Art Resources

Recycled, Re-Seen: Folk Art from the Global Scrap Heap

Crystal Productions. Grade 3 to adult. Produced by the Museum of International Folk Art, this innovative and dynamic program includes a video, an interdisciplinary curriculum guide, and 20 color prints. Copyright 1997. • Video: The 3... More.

Wilton Art Series 100 CD-ROM Program

Grades K-5. This program forms a comprehensive K-5 art appreciation and art history curriculum. This series of four, lesson-based CD-ROMs uses fine art and photography from around the world to teach art concepts and explore the ar... More.

Drawing Realistic Textures in Pencil

By J.D. Hillberry. Grade 6 to adult. This book will help artists explore exciting textural possibilities with techniques anyone can master. Step-by-step demonstrations show how to create the look of metal, wood, hair, and other textures. ... More.

Drawing for All – 5 VHS

Crystal Productions. 60 minutes each. Grade 1 to adult. This comprehensive, elementary instructional series teaches drawing techniques from the most basic shapes to more advanced concepts such as portraits, landscapes, and perspective. Features e... More.

Tessellations: How to Create Them – VHS

20 minutes. Grade 6 to adult. Jim McNeill introduces basic tessellation concepts and examples of historic tessellations as well as examples of his own work. He then presents a step-by-step demonstration creating simple tessellations with ... More.

I Can Fly: Kids and Creativity – VHS

25 minutes. Grade 2 to adult. Explores the creative process in art, music, song, pottery, and dance! Performances by internationally-acclaimed Blue Man Group, De La Guarda, and Stomp! Features artists Faith Ringgold, Jacob Lawrence, and Eliza... More.

Mobiles: How to Create Them – VHS

Crystal Productions. 34 minutes. Grades 7-12. Demonstrates how to create dynamic mobiles with easily obtained materials. Introduces the history of mobiles developed by Alexander Calder. Shows construction of three types of mobiles: articulate... More.

Alexandra Nechita – VHS

Crystal Productions. 23 minutes. All grade levels. Motivating and inspiring to young artists, this video shows the abstract paintings of the young artist Alexandra Nechita who is described as the “Petite Picasso.” At age 8, she had a ... More.

I Can Fly Part II: Kids, Painting & Art Appriciation – VHS

28 minutes. Grade 1 to adult. Explores five key elements of painting: color, light, style, texture, and subject. Features the artwork of classic painters such as Renoir, Matisse, Degas, Van Gogh, and Rembrandt; and modern artists Faith Ringgold, ... More.

I Can Fly Part III: Kids, Painting & Modern Art – VHS

28 minutes. Grades K-12. Video explores seven key modern styles or art “isms”: Pointillism, Fauvism, Dadaism, Cubism, Abstract Impressionism, Op and Pop Art, and Photo-Realism. Features artwork from dynamic modern artists, suc... More.