Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Enrique Chagoya
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Enrique Chagoya is described here along with information on his contributions to art through graphic design and illustration.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Ivan Chermayeff
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Ivan Chermayeff is described here along with information on his contributions to art through graphic design.
Other
Write Design Online: Glossary of Terms
This is a comprehensive glossary of terms pertaining to literature, writing, art, graphic design, and technology.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Gps Art
Students design their own logo or picture and use a handheld GPS receiver to map it out. They write out a word or graphic on a field or playground, walk the path, and log GPS data. The results display their "art" on their GPS receiver...
Other
Free Web Graphics
A page full of free animation, clip art, backgrounds, and other graphics to be used on web pages. Simply download an image to use.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Visual Artists
This site provides information about various careers in the visual arts, including the nature of the work, working conditions, employment options, training, job outlook, earnings, and related occupations.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Career Profile: Multimedia Artist or Animator
If you have an artistic bent combined with an interest in computer graphic design, the career of multimedia artist or animator might be something for you to consider. This Science Buddies site lays out the requirements needed to become a...
University of Washington
A Visual Sourcebook of Chinese Civilization [Pdf]
The goal of this "visual sourcebook" is to add to the material teachers can use to help theirstudents understand Chinese history, culture, and society. It was not designed to standalone; we assume that teachers who use it will also...
Smithsonian Institution
Freer | Sackler Galleries: The Peacock Room
An exhibition site on a room in the home of Frederick R. Leyland in Liverpool, England that was painted by James McNeill Whistler. The site has a detailed biography and a virtual tour (Quicktime.) There is also information on the most...
British Library
British Library: Illuminating the Page
The British Library presents "Illuminating the Page", a broad and diverse analysis of illuminated manuscripts from the middle ages. Including videos, audio, a gallery and other forms of information that give a detailed overview of this...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Off Book Collection
Learn about the art, the people, and the culture of the digital revolution with Off Book. This revolutionary program from PBS Digital Studios combines top-tier journalism with the underground, and often ignored, subject matter of today's...
Curated OER
Cover Art
Carol Hurst uses one of her own books, "In Plain Sight," as a basis for this lesson plan on the California gold rush. In addition to discussion questions about the book, Hurst provides ten activities designed to help students explore...
Other
Creative Freelancers
Are you interested in exploring creative freelance careers? Look at the types of creative jobs that are available on a project or permanent basis.
Other
The Awesome Library: Technology
Awesome Library organizes carefully reviewed web resources. The Technology index explores a variety of resources such as: lesson plans, current events, integrating technology, technology items, and technology tools.
Community Learning Network
Cln: Instructional Materials in Media Literacy Studies
CLN "Theme Pages," focus on specific topics within Media Literacy/Studies. CLN's theme pages are collections of useful Internet educational resources within a narrow curricular topic and contain links to two types of information....
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Two Bad Ants Realism vs. Fiction Writing
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart was designed to accompany Scott Foresman Reading- 3rd grade- Unit 6- Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg. It covers a variety of reading strategies, including making predictions, context...