Top 10 Websites for Art Teachers at Middle and High School Levels

I’d like to share with you some really great web sites.  Some I find really useful for teaching and some are just informational and inspiring sites.

#1  Wesmont Hilltop School District
I wish this were my home page! Michael Begenly from Wesmont Hilltop School District in Pennsylvania has created this well organized and exemplary web page for Middle School Art.  I especially like his art history study cards!
http://www.whsd.org/users/mcb/WEB_PAGES/home_page.html

#2   Albright–Knox Art Gallery
If you live in and around Buffalo, NY you probably know about the Albright –Know Art Gallery.  I have never been there but this Gallery has a great lesson plan page.  The content is based on their collection, however, you don’t have to go there to use them.  There are plenty of pictures to assist your teaching and understanding of the artwork.  GOOD STUFF!
http://www.albrightknox.org/ArtStart/lessonplans.html

#3   PBS Teachers
You can definitely get lost looking around this site.  There are so many options for lesson plans.  You can choose from Art History and Visual Art lesson plans.  They have worksheets and videos to support the lessons.
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/arts/

#4  AICT Free ART Images for teachers
At this web site you can download hundreds of artwork for free. Art historian Allan T. Kohl who is Visual Resources Librarian at the Minneapolis College of Art & Design created this web site.
http://arthist.cla.umn.edu/aict/html/index.html

#5    Artarchiv.net   Artist’s signatures
This is one of those sites that might inspire you to create a new lesson.  Here you can see hundreds of artists’ signatures.  How about a collage of famous signatures?
http://www.artarchiv.net/doku/artistsignatures.htm

#6    Color Matters
The definitive guide to information about color.  You’ll find so many factoids you’ll be amazed!
http://www.colormatters.com/entercolormatters.html

#7    Box Templates
I love to make paper structures with my students.  Creating something 3-D out of a piece of paper always amazes them.  Try some of these templates in your classroom.
http://www.paperandmore.com/articles/box_templates/index.html

#8    Spiral Art Education
This is an amazing professional page that includes a Cool Curriculum tab as well as Art Education Articles.
http://www.uic.edu/classes/ad/ad382/

#9   Web Quest
Here are hundreds of opportunities to increase the depth of your program through web quests.  Hey jump on the technology bandwagon. 
http://webquest.org/search/index.php

#10   Ann Ayers and Ellen McMillan
I first met Ellen and Ann in Denver NEAE.  They are phenomenal art teachers and great presenters!  I knew they were good when the room was standing room only before the presentation began.  I was so inspired by their presentations that I invited them to NJ to present at our fall conference.  PEOPLE LOVED THEM!  Ann and Ellen are the creators of Pinwheels for Peace a grassroots movement for peace awareness through art.
http://www.studio443.com/