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Government Sites
Art Zone -
What is a collage machine? Or a 3-D twirler? This site from the National Gallery of Art has interactive art that
you can make online.
Ask Joan of
Art - Do you have a question about American art and don't know how to find the answer? Art
information specialists at the Smithsonian American Art Museum can help using both print and electronic
reference resources.
Bottlecaps to Brushes - Cappy, the skateboarding giraffe is a cartoon character
based on a bottle cap sculpture at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. He'll show you some of the other
works of art in the museum's collection and suggest some fun activities.
BRUSHster - NGA Kids - (National Gallery of Art) - BRUSHster is an online painting
machine. This shockwave interactive includes more than forty brushes and customizable size, transparency,
texture, and stroke options.(Shockwave required)
Flow - NGA
Kids - (National Gallery of Art) - Flow is a motion painting machine. Choose a picture and create
a path for the motion. (Shockwave required)
Hall of Presidents - National Portrait Gallery - (Smithsonian Institution) - This virtual tour
will allow you to navigate through the National Portrait Gallery's, Hall of Presidents.
Meet Me At Midnight - (Smithsonian American Art Museum) - This site presents a
perplexing scenario. An artwork, the dreaded Root Monster, comes alive and wreaks havoc in the galleries
overnight. Visitors choose a friend, a character that has been separated from its artwork, to help aright the
mixed-up museum and find its way back home.
NGA Kids -
Choose from a variety of activities or projects from the National Gallery of Art, enjoy an animated musical
adventure, take a tour through the sculpture garden, and more.
Pixel
Face - NGA Kids - (National Gallery of Art) - Choose a portrait and use different colors and
brushes to change the picture. (Shockwave required)
Search Collections - American Art Museum - (Smithsonian) - Browse by art type
including painting, sculpture, drawings, and photography to name a few.
Search for Artists in the American Art Museum - (Smithsonian) - An
alphabetical list of Artists and their works.
Smithsonian Education For Students - (Smithsonian) - This is a place for kids to
explore, discover and learn. Find out about art, science, history and the secrets of the museums.
Smithsonian Latino Center's Kids Corner - This site highlights Latino exhibitions and
collections from across the Smithsonian; there are three major galleries: 1) a Kids Gallery with an activity that
shows the importance of portraiture in cultural and artistic expression; 2) the Son Clave Lounge featuring
Latino music from the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage video collection; 3) Meso Time, a
unique space allowing the user to take a virtual visit through Mexico’s pre-Columbian past.
U.S. Government Photos and Graphics - (USA.gov) - This page has a list of links of
to all the images and graphics available from various Government agencies.
Other Resources
@rt Junction - The
@rt Junction is designed around the idea of "activity" centers that encourage kids to create, to learn and to
explore new ideas, places and things on their own.
A Collection of Illustrated Diaries by Asian Children - The Mitsubishi companies
have supported the Festivals of Asian Children's Art since 1990. The festivals bring together illustrated diaries
by children throughout Asia, aged 6 to 12.
ArtGames - Artgames is an interactive website designed to engage children in
playful, interactive learning about works of art in the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York.
Bean
Stalk - How would you like to work with other kids to create a picture book? Maybe you would
like to draw pictures for someone's story. Check this site out.
BrainPOP - Art and Music - BrainPOP has animated movies created to explain the world
around us in an engaging way. There are some FREE movies, but most you have to subscribe to. Kids, make
sure to talk this over with your parents.
Destination Modern Art - Destination Modern Art has an interactive online gallery and offers
an introduction to The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and its affiliate, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center. Look
carefully at works of art and learn about artists and their techniques.
Federal Junior Duck Stamp Program - This contest uses art to teach the
importance of conserving our national wetlands and to expand knowledge of the Federal Junior Duck Stamp
as a conservation program. It targets kids in public and private schools in grades K - 12 for participation in
activities that will lead to a greater awareness of our nation's living resources.
It's Fun
To Read! - This is a great site from Starfall.com where you and your friends have fun learning to
read. There's an art gallery, poetry and even fun tongue twisters!
Kids'
Gallery - You can submit your own artwork to this site and kids from across the world can see
it! Do you wonder what kids in Japan like to draw. You can find out on this site. How cool is that?
Photo Galleries - National Geographic Kids - Take a look at the many photos
on all sorts of topics, from exploration to animals to science, and much more.
Seattle Art Museum - Learn and Play - These sites from SAM have
online art tours and interactive games, lesson plans and art activities.
Page Revised - 4/15/2009
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