Visual Arts

E. Applications to Life: 1. The student makes connections between the visual arts, other disciplines, and the real world.:6-8: The student...

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understands how knowledge, skills, and attitudes gained from the visual arts can enhance and deepen understanding of life.

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understands the skills artists use in various careers and how they can be developed in art school or college or through internships.

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understands the various roles of museums, cultural centers, and exhibition spaces.

Museum of Fine Arts of St. Petersburg http://www.fine-arts.org/ This is an appealing site; the examples of art in the museum's collection, which is excellent, are accompanied by text that is well-written and includes historical references. This is also an especially good site for Florida school children, since the location of the museum makes it accessible to many of them.

Arts Over America: State Arts Agency and Regional Arts Organization Directory http://www.nasaa-arts.org/new/nasaa/aoa/saadir.shtml Click on a state to access the state arts agency which contains a wealth of information on the artistic and cultural life in their state, as well as a host of resources for artists, arts organizations, and the public they serve.

The Louvre Museum Website http://mistral.culture.fr/louvre/louvrea.htm An introduction and virtual tour of the Louvre in Paris, France

The Native American Artists Resource Collection http://www.heard.org/edu-artresource.php A good resource for information about Native American art.

The Detroit Institute of Arts http://www.dia.org Graphical links to various components of the museum and current displays. EDSITEment section opening late September 1997 correlating activities to student and teacher needs for learning about museums.

Florida Museum of Natural History http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/ Great example of an on-line museum with great visual appeal. Especially useful for the florida teacher. Great resource for other subject areas, i.e. social studies, science, and multicultural projects.

National Air & Space Museum http://www.nasm.si.edu/ This site covers the history and furture of flight and space. It includes on-line activities that cover broad subjects. There are 3D tours of exhibits, digital images of pictures taken from space, educational links, any much more. The site covers contains almost too much. Students could get lost. Some guided instructions would be helpful