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These sites all have extensive information about art, artists, art history, technique, media, and materials


ArtLex - Art Dictionary
http://www.artlex.com/
You will find definitions for more than 3,600 terms used in discussing visual culture, along with thousands of supporting images, pronunciation notes, great quotations and cross-references.

Artslynx : Visual Arts
http://www.artslynx.org/vis/index.htm
You can find links to: organizations, journals, museums,libraries, research resources, visual arts education resources, conservation resources and more!

Artcyclopedia
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/index.html
This is a search engine for art sites. Easily find good links to artists, museums, specific works, art movements, etc.

Art Education and ArtEdventures from Sanford and a Lifetime of Color
http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/
This site features technique demonstrations, ideas for the classroom, information on concepts, galleries of contemporary artists and much more. Well worth a visit.

@rt Junction
http://artjunction.org/
A collaborative art space for teachers and students - you will find a lot of ideas for use in the classroom

ArtsEdge
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/
From the Kennedy Center in Washington DC - it puts arts education at the center of the curriculum. ARTSEDGE helps educators to teach in, through and about the arts. A searchable database to find lesson plans, reports as well as links to interactive sites on a variety of topics.



Incredible @rt Department
http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/
Find everything from art lessons to art jobs, to links to great art sites....

Words of Art - Okanagan University College
http://web.ubc.ca/okanagan/creative/links/glossary.html

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