Curated OER
Nasco Color Sculpt Mask Making
Students study the various masks made in African, Japanese, and Ancient Egyptian cultures and discuss the funtion of these masks in each society. They create a mask from one of these cultures using a molding technique.
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Life Cycles Mandalas - Ceramic relief - Drawing
Students design Mandalas that had to do with cycles of Nature.
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Into the Future
Fourth graders investigate how new inventions and technology change how we live.
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Raven Mask
Students explore the artistic expressions of the Northwest Native American Indians and using traditional palette of colors, create a personal interpretation of the traditional raven mask.
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Contain Yourself: Changes Over Time in the Use of Containers by Native Americans
Students examine the types of containers used by Native Americans. They discover how their form and function has changed over time. They create their own container based on the Native American examples.
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Soil, Forest, and Land Exploitation
Students debate over the cutting of rainforests in order to put people to work. They then brainstorm ways it may be possible to provide jobs for people and to preserve the rainforest.
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African Village
Students create and decorate an African Heritage home. In this art lesson, students research different African homes and then create one using a box decorating the home using crayons or markers.
Museum Network (UK)
Wallace Collection: Material World: Wood
Learn where wood comes from and about the properties of wood that make it useful to artists.
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Listing of Wood Carvers
ArtCyclopedia's list of woodcarvers from the 19th and 20th centuries includes Isaac Fowle (1806-1843), Richard Hunt (b. 1951), and Calvin Hunt (b. 1956).
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Chaim Gross
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Chaim Gross is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his various styles of wood carving.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Igbo
Igbo-speaking peoples can be divided into five geographically based subcultures: northern Igbo, southern Igbo, western Igbo, eastern Igbo, and northeastern Igbo. Each of these five can be further divided into subgroups based on specific...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Ibibio
The name "Ibibio" identifies the largest subdivision of people living in southeastern Nigeria, in Akwa Ibom State, and it is generally accepted and used for both ethnic and linguistic descriptions. Like their Igbo neighbors, the Ibibio...
South Carolina Educational Television
Etv: Artopia: Sculpture Studio: Carving a Figure Out of Wood
Resource teaching how sculptors carve figures out of wood.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Jim Colclough
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Jim Colclough is described here along with information on his contributions to art through wood carvings.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Patrocino Barela
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, this site provides biographical information on Patrocino Barela. Barela works as a sculptor using wood carving. The site, in addition to the biographical information, provides...
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Ulysses Davis
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Ulysses Davis is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his wood carvings.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Harold Garrison
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Harold Garrison is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his wood carving.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Louis Simon
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Louis Simon is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his work with wood carving. Simon is known for carving signs for his motorcycle shop.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Luis Tapia
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Luis Tapia is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his wood carving.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Shields Landon Jones
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Shields Landon Jones is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his wood carvings.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Miles Burkholder Carpenter
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Miles Burkholder Carpenter is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his wood carvings of small farm animals among other things.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Horacio Valdez
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Horacio Valdez is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his carvings.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Elbridge Kingsley
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Elbridge Kingsley is described here along with information on his contributions to art through wood engraving. Several examples are provided of Kinglsey's wood engravings.
Incredible Art Department
The Incredible Art Department: Art Periods and Styles
A large collection of resource links here for a wide range of art periods and styles from ancient times to the modern day.