Thirty-Third Post: More Online Resources for Art Teachers

Hi all,

I hope you've had a good holiday season.  It's back to work for all of us both in the classroom and in the studio.  When conceiving of this blog I thought that there was a need to to share information about ceramic art--clay, glazes, kilns, tile, mosaic, classroom safety--with art teachers.  During the time I've been writing this blog I've come across some online resources that seem to be designed for art educators.  Some, like the Met Museum's Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, I've covered in previous posts.  Lately I've come across several others I'd like to share.

The first is Saudi Aramco World.   It's both an online resource and a free, high quality magazine of Islamic art, culture and history.  The web version has a searchable database as well as an image library filled with downloadable pictures of mosaics, tile, architecture, sculpture and painting.  You'll love the six-times-a-year magazine that's printed on quality paper and is loaded with articles and color illustrations.  The November/December issue came with a removable calendar featuring gorgeous pictures of Arabian horses!  Neither the website nor the magazine has a political or religious message but are focused on communication and information.  An excellent resource.

A bit more difficult to navigate is Cultural China, a website with fabulous images of art from China.  I found it when searching Google Images for pictures of patterns in pottery.  In this age of SmartBoards and digital projectors in the classroom this site is worth a bit of frustration in using.

One more resource worth mentioning is the web page devoted to the new exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum of Art focused on how Norman Rockwell used photography in many of his seminal illustrations.  A good example of the studio process in action.  Find it here and enjoy.

I hope you'll find all of these helpful.  Please let me know of other online resource that you'd like me to share with other art educators.  And please remember that if you have any questions about clay, glazes, kilns, tile, mosaic or artist-in-residences you can email them to me through this blog.

Visit my artist-in-the-schools website at tileandclayart.com.

Best wishes for a creative and fulfilling 2011.

George Woideck