Helpful Links for Visual Arts Education
Curriculum
New Jersey Standards for Visual and Performing Arts
http://www.state.nj.us/education/cccs/standards/1/index.html
Advocacy
The Ten Lessons the Arts Teach
http://www.aenj.org/files/Ten_Lessons_the_Arts_Teach.pdf
Americans for the Arts
http://www.americansforthearts.org/public_awareness/default.asp
Museum Sites for Kids
Metropolitan Museum of Art Kid's Zone
http://www.metmuseum.org/metmedia/kids-zone
Smithsonian Institute Art Museum for Kids
Cappy the Giraffe hosts this fun journey of storytelling, art, and artists allowing kids to explore principles of art and American art history through creative activites.
http://americanart.si.edu/education/insights/cappy/
Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) Destination Modern Art
This is an interactive site for kids to play games and discover modern art
http://www.moma.org/interactives/destination/
University of Chicago's Smart Museum of Art
This site helps young art enthusiasts experience the art world through interactive learning activites. They can meet an artist and take a virtual tour of a studio, explore well-known works of art, and even become an "art detective."
http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/smartkids/home.html
Skills Practice and Project Sites
Crayola
This site is a great resource for art projects that kids can do at home.