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Eyeing America

Take a tour across America with artist Robert Cottingham.

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Frankfurters-Hamburgers (1980) color lithograph

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Art of the Stamp - View 100 original drawings and artworks that were used to create postage stamps.

Art Zone - What is a collage machine? Or a 3-D twirler? This site from the National Gallery of Art has interactive art that you can make online.

Ask Joan of Art - Do you have a question about American art and don't know how to find the answer? Art information specialists at the Smithsonian American Art Museum can help using both print and electronic reference resources.

Bottlecaps to Brushes - Cappy, the skateboarding giraffe is a cartoon character based on a bottle cap sculpture at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. He'll show you some of the other works of art in the museum's collection and suggest some fun activities.

BRUSHster - NGA Kids - BRUSHster is an online painting machine. This shockwave interactive includes more than forty brushes and customizable size, transparency, texture, and stroke options.(Shockwave required)

Collage Machine - NGA Kids - Create your own collage of using shapes, flowers, animals, instruments, faces and more. (Shockwave required)

Collage Machine II - NGA Kids - Create your own collage of using signs, shapes, flowers, sculptures, colors, faces and more. (Shockwave required)

Eyeing America - Prints of Robert Cottingham - Take a tour across America with artist Robert Cottingham.

Flow - NGA Kids - Flow is a motion painting machine. Choose a picture and create a path for the motion. (Shockwave required)

Hall of Presidents - National Portrait Gallery - This virtual tour will allow you to navigate through the National Portrait Gallery's, Hall of Presidents.

Latino Center's Kids Corner - Smithsonian - View three major galleries: 1) a Kids Gallery; 2) the Son Clave Lounge featuring Latino music; 3) Meso Time, a virtual visit through Mexico’s pre-Columbian past. (Flash required)

Meet Me At Midnight - After a field trip to the Smithsonian American Art Museum, you are magically taken to the galleries at night. To get back home, you have to solve mysteries and help your new friends find their artworks

NGA Kids - Choose from a variety of activities or projects from the National Gallery of Art, enjoy an animated musical adventure, take a tour through the sculpture garden, and more.

On the Road - Eyeing America - During the 1970s, Robert Cottingham made numerous visits to cities across America. During these travels, he photographed cities and trains, which he later used as the source material for his paintings and prints.

Online Museum - Eyeing America - View collection from Robert Cottingham.

Pixel Face - NGA Kids - Choose a portrait and use different colors and brushes to change the picture. (Shockwave required)

Search Collections - American Art Museum - Search and Browse by art type including painting, sculpture, drawings, and photography to name a few.

Search for Artists in the American Art Museum - An alphabetical list of artists and their works.

Sea-Saws - NGA Kids - Select photographs of natural and man-made objects, then assemble the pieces to create a seascape or an abstract composition. The BUILD tool helps you construct animated characters and set them in motion.

Smithsonian Education For Students - This is a place for kids to explore, discover and learn. Find out about art, science, history and the secrets of the museums.

U.S. Government Photos and Graphics - This page has a list of links of to all the images and graphics available from various Government agencies.

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Other Resources

@rt Junction - The @rt Junction is designed around the idea of "activity" centers that encourage kids to create, to learn and to explore new ideas, places and things on their own.

A Collection of Illustrated Diaries by Asian Children - The Mitsubishi companies have supported the Festivals of Asian Children's Art since 1990. The festivals bring together illustrated diaries by children throughout Asia, aged 6 to 12.

ArtGames - Artgames is an interactive website designed to engage children in playful, interactive learning about works of art in the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York.

Coloring Pages - Crayola - Over 1,000 free coloring pages for you to pick from.

Destination Modern Art - An interactive online gallery and offers an introduction to The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Look carefully at works of art and learn about artists and their techniques.

It's Fun To Read! - This is a great site from Starfall.com where you and your friends have fun learning to read. There's an art gallery, poetry and even fun tongue twisters!

Photo Galleries - National Geographic Kids - Take a look at the many photos on all sorts of topics, from exploration to animals to science, and much more.

Seattle Art Museum - Learn and Play - These sites from SAM have online art tours and interactive games, lesson plans and art activities.

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