Research Resources:
Subject Research Guides:
Education:
Arts Education
The arts are used across the curriculum in New Jersey, as well as studied individually [visual arts, music, performing
arts]. Available resources abound on the WWW, and take the educator to the Getty Center, The JFK Center for the
Performing Arts, and any arts focused organizations in America. Look at
Virtual Field Trips in this subject guide to connect to
museums world wide.
RU Libraries = Available at the specified Rutgers University Library
RU Libraries-Specific = Available to Rutgers students, faculty, and staff.
WWW = World Wide Web resource, available to all. URLs are included for convenience.
Rutgers University Library Resources
- Contemporary Issues in Art Education.
- ALEXANDER STACKS N350.C66 2002
- Elementary Art Programs: A Guide for Administrators
- CAMDEN STACKS N362.E43 1992
- New Jersey Visual and Performing Arts Curriculum Framework: A Document in Support of the Core Curriculum Standards in the Visual and Performing Arts
- ALEXANDER DOCNJ LB1561.N4N48 1999
Rutgers Databases
- ERIC: Find lesson plans, practitioner experiences [RU Libraries-Specific]
- Oxford (Grove) Art Online [RU Libraries-Specific]
- Look up concepts, terms for lesson planning
RU Related Resources
- Zimmerli Museum
- Use the museum as an extension filed trip for students. The museum has
educational student-oriented handout guides to the art being displayed. The website has
explanations of the permanent exhibits, as well as displaying items from some of the current
exhibits.
- URL: http://www.zimmerlimuseum.rutgers.edu/collections/japonisme.shtml
- Mason Gross School of the Arts
- Mason Gross School of the Arts. Look at the programs and links for undergraduate and graduate Arts students
(visual and performing arts) at Rutgers, New Brunswick campus. Take a tour via the Web of the School.
- URL: http://www.masongross.rutgers.edu
WWW Resources
- National Arts Education Standards
- URL: http://artsedge.kennedycenter.org/professional_resources/standards/natstandards/
- Getty Arts Ed Net
- This site has virtual art exhibits, as well as teacher and student activities.
- URL: http://www.getty.edu/artsednet/
- Art & Music Educators JumpStart Page
- The collected links include major gateway sites to museums, lesson plans and activities for art and music.
- URL: http://mustang.coled.umn.edu/Exploration/ArtMusic.html
- Artcyclopedia - The Fine Art Search Engine
- URL: http://www.artcyclopedia.com
- Art History Theme Page
- URL: http://www.cln.org/themes/art_history.html
- The Artist's View of World History and Western Civilization
- URL: http://history.evansville.net/index.html
- ArtSeek - Internet Art Resources
- URL: http://www.artseek.com/ArtSites/Sites.html
- Chinese Papercuts
- URL: http://www.isaacnet.com/culture/papercut.htm
- CLN Origami Theme Page
- URL: http://www.cln.org/themes/origami.html
- NASA - Build your own Galileo spacecraft scale model
- URL: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/model.html
- Crayola
- URL: http://www.crayola.com/
- Educational Standards and Curriculum Frameworks for Art
- URL: http://putnamvalleyschools.org/StSu/Art.html
- The Library-in-the-Sky - Art Lesson Plans
- URL: http://www.nwrel.org/sky/Library/Materials_Search/Lesson_Plans/Arts.html
- Museums Index at World Wide Arts Resources
- Yahoo Home: Arts: Education
- URL: http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Education/K_12/
