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Higher Education Division: Remote Learning

Art Educator Toolkit

Women in Art: Activism and Resistance - Virtual Tour by Palmer Museum of Art
This interactive, online tour features compelling artwork by female artists working in a variety of mediums during the 20th and 21st centuries who have contributed to political, social, and cultural change. Featured artists include Judy Chicago, Julie Heffernan, Ana Mendieta, Cindy Sherman, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Renee Stout, Kara Walker, and more. Generous support for this project provided by Art Bridges.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vTSinUV5S5qWcZpUicl8-s10wOi3rb1Jts1nq-Ns-OaCcB8VTSki2zk2bU_nxgkfvrgj0zkODnfFlbC/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=60000

NAEA Town Call Conversation | Art Education and School Year 2020-21: Navigating Remote, Hybrid, and In-Person Instruction in the COVID-19 Landscape

Sharing solutions and support for success in this unique school year is our goal for this conversation. Join expert guides as they communicate how they are navigating the current landscape as supervisors, administrators, and classroom practitioners. Gain perspective from various vantage points and walk away with practical ideas for immediate use whether you’re faced with the challenges and opportunities of remote, in-person, or hybrid learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Access the recording
Download accompanying handout

Davis Publications Free Resources
Teaching Art Online, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, SchoolArts online, lessons, and more…
https://www.davisart.com/free-resources/

Amazing Educational Resources - 1129 Resources!
Share educational resources and support each other as a community of educators!
https://www.amazingeducationalresources.com/

How to Properly Wash Your Hands!
An official hand-washing guide from medical professionals.
https://cnaclassesnearme.com/how-to-properly-wash-your-hands/

Creativity Connections
NEXT.cc partners with The School Zone Institute, ARCHITECTURE and CHILDREN, and UWM’s Design/Draw to BUILD, to reach imaginations of all ages during this time when schools are closed. Everyone can take time to think, reflect, make and create! NEXT.cc and The School Zone Institute share Weekly Themes with Daily Activities to engage people to make something extraordinary out of things that are ordinary!
https://www.next.cc/page/creativity-connections

Teaching in the context of COVID-19
A crowdsourced document organized by Jacqueline Wernimont of Dartmouth College and Cathy N. Davidson of the CUNY Grad Center.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yBE1cCqJ_4M-JZ62K4CefmYsZugqAWkGmZmdwESt0IM/edit

Teaching Remotely in the Time of Need
A great slide deck by Torrey Trust from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Includes considerations about online access and accessibility for students with learning or physical differences.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1j7gr-wD18yF4kTwS3H7pwQSsy_E1ee125S3jnEMNLR8/mobilepresent?slide=id.p

Palmer Museum of Art-African Brilliance
The Palmer Museum of Art has released a virtual tour of their special exhibition “African Brilliance”. This tour features clickable navigation through installation images, high resolution images of selected works, video “discussion” of selected works, and demo videos of art activities inspired by works included.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vSt0gBZRr_vORfucLjFCsdjpcQzCg0pa4wPGmUNodNvphd25jSjGwn2pyo93WSk8v4_umje5zmj76xu/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000&slide=id.ge5c5fd87d_0_43

art21 Educator Resources
Art21’s Education initiatives engage audiences in a dialogue about contemporary art and the artists featured in Art21 films. Programs are based on the organization’s belief that the art and ideas of contemporary visual artists are powerful models for creative and critical thinking across subjects areas and disciplines.
https://art21.org/for-educators/

Repository of Distance Learning from Museums
With children and learners everywhere out of school for the foreseeable future, museums across the continent have come together to share their distance learning with you. Use the pull-down filters below to find the best programs and resources for your needs.
https://sites.google.com/view/museum-distance-learning/home

Art Prof: A Free Website for Learning Visual Arts
Art Prof provides equal access to visual arts education on a global scale, removing barriers that exist due to the cost of higher ed & private classes.
https://artprof.org/

Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings Hosting Virtual Tours
A dozen of Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic designs are available to explore as part of the #WrightVirtualVisits initiative. Some links available on this page, others require Instagram.
https://thespaces.com/12-frank-lloyd-wright-buildings-are-now-hosting-virtual-tours/

Getty Artworks Recreated with Household Items by Creative Geniuses the World Over
Recreate your favorite art using just three objects lying around home using digitized and downloadable artworks from Getty’s online collection. https://blogs.getty.edu/iris/getty-artworks-recreated-with-household-items-by-creative-geniuses-the-world-over/

Adobe Education Exchange
The Adobe Education Exchange is the free learning platform and community, designed by educators for educators, to ignite creativity in the classroom.
https://edex.adobe.com/

Art21 Educators’ Guides
Educator Guides are designed to be used as a resource in the classroom before, during, and after viewing Art21 films. These guides provide information about selected artists and themes, questions for classroom discussions, and hands-on activities that provide students with a fundamental understanding of creative and critical thinking processes.
https://art21.org/for-educators/tools-for-teaching/guides/educators-guides/

Tech Giants Come Together to Offer Free Lessons!
Media, Education and Tech Giants Come Together to Offer Free Lessons, Activities During Pandemic — All in One Curated Place! The site brings together content from a diverse group of companies to help students, teachers and families find free, reliable resources while school buildings are shuttered.
https://wideopenschool.org/

10 University Art Classes You Can Take for Free Online
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-10-university-art-classes-free-online?fbclid=IwAR35TPegQR9qSJPcYYPMi0JseaRz6GiQvl4SZT187uJaY_HUeUjM9JXg0Ok

The Ultimate Guide to Virtual Museum Resources, E-Learning, and Online Collections
Access endless open content including educational resources for e-learning and virtual retreats to art, culture, and history around the globe. This is the museum technology community’s time to shine!
http://mcn.edu/a-guide-to-virtual-museum-resources/

Library of Congress - Lot of Resources
Check out the Library of Congress for thousands of digital collections and resources using original sources. All free!
https://www.loc.gov/

Zao Wou-Ki, the Chinese Abstract Painter
Insightful story about Zao Wou-Ki, renowned Chinese abstract painter. Interesting comparative of Chinese and Western art abstraction.
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/zao-wou-ki-abstract-painter/index.html

New Evidence of the Benefits of Arts Education…
Engaging with art is essential to the human experience. Almost as soon as motor skills are developed, children communicate through artistic expression. Empirical evidence provides insights into how learning in the arts supports growth.
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/2019/02/12/new-evidence-of-the-benefits-of-arts-education/

PBS Learning Media - Hundreds of Resources!
WFYI and PBS have curated FREE, standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more for teachers of all subjects.
https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/

Study Says Making Art Reduces Stress, Even if You Kind of Suck at it
Researchers found that 45 minutes of creative activity significantly lessens stress in the body.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/study-says-making-art-reduces-stress_n_576183ece4b09c926cfdccac

JSTOR
More than 6,000 Open Access ebooks from 75+ publishers are now available at no cost to libraries or users.
https://about.jstor.org/whats-in-jstor/books/open-access-books-jstor

Photos @ Zoom
While our recurring series Photos at Noon has been put on hold until the museum reopens, we are thrilled to introduce our new online photography course: Photos at Zoom! Every week, Photos at Zoom will explore different topics relating to photography.
https://www.mocp.org/education/resources/photo-at-zoom.php

6 Feet
David’s Harp Foundation, San Diego CA, released an original song to promote social distancing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxbSHyCyxBo&feature=youtu.be

Californians for the Arts – Covid 19 Resources
Developed for Californians in mind, this resource includes information also relevant for the nation-at-large. A list of resources for news, health recommendations, funding options, broadcasting ideas, emergency response resources.
https://www.californiansforthearts.org/covid19-resources

Free High Quality Drawing Lessons Online with TZM Studio
NAEA member Laura Mann shares dozens of professionally produced drawing videos on YouTube. Laurie’s mission is to teach the skill of drawing at a mastery level to anyone who has the determination and openness to learn. Drawing is a teachable and learnable skill! Check it out!
https://www.youtube.com/lzmstudio

State Directors of Arts Educations share resources here!
State Education Agency Directors of Arts Education (SEDAE) is reaching out to gather and share arts education resources. Select the link and discover how SEDAE is resources you and your colleagues in arts education can use!
https://www.seadae.org/arts-instructional-resources

Lunch Doodles with Mo Willlems
Visit Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems everyday. Download each day’s activities and catch up with previous episodes on YouTube. See a sample activity here.
Resource download
https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/mo-willems/

The Kennedy Center for Performing Arts - Resources Online
Visit the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts under Resources for Educators! Thousands of ideas, videos and lessons! Here is just one of many examples for printable lessons.
https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/resources-for-educators/

Frida Kahlo: The woman behind the legend
Here is just one of 328 art related videos available at The Kids Should See This website. It’s like PBS or NPR for kids!
https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/frida-kahlo-the-woman-behind-the-legend

382 Videos about Art!
Check out the The Kids Should See This website. Thousands of inspiring resources with 328 specifically about art!
https://thekidshouldseethis.com/tagged/art

Craft in America: Free Videos and Education Guides!
Visit Craft in America for dozens of videos, guides, lessons, and teacher resources including guides and more!
https://www.craftinamerica.org/guides/by-date

Drawings inspired by daily meals!
Looking for drawing content to share right in your students home? Since the 1980s, Itsuo Kobayashi has drawn a picture of every single meal he eats. Great illustrations to share for your at-home students!
https://mymodernmet.com/itsuo-kobayashi-food-illustration/

Consider the Source: Humanity, Habitat, and Creativity
Artists across all times and places take advantage of local materials and resources to craft their work. At the same time, the local habitat influences and inspires artistic decisions. Use this resource from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts to explore symbiotic relationships between artist and environment.
https://www.vmfa.museum/learn/resources/consider-the-source-humanity-habitat-and-creativity/

Layers of Louis
This digital resource was developed by teenagers in the Museum Leaders in Training (M.LiT) program. They developed this resource to complement VMFA’s exhibition “Working Together: Louis Draper and the Kamoinge Workshop.” The timeline focuses on events during and surrounding Richmond-native Louis Draper’s life.
https://www.vmfa.museum/learn/resources/layers-of-louis/

Andy Goldworthy: The Art of Nature
Get outside, safely! View a few works by Andy Goldsworthy and create amazing art from found natural objects. Take photos and share on Social Media! Notice how your work changes with different times of day.
Resource download
https://www.kidzworld.com/article/29663-andy-goldsworthy-the-art-of-nature

Free High Quality Drawing Lessons Online with TZM Studio
NAEA member Laura Mann shares dozens of professionally produced drawing videos on YouTube. Laurie’s mission is to teach the skill of drawing at a mastery level to anyone who has the determination and openness to learn. Drawing is a teachable and learnable skill! Check it out!
https://www.youtube.com/lzmstudio

Lesson Concept: Why Look at Art?
Students practice engaging with art, making meaning from that interaction, and considering how art can connect us to people and ideas across time and place.
https://www.vmfa.museum/learn/resources/lesson-idea-why-look-at-art/

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