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The Arts

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Art, Artists, Art Search Engines
Art, Artists and Art Search Engines

Art

  1. Anime
    Anime drawing tutorials, anime colouring or both.
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  2. Art Lessons & Tutorials :
    • Access Art
      ‘Online workshops created by artists, based on teaching in schools, colleges, museums and galleries. Each workshop is Free of charge, and contains animated, interactive visual pages, plus print-out workshops and notes’.
    • Art Kids Rule
      Fun and educational art activities for students at all levels.
    • ArtPad
      Help can be found on the ‘Create ArtPad page.
    • Craftown
      Free lesson on how to paint.
    • Draw and Colour with Uncle Fred
      Draw and colour simple versions of animals. Sequences of simple, visual instructions.
    • NGAkids PaintBox
      ‘NGAkids PaintBox is fun for kids of all ages. These tips and samples will help you learn how to use the program. Click the printer icon to print your designs on paper, or capture a screen shot to save your picture on the computer or to share the file with a friend.’ Needs Shockwave 11 to run.
    • Wet Canvas !
      Online art school with lessons and resources.
    • You Draw
      Online drawing, submit your drawing for inclusion, create your own e-drawing card and send it via email.
  3. Colour :
    • Living Colour
      Australian Museum site. A wealth of information about colour - what it is and how it can be used.
    • Welcome to Colour Matters
      ‘Colour plays a vitally important role in the world in which we live. Colour can sway thinking, change actions, and cause reactions. It can irritate or soothe your eyes, raise your blood pressure or suppress your appetite’. Interactive areas and various resources.
  4. General Sites & Portals :
    • A Lifetime of Colour [Sanford]
      ‘Welcome to the newly designed ArtEdventures website.’.
    • Art Education
      ‘An Australian fine art education resource’. Covers education, forum, magazines, newsletter, search and other links to art resources.
      Well worth a visit.
    • Art Education Internet Resources for K12
      Links on Art and Art education.
    • Artsonia Student Art Museum
      ‘The largest art museum in the world ! Our mission is to unleash the creative potential of young artists throughout the world, and empower them with a voice !’
    • Crayola
      Colouring, craft and e-cards to use. Fun for all ages.
    • Inside Art
      Art information, artists, colour and paint.
    • Kid’s Art Aid
      Showcase of primary children’s artwork on indigenous themes by two schools - Cooranbong, New South Wales and Whisconier Middle School, US.
    • Kid’s Art
      Colours, drawing, art styles, a gallery to submit your work to and links to other art pages.
    • Welcome to @rtjunction !
      ‘Art-ifacts’, ‘art links’, resources, archives, teacher’s help and more.
      Previously the @rtroom.
  5. Specific Art Aspects :
    • Digital Archive of Art
      Collection with 20 000 images from architecture, painting and sculpture listed under headings and sub-headings, links to other related sites.
    • Earth As Art
      From NASA and the Landsat satellite, ‘artistic’ views of the world.
    • Flipbook Deluxe
      Make flipbook animations and see what others have achieved. Many from Australia. There are more than 18 000 flipbooks to see.
    • Greek Architecture
      Greek architecture broken into periods, including statuary and more.
    • Projects Art Safari
      [Museum of Modern Art Online]
      Brilliant concept from the Museum of Modern Art [US].
    • Roman Art and Architecture
      Roman painting, sculpture and architecture. More than 100 images are provided.

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Drama

  1. Australian Sites :
    • Drama Australia
      The National Association for Drama in Education. Publications, newsletter, projects, research, links [including to IDEA] and more.
    • Drama Victoria
      Australian site of quality resources. News, events, professional development.
      Excellent !
    • DramaWest [WA]
      West Australian Association of Drama Educators. A drop down menu [top, centre] with connections to curriculum, links to book lists, theatre news and beyond.
      Highly Recommended !
  2. General Sites & Portals :
    • Andrew McCann’s Drama Workshop
      UK site with recommended activities for different aspects of drama. Practical examples with an activity and tips.
    • Creative Drama and Theatre Education
      Creative drama, classroom ideas, theatre games, plays for performance, book list and search facility.
    • Drama in Education Site, The
      [Kenneth Taylor]
      UK site with worthwhile information and assistance, e.g. Lesson Plan page [secondary], Drama Links, discussion groups and more.
    • Theatre History
      All eras and countries, a script archive, ‘Today in Theatre History’ and a featured topic. Worth visiting.
  3. Link Sites
    Links [many annotated] to relevant drama sites. Many are based overseas, so some sections will not be too relevant.
  4. Scripts
    Find scripts, many for Free.

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Music

  1. General Sites & Portals :
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  2. Sheet Music :
    • Free Piano Sheet Music
      Sites offering Free sheet music. Go to ‘General Information’ for this list.
    • Musica Viva
      ’Welcome to Musica Viva, the internet centre for Free sheet music downloads. Here you will find sheet music for piano, for guitar, for flute, for violin and … for most any instrument you can think of !’
  3. Songs
    Songs and, in several cases, MIDI presentations to accompany them. For various ages and from different countries.
    • FreeKidsMusic
      ‘All the songs you find on this site are Free : listen, download, play them on your computer, or burn them to a personal CD for boombox or car listening [of course, you can’t copy and re-sell them …]. Kids music is different from every other kind of music. Kids deserve a special space all their own … .’
    • Mojo’s Musical Mouseum
    • Sing Along Songs [MIDI and Lyrics]
    • Songs for Free
      ‘The composers are making these songs freely available because they love music and wish to share it around. Enjoy !’

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Visual Arts

  1. General Sites & Portals :
    • ANAT
      ‘ANAT is Australia’s peak network and advocacy body for media artists working with emerging technologies in screen, sound, installation, performance, literary, locative, mobile and networked arenas. We create opportunities for interdisciplinary connection, collaboration, innovation, research and development.’
    • Artlex
      Visual art dictionary.
    • National Association for the Visual Arts
      ‘Created by the National Association for the Visual Arts as an online meeting place for everyone involved or interested in Australian visual arts and craft.’
      Worth Visiting !
    • Artlink
      ‘Artlink covers contemporary art in Australia and through its networking with the national and international scene, provides a context for evaluation and analysis. It regularly produces Special Issues on specific areas, and undertakes major theme-based features.’
  2. Film
    Help develop film skills and put them to effective use.

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General Information

  1. General Sites & Portals :
    • ACMI
      ‘From the wonders of more than a century of cinema, to television, computer games and the screen-based art of the future, ACMI is the place to find out everything about the moving image.’
    • artsJournal
      ‘Each day ArtsJournal features links to stories culled from more than 200 English-language newspapers, magazines and publications featuring writing about arts and culture.’
    • Artsrocket
      ‘Exploring and discovering Arts within Australia and beyond for kids - of all ages.’ Includes, design, festival, film, galleries, literature, performance, online, workshops and more.
    • Cinema
      ‘How Are Hollywood Films Made ?’. Every step in film making - from screenwriting to editing and access to a range of other resources.
      Excellent !
    • Internet Resources for Creative Arts Teachers
      James Cook University [Queensland]. Links to all subjects covered by the arts as well as curricula, organisations and journals.
  2. Link Directories
    Links for many aspects of dramatic arts. They cover assistance, advice, notifications, listings, employment, presentation and more in the belief that information shared is valuable.
  3. Weblogs :
    • Art Blogs 4 U
      ‘Linking you to artists who like to blog about their art.’
    • Art News Blog
      In addition to the blog itself, there is an archive and links to resources online and news & information categories.

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