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Join renowned painter Daniel J. Keys in this unique workshop designed for those students who aspire to cultivate their talent and skills into a future art career. Students will be selected based on their skills, passion, and experience as reflected in an original one-page essay submitted to the artist for review as well as 1 or 2 images of their work.

The ART21 Screening Society encourages a wide variety of partners--schools, universities, libraries, arts and cultural spaces, community centers, and more--to host free, public screenings of episodes from Season 8 in their local communities. Screenings can take place through December 31, 2016. Host your own screening, or find a screening near you.

Download the Season 8 guide for free online. The Screening Guide includes activity and event ideas.

Download the Season 8 guide for free online. The Educators' Guide offers discussion questions and activities for each artist segment.

Join us as we explore the critical role of museums in supporting an equitable and democratic society, in the context of increasing inequality, demographic change, and national polarization. We will deconstruct practices that undermine inclusion and equity, and identify key levers of change through art, policy, philanthropy and authentic community building.

Artsonia has some great features to help you align your projects with the National Core Art Standards(c) developed by the NCCAS (National Coalition for Core Art Standards). These are particularly helpful for those who are now required to implement standards-referenced grading or similar reports at your school. Discover the Assigning Standards to Projects and Standards Map Tool features.

The Artsonia mobile app is FREE to all teachers and parents who want an easy way to upload their students‘ or children’s artwork to Artsonia.

As the new school year begins, Artsonia will be hosting webinars for teachers who are just getting started, as well as those who want to explore new options and features of Artsonia.

The Smithsonian Learning Lab is about discovery, creation, and sharing. The Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access created the Smithsonian Learning Lab to inspire the discovery and creative use of its rich digital materials—more than a million images, recordings, and texts. It is easy to find something of interest because search results display pictures rather than lists. Whether you‘ve found what you were looking for or just discovered something new, it’s easy to personalize it. Add your own notes and tags, incorporate discussion questions, and save and share. The Learning Lab makes it simple.