Every year in connection with the Library of Congress, River of Words conducts an international poetry and art contest designed to help children explore the natural and cultural history of their local watersheds.
Students who are between the ages of 5-19 may submit an entry form, and eight grand prizes winners receive an all-expense paid trip to Washington, D.D. to attend an awards ceremony at the Library of Congress.
Junior Wildlife Photography Competition:
If you are aged 17 or under, this is the section for you. We allow prints as well as slides or digital photos, and you can enter pictures of any wild animals, plants or landscapes.
The judges will be looking for original, beautiful or striking shots rather than rare or exotic subjects. Creatures or places close to home that you know well or have easy access to may be your best subjects. The way you frame your subject is as important as getting the focus right, and the level and type of light is a vital ingredient.
The Center for Puppetry Arts is a unique cultural treasure located in Atlanta, Georgia. It is a magical place where children and adults are educated, enlightened and entertained. During the past 25 years, the Center has introduced millions of visitors to the wonder and art of puppetry, and has touched the lives of many through enchanting performances, curriculum-based workshops and the hands-on Museum, as well as Distance Learning and Outreach Programs.
This Atlanta art museum offers an impressive high art collection from various periods, as well as folk art and photography.
Arts Recognition and Talent Search (ARTS) recognizes artistically accomplished high school seniors in the areas of dance, music, visual arts, film/video, photography, voice, jazz, theather and writing with cash awards and scholarships. In addition, the NFAA nominates up to 50 National ARTS winners each year to the Presidential Scholar Foundation for consideration in the commission's selection of the twenty Presidential Scholars in the ARTS.
From the Top is a radio program that celebrates young people who have shown a commitment to music and the arts. Through a nationally broadcast radio show, in-school programs and their website, From the Top is dedicated to giving young classical musicians a platform to express themselves and inspire others.
Established in 1964 by Executive Order of the President, the United States Presidential Scholars Program recognizes and honors America's most distinguished graduating seniors. Annually, up to 141 students are chosen from among outstanding high school students and invited to Washington in June for National Recognition Week.
This website offers: information about Smithsonian museums; explore and learn options in art & design, history & culture, and science & technology; exhibitions; research; events; outreach; and links for kids and teachers.
Monthly activities include lectures, seminars, study tours to local and world-wide destinations, children's events, films, courses, embassy receptions, performances, and much, much more! In depth Campus on the Mall courses include special programming areas: African American Studies, Art and Architecture, Civil War Studies, Contemporary Issues, Culinary Arts, Humanities, International Studies, Performing Arts, and Science & Technology. Programs and Performances Lectures, Films and Tours on a variety of subjects by experts in their field(s) of interest.
Appel Farm's mission is to provide people of all ages, cultures, and economic backgrounds with a supportive, cooperative environment in which they can appreciate and present works in the performing and visual arts. Whether it's the concert series, summer camp, the annual arts & music festival, children's performances, community projects, classes for all ages or our unique facilities dedicated to creating and enjoying the arts, there is always something going on at Appel Farm!
The Crayola FACTORY® is full of exciting hands-on activities for kids of all ages. Explore the different studios and discover new materials and techniques. Don't miss our special Workshop Studio programs. We offer everything from storytelling to artist-in-residence programs.
Founded in 1973 by the Washington State Arts Commission, the State Parks and Recreation Commission and the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction as a statewide center for arts and creativity, Centrum has evolved into a significant cultural resource. Centrum welcomes people of all ages and abilities to participate in workshops, classes, events and performances.
A clever book about a museum whose displays have been replaced with forgeries. Readers will enjoy learning about some of the world's greatest artists and their works while solving this mystery story and figuring out the spot the difference puzzles.
Written by Jesse Rachel Cukierkorn, Ph.D., this book provides information for teachers and parents interested in supporting an artistically talented child. It reveals the characteristics of artistically talented students, describes program options, and shares an approach for supporting the affective needs of these students.
In this collection of essays and interviews journalist Dick Russell examines the role of African Americans through two centuries of American history. He focuses primarily on the role of blacks in the cultural life of the United States. Black Genius and the American Experience, with an introduction by Alvin F. Poussaint, takes a thoughtful and fascinating look at the contributions to U.S. history made by Americans of African decent.
The Calvin and Hobbes comic book series is about a boy and his stuffed animal that he make-believes is real.
Written by MaryAnn Kohl and Kim Solga for ages 4-8, this book includes short biographies and information about the styles and techniques of more than 75 famous artists, from the Dark Ages up to the present day (Ghiberti to Christo and Wyeth). For each artist, an accompanying studio art project suitable for K-6 children is included, designed to focus on the media, design elements, style or type of art, or subject most associated with each individual artist. Materials needed for all projects are specified, along with directions and a sample of a child's work.
These carefully researched books have wonderfully detailed drawings of figures in historical costumes, authentic reproductions of actual period art, or carefully rendered images of plants and animals. Most include notes or stories intertwined with the pictures, and the written information is a nice complement to the drawings. Some of the titles available include: Geometric Designs
and Illusions; Butterflies, Insects, More; American History; World History; and, many more.
This book is invaluable teaching aid that not only guides readers through the basics, but also gives important advice on creating a nurturing environment in which self-expression and creativity can flourish. Both practical and enlightening, this book inspires educators and parents to bring out the artist in all of us.
This book has wonderful illustrations of magical creatures ranging from the Nile goose to Grendel to Sleipner. The creatures are all based on Egyptian, Greek, Babylonian, and other myths and legends.
This collection of books represents a large portion of the Western canon: Homer, the Athenian playwrights, the early Greek philosophers, Rome, early Christianity, Renaissance, Reformation, Enlightenment, early American political philosophy, and Victorian literature up until the end of the 20th century. This series provides extensive original documents on science, mathematics, government, philosophy, literature, and much more.
This is a 1,000 page book dedicated to art history. Art is depicted from the Stone Age to the 20th century in 865 color reproductions. Included in the book is a timeline that charts landmarks in art alongside scientific accomplishments. Additionally, each historical period has its own world map and excerpts from original sources.
How can new knowledge be created from already existing knowledge? This book shows how seeing in all its many forms - insight, revelation, a distinctive point of view - is central to the greatest advances of the human intellect. Artists and scientists alike rely on visual representations of worlds both visible and invisible.
This curriculum guide offers instruction on how to interrelate words, illustration, and design through simple book making activities. Starting with the concertina book, Paul Johnson demonstrates that the creation of simple books is a powerful (and fun!) medium for developing writing skills.
This book is a step by step guide to making clay figures from polymer clay, from simple creatures like a frog to more complicated creatures like a wolf. The animals are caricatures, with expressive characteristics and clothing. This book also introduces how to use other mediums with the polymer clay.
Isaac Stern is a great performing artist, famous for his profound music-making, and his dedication to sharing his knowledge and wisdom with younger musicians. He began performing publicly while still very young, and was soon touring across the country and around the world. His fame escalated when he led the fight to save Carnegie Hall, and again when he was the subject of the Academy Award-winning documentary film From Mao to Mozart. In this book he shares his personal and artistic experiences.
Asher Lev is a profoundly gifted artist born into a very religious family. His gift possesses its own spirit. Asher must learn to master his gift without relinquishing his deeply felt Judaism.
Spanning over nine centuries of Western art, this very personal selection includes more than 500 of the world's greatest artists. Arranged alphabetically, most of the artists featured are represented by two paintings, illustrating the full range of their work and the development of their style.
This beautiful book chronicles 800 years of Western painting, and includes color reproductions of more than 450 masterpieces from cave painting to the 20th century.
This combined studio art/art history program provides lesson plans, and background materials for those who want a structured, interdisciplinary art and art history curriculum. Developmentally appropriate, but challenging activities are included for each grade level. Each grade level's materials comes in a large three-ring binder. Supplementary art prints and slides are also available. These curriculum guides were designed with public school teachers in mind, but could easily be adapted to a homeschooling or co-op setting.
Written by author F. Watt for ages 10 and older, this book helps readers learn how to paint a watercolor wash, splatter paint, print patterns with plastic wrap, and create resist effects with oil pastels, to name just a few of the techniques covered. It's packed full of ideas for painting, drawing, printing and collage.
Creativity Inspiration, Activities, and Tips offers inspiration, tips, and amusing activities that are designed to blow out your fear, boost your creativity, and move you closer to the life you dream of.
ASK (Arts and Sciences for Kids) is geared toward 2nd to 4th graders who are full of curiosity and imagination. With ASK, they'll explore the world with the greatest inventors, artists, thinkers, and scientists of the past and present, discovering how the ideas that shape our lives were formed. They'll read articles written by award-winning children's writers and follow serial stories about a group of young explorers who are excited about discovering the world. Each issue of ASK focuses on a single theme and encourages students' skill with puzzles, word plays, riddles, activities, cartoons, posters, lively art and photos.
MUSE is a nonfiction magazine for children age eight to 14, sponsored by Smithsonian magazine and featuring much of the Smithsonian's research and vast collections. MUSE has exciting articles on topics ranging from art to zoology. Written and designed to get children to ask questions and think for themselves, MUSE poses problems that don't always have clear answers: Can you "fix" nature?; Do animals think?; What is art?; and, What really happened to the dinosaurs?
Edited by and for girls ages 8 to 14, New Moon is the ground-breaking, imaginative, ad-free magazine that girls, parents and teachers love. (Winner of 6 Parents' Choice Gold Awards.) Girl contributors from around the world give voice to their dreams and intellect through fiction, poetry, artwork, letters, and articles on different cultures and enterprises. New Moon is an international, multicultural magazine which connects girls and celebrates diversity by providing a place for girls to express themselves and communicate with other girls around the world.
This magazine is published by the Smithsonian Institution. Its subject matter is eclectic, though mostly centered around history of cultures, art, language, geography, and sciences. Though targeted at adults, many articles are suitable for intelligent children as well.
Stone Soup is a magazine that contains stories, letters, book reviews, art and poems created by kids. You can also submit your own.
BMS is a Gifted and Talented/Visual Performing Arts magnet school in Sarasota County. It offers a full-time gifted classroom for 6th-8th graders who meet full-time gifted criteria. In addition, the school also offers a variety of Visual Performing arts instruction and houses five multi-platform computer labs for instruction and assessment.
At Salisbury University you'll have access to state-of-the-art facilities, including Fulton Hall's Black Box Theatre, Computer Laboratories, Orchestral and Choral Rehearsal Halls, Visual Arts Studios, as well as Holloway Hall's Main Stage Auditorium and the Studio of Su-TV in Caruthers Hall. Your preparation will be supported by professional dance and rehearsal studios as well as fully-equipped classrooms.
Students attend G·tec once a week for approximately 1 1/2 hours after school. The curriculum has been carefully developed by the director, in consultation with a team of dedicated and respected leaders affiliated with higher learning institutions such as Columbia University, Wayne State University, Pace University, Pratt University, Whitney Museum, New York Botanical Garden, Mystic Life Aquarium, Eastchester High School, and more! Students are exposed to a balanced program of visual arts, history, science, and computer literacy.
The North Carolina Schools of the Arts is a residential High School and College for students who are pursuing a career in the arts. The school's mission is to train talented students for professional careers in the arts. School of the Arts graduates go on to dance with American Ballet Theatre; sing at the Metropolitan Opera; act on Broadway and in film; design Emmy and Tony-Award winning shows; and win student Academy Awards.
This summer program is for grades K-8 and is taught by educators from the Atlanta, Georgia area.
Saturday is not your typical day for school but participants in Georgia State University's Saturday School for Scholars and Leaders are not your typical students. Since 1975, parents and school personnel have identified scholars and leaders to participate in this special Saturday program. Each session, Atlanta area educators teach a variety of enrichment classes, ranging from the fine and applied arts to math and science, designed to challenge participants at all levels.
School in the Park is an innovative program that shifts the location of "school" from a traditional classroom setting in an inner-city school, to the resources and educational opportunities available at museums in San Diego's Balboa Park. A relevant instructional environment is created as hands-on learning challenges students to become active participants in their own education. Rosa Parks and Hamilton Elementary Schools participate in this program that allows third, fourth and fifth grade students to spend up to eight weeks at Balboa Park, where they participate in week-long educational programs at nine institutions.
The Governor's School for the Arts & Humanities is a public coeducational high school located in Greenville, South Carolina. This nine-month residential program opened in the fall of 1999 to serve artistically talented students of South Carolina and to be a resource for their teachers. Students apply and audition in five art areas: Creative Writing, Dance, Drama, Music, and Visual Arts. A summer program is also available.
The Mission of the College-Conservatory of Music, Preparatory Department, is to provide educational instruction and performance opportunities in Music, Theater and Dance to students of pre-collegiate and adult age, and to stimulate, nurture, and develop their techniques and skills to their fullest artistic potential either for future study at a college or conservatory program or for their own development and enrichment. This mission is pursued by providing private instruction, classes, ensembles, and performance opportunities in accordance with the highest levels of excellence of the College-Conservatory of Music.
Funded and coordinated by local public schools and Wytheville Community College, This Governor's School has two primary focus areas. One is to provide a variety of academic experiences in arts, science, and technology to a diverse group of academically gifted high school students. The second focus is to provide a summer enrichment experience that is academically and intellectually challenging for gifted students.
The Governor's School for Humanities and Visual & Performing Arts is a four-week summer residential program for rising high school juniors and seniors. It is sponsored by the Virginia Department of Education and participating schools.
West Virginia Governor's School for the Arts (GSA) is a three-week residential program providing individual and in-depth group instruction in the arts for current high school sophomores living in and attending school in West Virginia. Areas addressed are dance, theatre, vocal music, instrumental music, and visual art. Skilled artists/teachers will work with students who demonstrate potential in those areas. In addition, the Governor's School for the Arts attempts to broaden the students' understanding of the arts through interdisciplinary courses focusing on common elements in the arts disciplines.
Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, a summer school of the arts located in Michigan’s Manistee National Forest, offers fine arts education for all ages. The summer camp annually serves 5,000 gifted elementary, junior high and high school students with diverse programs in music, art, dance, and drama. Since its inception in 1966, Blue Lake has provided cultural enrichment to more than 250,000 gifted students and countless concert-goers. Programs are designed to educate through a carefully developed and balanced curriculum as well as elective courses in art, drama, dance, or music. Organized recreation, practice time, recitals, master classes, evening activities, and regular attendance at performances complete the camp experience.
Since 1992, CC Summer Arts Camp has been offering classes in fine arts, performing arts, communication and media arts.
"Governor's School for the Arts (GSA) provides hands-on arts opportunities for the state's talented high school students who are dancers, actors, instrumental and vocal musicians, creative writers, future architects or visual artists. GSA's primary components include a three-week summer residential program, regional arts workshops and masterclasses, college and career day and an artist roster of performing and visual artists made up of GSA alumni."
Missouri's Fine Arts Academy is a three-week residential scholars program at Missouri State University in Springfield for artistically gifted youth who are ready to begin their junior or senior year in high school. The curriculum of the academy is divided into four distinct categories of study; interdisciplinary artistic studies, enrichment workshops, applied studies and coursework related to one or more disciplines- dance, theatre and visual arts. School districts and private schools are responsible for nominating students to attend the Missouri Fine Arts Academy. Students may not self-nominate.
Each summer, hundreds of teens and kids from all over the world are taught filmmaking and acting at the New York Film Academy summer camp programs. Our one of a kind, hands-on film and acting camps are designed to teach youth the fundamentals of movie making and acting in film.
Created in 1942, Buck's Rock Performing and Creative Arts Camp is a summer camp offering a range of classes for students ages 11 through 17. The camp is located on 125 acres of deeply wooded forests 85 miles from New York City. Activities range from writing a play, playing badminton, glassblowing, horseback riding, spelunking, sculpture, clown/improv, costume, lighting and sound design, set design, circus arts, radio, dance, culinary arts, etc.
"Summer residential programs for New York State high school students which provide intensive pre-professional training with internationally acclaimed artists and artistic companies. It's an intense and exciting residential participatory learning experience held each summer. It's open to all New York State high school age students who qualify through audition.
Join the next generation of visual and performing artists at SOCAPA, the School of Cinema and Performing Arts. These teen summer programs range in length from two to six weeks on campuses in New York, California and Vermont. The program is for students ages 13-16 and 16-19.
Stagedoor Manor is a theater summer camp for ages 8 through 18 in New York. Learn from directors, choreographers and vocal coaches in all class levels - beginner and advanced. Application available online.
The Center for Creative Youth (CCY), a summer pre-college program, offers talented high school students five weeks of intensive study in the arts at Wesleyan University, one of the country's most distinguished liberal arts colleges. CCY, a program of the Capitol Region Education Council and sponsored by and in collaboration with Wesleyan's Graduate Liberal Studies Program and Wesleyan's Center for the Arts, emphasizes multicultural and interdisciplinary learning, critical thinking and leadership. Each class is designed to enhance students' problem-solving skills in music, theater, musical theater, technical theater, creative writing, dance, filmmaking, and visual arts, which includes photography.
During the summer the Tisch School of the Arts offers high school students the chance to participate in intensive training either in New York City or abroad. Through these programs you gain an enriching and enlightening experience, and a better understanding of the nature of a professional training program.
Usdan is a summer school of the arts which provides activities for the beginning to the advanced. Courses are 7 weeks or 4 weeks. Applicants qualify on basis of interest as well as a degree of skill or advancement. There are 3 divisions, based upon current grade in school. Children are placed according to age and/or advancement. Children choose a major and take two classes in their major and one class in a minor. There are six program to choose from: Music, Dance, Theater, Arts, Chess, and Writing.
This summer program about Asian Cultures is co-sponsored with the Asian Studies Program at the University of Vermont. Topics of lectures and workshops include Family and Society, Arts and Language, and Medicine and Health. These areas will be threads to link history, philosophy, religion, and political and economic development.
The Vermont Governor's Institute on the Arts can be described as a summer artistic excellence, challenge, and excitement, and is designed to celebrate and explore the creative experience. It is held on the campus of Castleton State College in Castleton, Vermont. This Institute has evolved into a lively artistic community, bringing together outstanding artists and highly motivated students to explore the process of creativity.
Located west of Lake George, New York in the beautiful Adirondack Mountains, Long Lake combines a Theater Camp, Music Camp, Dance Camp, Circus Camp, Rock Camp and a Fine Arts Camp all in one setting. The camp has as a fully-featured waterfront and a fun sports department. There is a 3-week or 6-week camp duration to choose from.
"As a co-educational program for students aged 13 to 18, gifted in theatre, dance, music, art, communication and business, Firespark! is committed to one goal: TO LIGHT YOUR FIRE! It is our intent to give you the chance to do not only the things you are good at, but to EXPERIMENT with the unknown . . . to LEARN in a highly charged, creative environment . . . to EXPERIENCE the joy of acting in a scene from "Streetcar", or writing an elegant haiku, or dancing en pointe to Tchaikovsky."
The Tennessee Governor's School for the Arts is a four-week summer program for rising 11th and 12th grade students in Tennessee held at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) in Murfreesboro. Administered by the State Department of Education, the program offers intensive study programs in art, dance, filmmaking, theatre and music.
The Cazadero Performing Arts Camp, located in Sonoma County, offers youth music sessions and family camp. Since 1957, this camp has been providing musical education and performances to youngsters from the Bay Area and beyond. The camp is in an old growth redwood grove approximately two hours from the Bay Area.
This site has an art program for home, private, or public school art curriculum. With this program there is no art background needed to teach art history, technique, principles, and activities. "When it comes to learning: hearing is good, seeing is better, but doing is the best... It only makes sense to combine all 3 in an art curriculum."
This is a wonderful source for books to use for History, Literature, Art, Music, and Nature Study. It is a great resource for anyone using a Classic Curriculum, but those who are not will also find materials here. Full of historical non-fiction and fiction, study guides, activity books, reference books, biographies, etc.
PCS Edventures! is the educational adventure where kids discover how things work using exciting hands-on projects, safe and secure communication tools, and a powerful reward system to motivate students. Subject areas are diverse ranging from art to engineering and there is a strong emphasis on technological skills, computer and Internet use, and design skills.
This program aims to teach children the artistic process through creativity and technique. Through an effective combination of step-by-step art teaching methods and the instillation of life-long skills, children can develop in not only art, but in many aspects of their lives.
ArtEdge is a program of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and offers free, standards-based teaching materials for use in and out of the classroom, as well as professional development resources, student materials, and guidelines for arts-based instruction and assessment.
This site provides a voice for young people on the Internet. They publish original creative work by kids ages 7 - 12 in art, writing, games/puzzles and multimedia.
The ArtsEdNet web site is a great tool for parents and educators. The website has a listing of Artworks, Art Galleries, and exhibitions, as well as as listing of lesson plans and curriculum ideas.
In 1991, Bob Barraza and Shawn Patrello pursued their passion for improv and kids as they formed a duo named Kidprov® in order to teach the art of improvisation comedy in day-care centers across the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex. Finding little response, they put their idea on the back burner. Meanwhile, Brad Newton, a teacher of elementary-aged gifted students chanced upon Bob and Shawn as they performed with a Dallas-area improv troupe. Little did they realize that this serendipitous encounter was the conceptive moment of what exists today.
The Woodruff Arts Center is the heartbeat of Atlanta's arts community offering Atlantans a bold variety of performing and visual arts - both traditional and avant-garde. For 30 years, Woodruff Center has set the arts standard for Atlanta and the Southeast.
Student Art and Art Lesson Plans including sculpture, drawing and painting, printmaking, sewing and design, and papermaking.
This site gives parents a perspective on their child's drawing and how it compares to other children their age.
This free curriculum website provides educators with lesson plans and web links for the humanities, including: arts and culture; literature and language arts; foreign languages; and, history and social studies. This site is a valuable resource for educators looking for creative ways to better teach the humanities. This educational partnership brings online humanities resources from some of the world's great museums, libraries, cultural institutions, and universities directly to the classroom.
The Louvre Museum's official website features information about the famous museum in France, including the history of the Louvre, collections of art, a virtual tour, latest happenings, and more.
This site for the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) has the nation's most extensive database of awards, services and publications for artists of all disciplines. NYFA Source identifies more than 2,700 awards, 2,100 services, 800 publications for artists in the disciplines of dance, music, folk/traditional, theater, performance art, visual, design, media and literary arts.
This website provides art history information through the use of multimedia presentations and audio clips, such as conversations by art historians on various topics.
Choose from the Family Edition, Homeschool Edition or School Edition to enrich the educational programs in your school or family setting. 16 art lessons from the award-winning art education in geeART16 include a glossary of terms, gallery of art and a section to build a personal portfolio. Interactive quizzes measure students' knowledge and allow them to collect rewards.
Lesson Corner offers the largest collection of free k-12 lesson plans on the web. The Art and Music collection includes, drawing, painting, architecture, crafts and many more.