S. Eisenhower Library of The Johns Hopkins University. 
  http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/

• Digital Tradition Folk Song Database (Mudcat Cafe)
  Full-text lyrics of more than 8000 folk songs. Each song is also accompanied by a link to a MIDI sound file that plays the basic tune. Searchable. If you can't find it in the database check the discussion forum - postings are archived.  http://www.mudcat.org/threads.cfm

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