Hi all,
One of the benefits of art teachers' tech savvy is the availability of online resources. I've seen an art instructor in need of a quick fill-in project go online and have a worksheet printed and in the students' hands in several minutes. As a working artist there are several free websites that I particularly enjoy. The first is ceramicartsdaily.org.
It's produced by the Potters Council, the people who publish Ceramics Monthly Magazine and Pottery Making Illustrated. They also produce workshops on ceramic techniques at locations throughout the country. I had the opportunity to be a keynote speaker at the national architectural ceramics conference they hosted several years ago and was impressed by the organization. To access their database you'll need to register online. If you're serious about clay, joining the organization gives you the option of attending the workshops they sponsor.
The Northern Ohio area has an additional resource in the blog Northern Ohio Clay at http://northernohioclayguild.blogspot.com/. It contains mostly news about opportunities, workshops and exhibits.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art offers several outstanding resources. The first is the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History at http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/. It's searchable and interactive with thousands of images of art taken from the Met's world famous collection of art. Teamed with a digital projector or a SmartBoard it makes an outstanding tool for teaching art history.
The second resource from the Met's website has a more personal quality for me. In mid December of last year my wife Gail and I were visiting the Metropolitan and after seeing several outstanding exhibits, including the Samurai Armour show, we wandered into American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765-1915. It was an absolute delight. Plus it was a joy to discover that the exhibit is documented in engaging web pages at http://www.metmuseum.org/special/americanstories/. The photos of the paintings are first rate and they can be enlarged and printed. If you love American painting you'll enjoy this resource. Be sure to read the ninth post of this blog for tips on visiting the Met and several other New York museums.
Best wishes to my friends in Art Education.
George Woideck
View my work as an artist in the schools at tileandclayart.com
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