Resources & Links

West Coast Native American Art

Museums, Galleries & Images
Stonington Gallery best site for contemporary Native art: http://dev.stoningtongallery.com/region.php?regionID=5
Ancestral Spirits Gallery: http://www.ancestralspirits.com/
The Path Gallery: http://www.pathgallery.com/itoolkit.asp?pg=About_the_Art_and_Culture
Northwest Native Indian Art: www.FreeSpiritGallery.ca
Great images: http://www.spiritsofthewestcoast.com/
Tribal Information
First Nations Society - 2010 Olympic Games Art: http://www.fourhostfirstnations.com/
Educational Materials
Excellent Books used in British Columbia curriculums: http://www.ravenpublishing.com/customers.htm
The best Art site of all: http://www.moa.ubc.ca/
Bill Reid No other contemporary Northwest Coast artist has received the critical acclaim accorded Bill Reid: http://www.nativeonline.com/billried.html
More Bill Reid: http://www.eldrbarry.net/rabb/rvn/reid.htm
The Bill Reid Gallery: http://www.billreidgallery.ca/
Emily Carr Lessons: http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/EmilyCarr/en/resources/sec_act2_lp.php
Carving at Skidegate:http://www.spruceroots.org/PoleSite/Haida.html
The best site on Totem Poles: http://users.imag.net/~sry.jkramer/nativetotems/meaning.htm
Worksheet used in classrooms:Totem Poles Worksheet
Museum at Campbell River: http://www.crmuseum.ca/shop/index.html
Scroll down and you will see a long list of the tribes in British Columbia: http://www.first-nations.com/
Puget Sound Salish Art
Shawn Peterson: http://nwcoastart.com/description.php/Prints/Salish_Fisherman_SW
Susan Point: http://www.susanpoint.com/

Washington Arts High Schools
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Tacoma School of the Arts (Public School): www.tsota.org
Marysville Arts & Technology High School: http://www.msvl.k12.wa.us/District/schools/aths.htm
Vancouver School of Arts and Academics: http://arts.vansd.org/ or http://arts.vansd.org/FAQ's.htm

Washington State Post-Secondary Art Schools
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http://www.artschools.com/states/washington-art-schools-colleges.html

Washington State Art Centers
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www.gailcreativestudies.com (Oak Harbor)
Bainbridge Arts & Crafts (Bainbridge Island): http://www.bainbridgeartscrafts.org/
Coupeville Arts Center (Coupeville): http://www.pacificnorthwestartschool.com/
Nordic Heritage Museum & Cultural Center (Seattle): http://www.nordicmuseum.com/
Northwind Arts Center (Port Townsend): http://northwindarts.org/news/
Phinney Center (Seattle): http://www.phinneycenter.org/
Pilchuck Glass School - Chihuly’s old base of operations (Stanwood): http://www.pilchuck.com/
Port Angeles Fine Arts Center (Port Angels): http://www.pafac.org/
Seward Park Clay Studio (Seattle): http://www.sewardparkart.org/
Tacoma Art Place (Tacoma): http://tacomaartplace.org/

Washington State Non-Profit Art Organizations
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ArtsEd Washington, also known as the Washington Alliance for Arts Education, has a new strategic plan and website. Learn about their Principals' Workshop, the ArtsTime Conference, and becoming an ArtsEd Washington member. http://www.artsedwashington.org/

Allied Arts of Seattle: http://www.alliedarts-seattle.org/
Artdish NW forum on Visual Art: http://www.artdish.com/
Artist Trust (Seattle): http://www.artisttrust.org/
ArtsFund (Seattle): http://www.artsfund.org/
Art on the Avenues (Wenatchee): http://www.artontheavenues.org/
Associated Arts of Ocean Shores: http://associatedarts.org/
CoCA Center on Contemporary Art (Seattle): http://www.cocaseattle.org/
Espy Foundation (Oysterville): http://espyfoundation.org/arts-humanities-school-program/
Glass Art Society (Seattle): http://www.glassart.org/
Northwest Designer Craftsmen (Seattle): http://www.nwdc-online.org/
Pottery Northwest (Seattle): http://www.potterynorthwest.org/
Shoreline - Lake Forest Park Arts Council: http://www.shorelinearts.net/
Vashon Allied Arts (Vashon Island): http://www.vashonalliedarts.org/index.htm
VSA arts of Washington (Seattle): http://www.creativeactivities.org/
Women Painters of Washington (Seattle): http://www.womenpainters.com/
Richland Allied Arts: http://www.alliedartsrichland.org/

Washington State Government Art Agencies
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4Culture (Seattle): http://www.4culture.org
Arts Council of Snohomish County: http://www.artscouncilofsnoco.org/
Arts Resource Network (Seattle): http://www.artsresourcenetwork.org/
Bellevue Arts Commission: http://www.cityofbellevue.org/arts_comm.htm
Pierce County Arts Commission: http://www.co.pierce.wa.us/pc/services/arts/artscom.htm
Tacoma Culture: http://www.tacomaculture.org/arts/home.asp
Washington State Arts Commission: http://www.arts.wa.gov/

Art Museums in Washington State
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Seattle Art Museum Teacher Resource Center (TRC) features teacher information on all Museum school tours, teacher programs, Outreach Suitcases, Curriculum Resource Units, and TRC materials. http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/learn/trc/trc.asp

The Frye Art Museum (Seattle): http://fryemuseum.org/

Tacoma Art Museum http://www.tacomaartmuseum.org/Page.aspx?nid=5

Museum of Glass (in Tacoma) http://museumofglass.org/

The Henry Art Gallery- University of Washington: http://www.henryart.org/

Bellevue Arts Museum: http://www.bellevuearts.org/

Museum of Northwest Art (La Conner): http://www.museumofnwart.org/

Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture (Spokane): http://www.northwestmuseum.org/

Maryhill Museum - Southern Washington on the Columbia River “Ansel Adams: Masterworks” July 18 – September 13 http://www.maryhillmuseum.org/home.html

Washington State Art Galleries
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Seattle Art Galleries: http://art-collecting.com/galleries_seattle.htm

Spokane Art Galleries
Art @ Work Gallery: http://www.northwestmuseum.org/index.cfm/Art_Rental.htm
Artisans' Wares: http://www.artisanswares.com/
Avenue West Gallery: http://www.avenuewestgallery.org/
Galleria De Felice: http://www.galleriadefelice.com/
Lorinda Knight Gallery: http://www.lorindaknight.com/
Pottery Place Plus: http://www.potteryplaceplus.com/
Spectrum Fine Art:http://www.spectrum-art.com/
Tinman Gallery: http://www.tinmanartworks.com/
Trackside Studio: http://www.tracksidestudio.net/

Tacoma Art Galleries: http://art-collecting.com/galleries_wa_tacoma.htm

Other Galleries in Washington
Amy Burnett Gallery (Bremerton): http://www.amyburnettgallery.com/
Arctic Raven Gallery (Friday Harbor): http://www.arcticravengallery.com/
Art Merchant International (Monroe): http://www.art-merchant-intl.com/
Blue Whole Gallery (Sequim): http://bluewholegallery.com/artists/
Broadway Gallery (Longview): http://www.the-broadway-gallery.com/
Collective Visions (Bremerton): http://www.collectivevisions.com/
Courtyard Gallery (LaConner): http://www.aclassactgallery.com/index.cfm?hsi=2
Darvill's Rave Prints & Fine Art (Eastsound): http://www.darvillsrareprints.com/
The Eagle's Nest (Poulsbo): http://www.theeaglesnestonline.com/
Elliot Brown Gallery (North Bend): http://www.elliottbrowngallery.com/
The Gallery (Olympia): http://www.thegalleryframeandart.com/
Peterson Gallery of NW Coast Art (Shelton): http://www.petersongalleries.com/
Raven Rocks Studio (Langley): http://www.ravenrocksstudio.com/Home.html
Scott Milo Gallery (Anacortes): http://www.scottmilo.com/
Waters Edge Gallery (Gig Harbor): http://www.watersedgegallery.com/
Willow (Walla Walla): http://www.willow-wallawalla.com/

Art & Design
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Graphic Artists Guild (GAG): http://www.graphicartistsguild.org/
AIGA, the professional association for design: http://www.aiga.org/
Ten Design Education Ideas for Art Educators: .pdf file
The Design Process: .pdf file
A Case for Design Study in Art Education: .pdf file
videos, training, careers: http://www.graphics.com/

Improving Your Teaching
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Washington State Arts Commission Education Resources Initiative website: http://www.arts.wa.gov/education/aeri.html Has an inspiration downloadable booklet with research-based ideas and support for effective practice.

Washington State Youth Art Month
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Washington State Arts Education Month:
http://www.artsedwashington.org/Frame_Programs.html
http://www.artsedwashington.org/Programs/ArtEdWeek/ArtsEdMonth2009.html

Other Teaching Resources
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Art Quotes: http://www.artquotes.net/

Artist Biographies: http://www.davisart.com/Portal/TeacherResources/T_resourcesDefault.aspx?curPage=ArtistBios

Artist’s Birthdays: http://www.davisart.com/portal/TeacherResources/T_resourcesDefault.aspx?curPage=ArtistBirthdays

ArtsEdge provides resources to help educators teach in, through, and about the arts:
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/

Arts Education Partnership has news and research that examine the effects of arts learning on students' social and academic skills: Learning Partnerships: Improving Learning in the Schools with the Arts Partners in the Communities. The State Arts Education Policy Database provides status of arts standards, assessments, high school requirements, etc: http://aep-arts.org/

Kennedy Centers Arts Edge features Newsbreak, a daily update on what’s happening in the arts and education; Teaching Materials, and Professional Resources.
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/

PBS TeacherSource provides lessons and activities for pre-K-12 classrooms, as well as recommended books and links. http://www.pbs.org/teachers/

New Horizons for Learning is an international network dedicated to successful, innovative learning. Selected by Study Web as one of the best educational resources on the Web.
http://newhorizons.org/

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence has information on more than 30 federal agencies that formed a working group to make hundreds of federally supported, free teaching and learning resources easier to find. http://www.free.ed.gov/subjects.cfm?subject_id=1

Joy2Learn has e-Presentations featuring world-class visual and performing artists. Students can navigate through an array of videos including performances, insight, history and quiz games.http://www.joy2learn.org/

KinderArt ® is the largest collection of free art lessons on the Internet. http://www.kinderart.com/

http://www.artlex.com/ The definitive Visual Arts Dictionary - Definitions for more than 3,600 terms used in discussing art / visual culture, along with thousands of supporting images, pronunciation notes, great quotations and cross-reference

Arts and Activities Magazine: http://www.artsandactivities.com A great resource whether you are a teacher, a director of an after-school program, or simply want to enrich your own children's artistic lives at home.

ACMI http://www.acminet.org This organization is the leading international authority on art & creative materials. It is dedicated to providing leadership, guidance and education to achieve greater participation in art and creative related activities. Prior to receiving ACMI certification, products receive extensive toxicological evaluation

Art Education Partnership http://www.aep-arts.org Find a multitude of arts education links, publications, task force reports and funding opportunities here. This site affirms the central role of imagination, creativity and the arts in culture and society; the power of the arts to enliven and transform education and schools; and collective action through partnerships as the means to place the arts at the center of learning.

The NALC develops, implements and evaluates model programs that incorporate the arts into the core curriculum of urban schools, and forges networks to support those activities among schools, arts/cultural organizations, businesses and institutions of higher education. http://www.artslearning.org

The Getty Education Institute for the Arts This site provides resources including lesson plans and images for art and general classroom teachers. http://www.getty.edu/artsednet/

Visual Arts Careers
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Vocational Information Center is loaded with links to specific art careers from Animator to Tattoo Designer. http://www.khake.com/page42.html

Advocacy
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Arts Power is the arts education website of the Business Committee for the Arts, supported by Oklahoma's business leaders who are working to return arts education to their state's schools. This site offers excellent resources for teachers, parents, and arts education advocates.
http://www.artspower.com/

Sites with a lot of Art Links
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Thousands of images and tons of information and links: http://www.artcyclopedia.com/

ArtsLynx is loaded with links that you won’t find anywhere else. http://www.artslynx.org/vis/

Massive amount of links - this one is a gold mine http://www.khake.com/page42.html

Crummy looking site, but interesting links:
http://www.geocities.com/soho/studios/2165/visulink.html

African Art on the Internet: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/art.html

Brought to you by Mary Molinaro, Artsource is another comprehensive and well-designed switching point linking to a huge array of arts-related information. It also links to an excellent selection of online art galleries. http://www.ilpi.com/artsource/welcome.html

Yahoo. Any list of Web indices for any subject would be incomplete without reference to Yahoo's excellent resource. With literally thousands of linked entries, there is more information available here than anyone could hope for. A sub-section links to awards, but they tend to be announcements of awards already given, rather than available fellowships. http://www.yahoo.com/Arts/

Downloadable Images of Famous Works of Art
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Thousands of images and tons of information and links: http://www.artcyclopedia.com/

This webmaster’s favorite site for information and downloadable images:
http://www.artchive.com/ftp_site.htm

Art Competitions
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Guidelines for Art Competitions: http://www.graphicartistsguild.org/resources/guidelines-for-art-competitions/

Scholastic Art & Writing Awards: http://www.artandwriting.org/enter.htm

The Congressional Art Competition Each spring, a nation-wide high school arts competition is sponsored by the Members of the U.S. House of Representatives. http://www.house.gov/house/ArtGuidelines.shtml

Art Scholarships
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The Art Directors Club is an old and very prestigious organization: http://www.adcglobal.org/education/scholarships09/

Arts Recognition and Talent Search provides awards for distinguished arts teachers and student scholarships. http://www.artsawards.org/

Scholarships.com: http://www.scholarships.com/art-scholarship/college-art-scholarship.aspx

Art School Scholarships: http://www.straightforwardmedia.com/art/

Art & Design School Scholarships: http://www.artschools.com/articles/scholarships/

Museums
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Portland Art Museum M.C. Escher June 6- Sept 13 http://portlandartmuseum.org/education/

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: http://www.sfmoma.org/

Asian Art Museum of San Francisco: http://www.asianart.org/

The Huntington Library in Pasadena: http://www.huntington.org

The Philadelphia Museum of Art: http://www.philamuseum.org/

The Art Institute of Chicago: http://www.artic.edu/aic/
Great online lessons at: http://www.artic.edu/artaccess/
Science, Art and Technology: http://www.artic.edu/aic/education/sciarttech/

National Gallery of Art offers free-loan educational materials, programs, and resources for teachers.http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/index.htm

Smithsonian Institute provides online resources in art and design, history and culture, and science and technology, as well as links to all the Smithsonian museum sites.
http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/Art_and_Design/
Smithsonian American Art Museum: http://www.americanart.si.edu/

Metropolitan Museum of Art: http://www.metmuseum.org/

The Getty: http://www.getty.edu/ Great Elements of Art lesson at: http://www.getty.edu/education/for_teachers/building_lessons/elements.html

Student Art Sites - also see our Galleries Section
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Deviant Art seems to be every student’s favorite place to post their work: http://www.deviantart.com
Artsonia, student galleries, school galleries, etc: http://www.artsonia.com

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Lots and Lots of Links
and A lot that are especially of interest to Washington State Art Educators
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