Dr. Mira Reisberg's Helpful Links



Artist and Art Education Websites and Videos

Ron English Billboard Artist http://www.popaganda.com/billboards/index.shtml

Fred Wilson http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/wilson/index.html#

Layla Ali http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/ali/index.html

Billboard Liberation Front http://www.billboardliberation.com/

KunstHotel in Germany (Art Hotel) with artisy designed rooms http://www.kuenstlerheim-luise.de/en/rooms.htm

Great Art Education Short Videos

Thai Bui http://www.kqed.org/arts/people/spark/profile.jsp?id=4934

Ruth Asawa http://www.kqed.org/arts/people/spark/profile.jsp?id=4828

Flo Oy Wong http://www.kqed.org/arts/people/spark/profile.jsp?id=4392

The Ascend School http://www.kqed.org/arts/places/spark/profile.jsp?id=922

Anna Von Mertens’s needlework maps http://www.kqed.org/spark/artists-orgs/annavonmer.jsp

Andy Goldsworthy http://www.kqed.org/spark/artists-orgs/andygoldsw.jsp

Ann Chamberlain’s video http://www.kqed.org/spark/artists-orgs/annchamber.jsp

Axis Dance Company http://www.kqed.org/spark/artists-orgs/axis.jsp

Liebe Wetzel amazing object puppets  http://www.kqed.org/arts/people/spark/profile.jsp?id=8044

School Art Websites

K-8th Art Class Website from Marin, California http://www.mcds.org/arts/art-k.asp


ILLINOIS Animals
http://homeschooling.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=homeschooling&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fdnr.state.il.us%2Flands%2Feducation%2Fclassrm%2Fanimals.htm
and Birds
http://homeschooling.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=homeschooling&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fdnr.state.il.us%2Flands%2Feducation%2Fclassrm%2Fanimals.htm


Mariuccia Iaconi Book Imports - wonderful family run multicultural kids book source with loads of great stuff for educators
http://www.iaconibooks.com

http://www.childrensbookpress.org
Wonderful mulitcultural children's book publisher with lesson plans for teachers

hip fun art history animation
http://www.whitehouseanimationinc.com/kunstbar.htm

dots and dashes from Wall Street Journal portraits – techniques on right
http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/journal/inside.htm

Artists online
http://wwar.com/
http://www.artchive.com

Theater games links
http://www.childdrama.com/mainframe.html
by matt_buchanan_88@post.harvard.edu

Bilingual and ESL links
http://www.lll.uiuc.edu/
Language Learning Lab University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

http://www.pacificnet.net/~sperling/eslcafe.html
"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!"

Teacher links from UCBerkeley's Center for Slavic and eastern European Studies. Includes links to sites on 9/11 and Afghanistan
http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~csees/outreach3.html

Homepage of the U.S. Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/

American Library Associations page of links combining children's books with related activities
http://www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/ALSC/Great_Web_Sites_for_Kids/
Great_Web_Sites_Favorite_Childrens_Stories.html

This one is a bit unwieldy with pop up windows but has some useful pages
http://www.theeducatorsnetwork.com/main/

A listserv for educators
http://www.educatorsforum.net/

Helpful for teaching about individual States of the USA
http://www.50states.com/

Lots of stuff here
http://atozteacherstuff.com/

Freebies for teachers
http://www.justfreestuff.com/teacher.html

Gradebook software for teachers
http://www.1st-class-software.com

The most comprehensive Books Directory
http://www.bookssquare.com

A publisher of great books from the U.S. / Mexico border, the American Southwest, and Mexico
http://www.cincopuntos.com

Art and Technology Resources/
http://www.learningtoloveyoumore.com/index2.php
http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/
http://www.baycat.org/happening/recHilites4-testimonials.htm
http://earthasart.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.htm
http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/results.mhtm?search1=17&imgSubmit.x=52&imgSubmit.y=7
http://www.edutopia.org/
http://www.tuxpaint.org/
http://www.town4kids.com/town4kids/kids/art4kids/animation/kidsanimationmaker.htm
http://graphicssoft.about.com/b/a/156275.htm

Place-Based Pedagogy
http://www.edheritage.org/
http://www.ourmap.org/Links/placebasedpedagogy.html
http://www.acclaim-math.org/docs/htmlpages/World-Class.htm
http://www.acclaim-math.org/docs/htmlpages/World-Class.htm
http://swiki.dlese.org/ReportOut2003/24
http://naaee.org/forum/bilingualee.php

Environmental Education
http://eelink.net/classroomresources-directories.html
http://www.epa.gov/teachers/
http://www.moomom.com/learn/organicresources.html
http://www.organicvalley.coop/why_organic/environment/index.html
http://www.moomom.com/learn/organicmanifesto.html
Planting a garden with children
http://www.moomom.com/create/glorias_garden_archive.php?sel_record=1
http://www.moomom.com/create/glorias_garden.php

Anti racist education
http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/EPS/PES-Yearbook/95_docs/houston.html
http://www.antiracist.com/
http://www2.wgbh.org/MBCWEIS/LTC/ALRI/anti-racism.html
http://www.parentbooks.ca/antiracism_multicultural.html
http://www.cambridgefriendsschool.org/html/6are.htm
http://www.citizenshipfoundation.org.uk/main/resource.php?s69
http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/ks4/iru/publications/bibliographies/antrace2.html

Great lesson plan links compiled by Mary Beth Gaddy
Art Lesson Plan Websites
1. Know Your Town; Let Your Town Know You!
a. http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consumer/education/lesson plan 146.shtml
2. Mosaic Tiles
a. http://www.dickblick.com/lessonplans/2005mosaic/
3. Block Puzzle
a. http://www.dickblick.com/lessonplans/2005blockpuzzle/
4. Animals in Art
a. http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/lessons/6haiti.htm
5. Ex Voto Tradition from an Intercultural Perspective – Thanks Painting
a. http://www.princetonol/com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/jesse-thanks.htn
6. Cast Handmade Paper from Plaster Molds
a. http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/susan-paper.htm
7. Rockin’ Chalk
a. http://www.princetonol.com/groups.iad/lessons/elem/samantha-rock.htm
8. Hawaiian Quilt designs
a. http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/kelli-lino.htm
9. Aboriginal Bark Painting
a. http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/elem/aboriginalbarkpainting.htm
10. Foil Tooled Masks
a. http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/elem/jeannette-masks.htm
11. Artists are… IN THERE RIGHT MIND
a. http://www.sanfrd-artedventures.com/teach/lp_rightmind.html
12. Beginning Stained Glass Instruction
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/printables/PARtDelphiBeginningStainedGlassInstruction412.htm
This site has two additional lesson plans
13. The Thousand Paper Cranes
a. http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LAArtHistFict-SadakoPaperCranes56.html
14. African Jewelry Making
a. http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ArtSSAAfricanJewelryMaking68,htm
15. Geometric Architecture
a. http://www.lessonplanspage.com/MathArtGeometricArchitectureDeveloping46.htm
16. Paper Weaving
a. http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/,iddle/lessons/6Africa.htm
17. Figurative Slot Sculptures
a. http://www.dickblick.com/lessonplans/2004figurativeslot/
18. Gouache and Wood Burned Designs
a. http://www.dickblick.com/lessonplans.gouachewoodburned/