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FEATURED ENTRIES . OTHER ENTRIES . PARTNERS . FIND OUT MORE
GET INTO ART | SOME FUN PLACES TO VISIT | ONLINE SEARCHING | CREDITS
The Art Kids
www.artkids.co.uk
Sketch book, gallery, colouring book, top tips and games in this fun kids site.
The Big Bang
www.bigartsweek.com
An exciting initiative inviting professional artists to volunteer their time and share their skills to inspire local children in primary and secondary schools throughout the country during the week of 21-25 June 2004.
CBBC – Art
www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/art/index.shtml
Create your own pictures and stories here with top tips on how to draw and how to paint with watercolours. There's even a gallery where you can send in your art and win some goodies.
Drawing Power
www.drawingpower.org.uk/menu2.htm
Throughout October 2004 drawing sessions for all ages will take place around the country. Find out more about The Big Draw on this website.
Gridclub
http://gridclub.com/games/dt/index.html
Channel 4's interactive space for kids has a Top Draw area where you can design your own stuff.
Hidden Art Schools Project
www.hiddenart.com/schools
Encourages local London children to create colourful posters in response to visits to local buildings of architectural interest. Find out more about this year's events or search for previous young artists on the website.
Painting Beyond Fashion
www.geocities.com/~jlhagan/lessons/mainmenu.htm
John Hagan's guide to basic painting, drawing principles and techniques from the Renaissance to the present day. Free online lessons for beginners as well as the more advanced painter.
Show Me – Art and Design
www.show.me.uk/topicpage/Art-and-Design.html
Features online art projects, games and activities produced by UK museums and galleries for children aged between 4-11.
Tate Kids
www.tate.org.uk/learning/kids
Loads of games and fun creative stuff from all of the Tate museums across the UK.
Virtual School Art Department
www.eun.org/eun.org2/eun/en/vs-art/entry_page.cfm?id_area=28
This European site has loads of information and hosts an art-partner-finding-forum, where you can find and share interesting art projects.
Visual Arts Online Workshop
www.accessart.org.uk/online_workshops.html
Fun online artist-led teaching. All the workshops contain animated, interactive visual pages, they're completely free, plus you can print out the workshops and notes.
Watercolour Studio/Workshop
www.donington.com/watercolour/studio.htm
Over 20 structured online lessons on how to paint watercolour landscapes. All are free.
Wet Canvas
www.wetcanvas.com
Community site with online lessons in painting and a forum for sharing tips and ideas.
Young at Art
www.arts.ac.uk/young-at-art
Encourages and promotes creative activity by young people aged 11-19. The site includes showcases of art created by children and young people as well as details of courses for 11-18 year olds.
Finedyne Ltd
www.artcourses.co.uk
Comprehensive directory of local art courses, part-time classes, workshops and painting holidays.
Floodlight
www.floodlight.co.uk
Official guide to part-time and full-time courses that covers art in Greater London.
LearnDirect
www.learndirect.co.uk
Life-long learning with regional listings of art classes/courses at varying levels.
Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
www.bmag.org.uk
Website includes a virtual reality tour and a video tour of Soho House, as well as an online picture library. Has a special section for schools and a kids zone too.
Colour Museum – Bradford
www.sdc.org.uk/museum/mus.htm
Explores all aspects of the history of colour. The site includes online versions of its main galleries, details of special exhibitions, workshops and other events, plus interactive games suitable for all ages in the 'Fun Stuff' section.
Ashmolean – Oxford
www.ashmol.ox.ac.uk/ash/education/ChildrenPage.html
The oldest public museum in Britain. The website includes an online exhibition of paintings by young people and a children's section where you can do a gallery trail and even exhibit your work.
Drumcroon Gallery – Wigan
www.drumcroon.org.uk
Based at the Wigan Art Education Centre, aims to provide children, students and teachers with increased opportunities to engage with and respond to works of art and artists.
Tate Museums
www.tate.org.uk/
Check out all the fun events for kids hosted at the different Tate galleries around the country. There are two galleries in London, one in Liverpool and one in St Ives.
Irish Museum of Modern Art – Dublin
www.modernart.ie
Contains information about past, present and future exhibitions, news and events, a list of artworks in the collection and details of the museum's education and community programmes.
Victoria and Albert Museum – London
www.vam.ac.uk
Provides an introduction to the applied and decorative arts collections. The learning section contains details of the museum's education programmes and activities for families and young people.
Artlex Art Dictionary
www.artlex.com
Excellent site with over 3000 art definitions and images. Scroll down the left side of the homepage for a comprehensive list of different genres of art and click-on paintings.
24 Hour Museum
www.24hourmuseum.org.uk
Provides access to information about museums, galleries and heritage attractions throughout the UK. It offers the facility to search for museums and exhibitions by geographic location, and there are links to museum and gallery websites.
Dare-Online
www.dareonline.org
This visually exciting interactive resource is designed for art education concerned with cultural and identity issues. The site includes school projects, extensive information about artists and over 200 links to galleries and artist's sites.
Gallery Finder
www.engage.org/(wbwciy450gjcjniqyejegtv4)/galleryfinder/index.aspx
Database of over 500 galleries across the UK, divided by region.
Museum Net
www.museums.co.uk
An online guide to museums in the UK. It has a postcode search facility to enable you to find one nearby.
Artycyclopedia
www.artcyclopedia.com
Comprehensive search facility for fine artists and artwork with links to galleries and exhibitions.
CREDITS
Produced to accompany Kids Art Week, a ZCZ films Ltd production, first shown on Channel 4 in July 2004.
Managing Editor: Katie Streten
Project manager: Caroline Sutton
Designer: Kate Drummond
Editor: Nigel Cooper
Writer: Nigel Cooper
Resources manager: Nicole Carmen
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