Art & Photography Resources
Art
Photography
Museums
Art
Teen Ink Art & Photography Contest
Calling all artists and photographers! Enter Teen Ink's monthly Art & Photography Contest and win the chance to showcase your creative work in a national magazine. Each month at least two teens are honored for outstanding artwork and/or photography.
About.com: Painting
Great source of information on such topics as color theory, graffiti, creativity and printmaking. Includes a special section for young painters. Read featured articles, help a fellow painter with a critique, or submit your own work.
Art on the Net
Visit an online art gallery! Artists from all over the world have put their work here for everyone to enjoy. Tour the artists' studios and find links to other art sites on the web.
Artcyclopeida
The definitive guide to museum-quality fine art on the Internet. Search hundreds of museum sites and image archives for the work of over 5,000 artists, read featured articles, or find direct links to museums worldwide.
ArtsEdge
Exploring the Arts presents online, arts-based interactive areas for students
Berger Foundation
View some of the world's most famous works on this online gallery. Find works by country or by the artist's name.
National Art Honor Society
For students in grades 7-12 to recognize those who have shown an outstanding ability in art. Members can apply for the Secondary Art Achievement Award and Charles M. Robertson Memorial Scholarship.
National Endowment for the Arts
Explore arts features, interviews, new work in the Gallery and Writer's Corner. Learn about work being done across the country. Choose an Art Form to find resources, links and archived features on artists and arts organizations.
The Art Room
Want to think like an artist? Looking for art projects? Welcome to the Art Room, a virtual learning environment for exploring the world of art! Come see all the helpful hints you can find here.
Toonville!
The most popular cartoon site on the internet. Search and browse through toons here to suit every taste, including a section of kids toons.
World Wide Arts Resources
"Your First Stop for Arts Online!" - This interactive arts gateway gives you access to artists, museums, galleries, art history and education, performing arts, chats, forums and much more.
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Photography
Teen Ink Art & Photography Contest
Calling all artists and photographers! Enter Teen Ink's monthly Art & Photography Contest and win the chance to showcase your creative work in a national magazine. Each month at least two teens are honored for outstanding artwork and/or photography.
Teen Ink Cover Photo Contest
Want to put your friends on the cover of a national magazine? Got some great photos of your friends at home, at school or just hanging out? Send us your snapshots now! Every month at least one winning photo is selected to appear on the cover of TeenInk magazine.
Azus Web Works
This site has lots of tips for photographers. Test your camera knowledge with an online quiz, or learn about the history of photography.
Digital Photo Contest
As it says, this website sponsers contests for un-edited digital photographs. Items include a 'Photo of the Day' contest, and monthly prizes.
Get The Picture: Thinking About Photographs
What makes a photograph good? Look at photographs from The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, read what the photographers who took them have to say, and learn about the art of photography.
Kodak: Taking Great Pictures
Check out their guide to better pictures. The site also has a selection of online tutorials on composition, lighting and darkroom techniques.
Photo.net
A helpful site with tips on how to improve your photography. Read articles on techniques and search for contests.
Photo Secrets
This site has tips for beginner, intermediate and advanced photographers. Learn everything how to take photographs of fireworks, to current copyright laws and techniques for selling your pictures. It also has dozens of useful links!
Smithsonian Institute: Photography
Browse through the Smithsonian Institute's photography collection, with beautiful images from around the world.
Wild Portraits
For great advice on how and where to shoot outdoors, check out this site! Focusing primarily on nature photography, this site suggests sites of interest on every continent.
World is Round
Here is a website where you can look at or post travel pictures. View pictures from all around the world, or comment on photographs taken in your hometown.
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Museums
Louvre Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum of Modern Art
Smithsonian Institution
The National Gallery London
Webmuseum, Paris
Stroll throught the WebMuseum, Paris, where you can see art musuems, special exhibitions and photographs of the city of lights. Link onto other virtual tours from around the world.
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