• This arts resources web page is organized to provide links to curriculum resources for each of the areas served by the DISD Fine Arts Department. While we have made every effort to select the best possible resources to include on this page, DISD cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information presented, and assumes no liability for the information contained on these servers.

    Key Resources

    MIDI and Audio Files

    Software and Multimedia Downloads

    Research and Publications

    Other Music Resource Web Pages

    The following links were submitted by DISD Art Teacher Rhonda Sherrill:

    ART LINKS
    African American Museum, Dallas http://www.dallasblack.com
    American Institute for Graphic Arts http://www.aiga.org/
    American Museum of Art/Smithsonian http://AmericanArt.si.edu/
    Amon Carter Museum Permanent Collection http://www.cartermuseum.org
    Architecture & Design Museum/Los Angeles http://www.aplusd.org/
    Art Center of Waco http://www.wacows.com
    Art History Resources http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html
    Art Materials Safety Information http://www.acminet.org/
    Art Museum of Southeast Texas http://www.amset.org
    Art Prints Inc. http://artprintsinc.com/
    Art Studio, Inc. http://www.artstudio.org
    Art Visuals http://artvisuals.tripod.com/
    ArtTexNet http://www.arttexnet.com/
    A.R.T. Studio Clay Comp http://www.artclay.com/any
    The Art Institute http://www.aii.edu
    Austin Museum of Art http://www.amoa.org
    Barrett Kendall Publishing http://www.barrettkendall.com
    Beckley Cardy/School Specialty http://www.beckleycardy.com/index.jsp
    Bemiss-Jason http://www.bemiss-jason.com/
    Blaffer Gallery: University of Houston http://www.blaffergallery.org
    Blue Star Art Space http://www.bluestarartspace.org
    Brooklyn Museum of Art http://www.brooklynart.org/
    Carnegie Museum of Art/Pittsburgh http://www.cmoa.org/
    Centre Pompidou http://www.centrepompidou.fr/Pompidou/Home.nsf/docs/fhome
    Chrysler Museum of Art http://www.chrysler.org/
    Cincinnati Art Museum http://www.cincinnatiartmuseum.com/
    Cleveland Museum of Art http://www.clemusart.com/
    Creative Paperclay Co. http://www.paperclay.com/
    CRIZMAC Art & Cultural Education Materials, Inc. http://www.CRIZMAC.com/
    Chroma http://www.chromaonline.com/
    College Art Association http://www.collegeart.org/
    Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston http://www.camh.org
    Corcoran Gallery of Art http://www.corcoran.org/
    Crayola Creativity Center http://www.crayola.com
    Crow Collection of Asian Art http://www.crowcollection.org
    Dallas Center for Contemporary Art http://www.thecontemporary.net
    Dallas Museum of Art http://www.dm-art.org
    Davis Publications http://www.davis-art.com/
    DecoArt http://www.decoart.com/
    Department of Art/Rice University http://www.rice.edu/houston/#houart
    Dick Blick Art Materials http://www.dickblick.com:80/?AOL=1018978623
    Diverse Works http://www.diverseworks.org
    Ed Hoy’s International-Tools for Creativity http://www.edhoy.com/
    El Paso Museum of Art http://www.elpasoartmuseum.org
    Eli Whitney Museum http://www.eliwhitney.org/
    Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco http://www.famsf.org/
    Fiskars http://www.fiskars.com/
    FotoFest, Inc. http://www.fotofest.org
    Frick Collection http://www.frick.org/
    Frye Art Museum http://www.fryeart.org/
    George Washington Carver Museum & Cultural Center http://carvermeseum.org
    Georgia O’Keeffe Museum http://www.okeeffemuseum.org/
    J. Paul Getty Museum http://www.getty.edu/museum/
    Gibbes Museum of Art http://www.gibbes.com/
    Glencoe/McGraw-Hill Publishers http://www.glencoe.com/
    Golden Artists Colors http://www.goldenpaints.com/
    Grace Museum http://www.thegracemusuem.org
    Guggenheim Collection-Artists http://www.guggenheim.org
    Heard Museum/Native American Art http://www.heard.org/
    High Museum of Art http://www.high.org/
    Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden http://www.hirshhorn.si.edu
    Indianapolis Museum of Art http://www.ima-art.org/
    INSEA/International Society for Education through Art
    http://cspace.unb.ca/insea/
    J. L. Hammett Company http://www.hammett.com/
    Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art/University of Texas
    http://www.utexas.edu/cofa/bma
    Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art http://www.kemperart.org
    Kimbell Art Museum/Ft. Worth http://www.kimbellart.org/
    Lawndale Art Center http://www.NeoSoft.com/~lawndale
    Le Louvre http://www.louvre.fr/
    Los Angeles County Museum of Art http://www.lacma.org/
    Mark Hardens’s Artchive http://www.artchive.com
    McKinney Avenue Contemporary (The MAC) http://www.the-mac.org
    McNay Art Museum http://www.mcnayart.org
    Meadow Museum Collection http://www.meadows.smu.edu
    Metropolitan Museum of Art http://www.metmuseum.org
    Mexic-Arte Museum http://www.main.org/mexic-arte
    Milwaukee Art Museum http://www.mam.org/
    Minneapolis Institute of the Arts http://www.artsMIA.org
    Mint Museum http://www.mintmuseum.org/
    Modern Art Museum of Ft. Worth http://www.mamfw.org
    Museographs/The Lazar Group
    http://www.mindspring.com/%7Elazargrp/museographs.html
    Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago http://www.mcachicago.org
    Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego http://www.mcasandiego.org/
    Museum of Fine Arts/Boston http://www.mfa.org/
    Museum of the Gulf Coast http://www.pa.lamar.edu/museum/gulf.html
    Museum Links http://www.pp.iij4u.or.jp/~murai/1e.homepage.html
    Museum of Modern Art http://www.moma.org
    Museum of Photographic Arts http://www.mopa.org/
    NAEA/The Electronic Gallery
    http://www.umsl.edu/%7Eartlmcmi/naea2002/index.html
    NAEA/The Student Chapter Website
    http://www.naea-reston.org/students/index.html
    National Art Education Association http://www.naea-reston.org
    NAMTA/National Art Materials Trade Association http://www.namta.org/
    NASAD/National Association of Schools of Art & Design
    http://www.arts-accredit.org/nasad/default.htm
    National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature http://www.nccil.org
    National d’Arte Moderne http://www.paris.org/Musees/Beaubourg/
    National Gallery of Art, Washington DC http://www.nga.gov
    National Gallery of Art, London http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk
    National Museum of Wildlife Art http://www.wildlife.art.org
    National Museum of Women in the Arts http://www.nmwa.org/
    National Portrait Gallery http://www.npg.si.edu/
    New Braunfels Museum of Art and Music http://www.nbtx.com/nbma
    New Orleans Museum of Art http://www.noma.org/
    Norman Rockwell Museum http://www.nrm.org/
    North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts
    http://www.art.unt.edu/ntieva
    Olga's Gallery Art History for Children http://www.abcgallery.com
    Orange County Museum of Art http://www.ocma.net/
    The Phillips Collection http://www.phillipscollection.org/
    Prado/Museo del Prado http://museoprado.mcu.es/
    The Renwick Museum http://nmaa-ryder.si.edu/collections/exhibits/renwick25/
    Rijksmuseum/Amsterdam http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/br_index_mac.htm
    Salvador Dali Museum
    http://www.salvadordalimuseum.org/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/index.html?E+dali
    San Antonio Museum of Art Permanent Collection http://www.sa-museum.org
    San Diego Museum of Art http://www.sdmart.org/
    SAX Arts & Crafts http://www.artsupplies.com/
    Scratch Art http://www.scratchart.com/
    Seattle Art Museum http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/
    Skutt Ceramic Products http://www.skutt.com/
    Sid Richardson Collection of Western Art http://www.sidrmuseum.org/
    Smithsonian Institution http://www.si.edu/
    South Texas Institute for the Arts http://www.stia.org
    Southwest Alternate Media Project http://www.swamp.org
    Southwest School of Art & Craft http://www.swschool.org
    Stark Museum of Art http://wwwstarkmuseumofart.org
    State Russian Museum http://www.rusmuseum.ru/eng/
    Studio Museum of Harlem http://www.studiomuseuminharlem.org/
    Tandy Leather/Tandy Crafts http://www.tandycrafts.com/
    Tate Gallery/London http://www.tate.org.uk/home/default.htm
    Texas Art Education Association http://www.coe.uh.edu/taea
    Texas Tech University: Landmark Arts
    http://www.art.ttu.edu/artdept/lndmrk.html
    Textures Gallery http://www.texturesgallery.com
    The Art Institute of Chicago http://www.artic.edu
    The Menil Collection http://www.menil.org
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art http://www.metmuseum.org
    The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston http://www.mfah.org
    Uffizi Gallery/Florence http://www.uffizi.firenze.it/welcomeE.html
    United Art & Education http://www.UnitedNow.com/
    Universal Color Slide Co. http://www.universalcolorslide.com/
    Van Gogh Museum/Amsterdam http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/
    Victoria & Albert Museum http://www.vam.ac.uk/
    The Vincent van Gogh Gallery http://www.vangoghgallery.com
    Visual Art Scholastic Event http://www.ccisd.net/vase
    William Benton Museum of Art http://www.ucc.uconn.edu/~wwwwbma/
    Wyeth Center/The Farnsworth Art Museum http://farnsworthmuseum.org/
    Wyeth Hurd Gallery http://www.wyethhurd.com/

    DANCE LINKS
    Dance Art Museum of America http://www.danceartmuseum.com
    Dance Educators of America http://www.deadance.com/
    NASD/National Association of Schools of Dance
    http://www.arts-accredit.org/nast/default.htm
    National Dance Association http://www.aahperd.org/nda
    Texas Association for Health, PE, Recreation & Dance http://www.tahperd.org
    Texas Dance Educators’ Association http://www.tddtea.org

    MUSIC LINKS
    American Classical Music Hall of Fame http://www.ClassicalHall.org/
    American Music Conference http://www.amc-music.com
    American Institute of Musicology http://www.tempomusic.com/aim/
    American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers http://www.ascap.com/
    American String Teachers Association http://www.astaweb.com
    Association of Texas Small School Bands http://www.atssb.org
    Broadcast Music Inc./BMI http://www.bmi.com/home.asp
    Children’s Music Network http://www.cmnonline.org/passiton.htm
    Christmas Carol Quiz
    http://www.night.net/christmas/f-name-tune.html#Q22
    The Classical Composers Archive
    http://voyager.physics.unlv.edu/webpages2/picgalr2.html
    The Classical Composer’s Database
    http://utopia.knoware.nl/~jsmeets/abc.htm
    Classical Midi Archive http://www.prs.net/midi.html
    The Classical Music Pages http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/classmus.html
    DSOKids/Dallas Symphony Orchestra http://www.dsokids.com/
    Educational Cyber-Playground http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/
    Energy in the Air: Sounds from the Orchestra
    http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5116/
    Friends of Copyright Education
    http://www.law.duke.edu/copyright/face/music/index.htm
    Fun Music Ideas http://www.funmusicideas.com
    Gary Lamb Music http://www.garylamb.com/
    Guitar & Accessories Marketing Association http://www.discoverguitar.com/
    Houston Grand Opera http://www.houstongrandopera.org
    Hop Pop Town http://www.kids-space.org/HPT/index.html
    IAEKM/International Association of Electronic Keyboard Manufacturers www.dentonisd.org/site/default.aspx?domainid=1111
    International Foundation for Music Research http://www.music-research.org/
    International Society for Music Education http://www.isme.org/index.shtml
    International Drama/Theater and Education Association
    http://educ.queensu.ca/~idea/
    Kodaly Educators of Texas http://www.oake.org/ket/index.htm
    Mozart Effect http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/dailard/mozartconnect/
    Music & Entertainment Industry Educators Association http://www.meiea.org/
    Music Education Online http://www.childrensmusicworkshop.com/
    Music Educators National Conference http://www.menc.org
    MENC/State Affiliates http://www.menc.org/connect/stateinf.html
    Music Publishers Association of the U.S. http://www.mpa.org/
    Music Teachers National Association http://www.mtna.org/index1.htm
    Music Time Periods
    http://www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq89/index.htm
    The Musical Instrument Encyclopedia
    http://www.lehigh.edu/zoellner/encyclopedia.html
    National Academy of Arts & Sciences http://grammy.com/
    NAMM/National Association of Music Merchants http://www.namm.com/
    NASM/National Association of Schools of Music
    http://www.arts-accredit.org/nasm/nasm.htm
    National Association of Teachers of Singing, Inc. http://www.nats.org/
    The New York Philharmonic/Kidzone! http://www.nyphilkids.org/main.phtml?
    Philosophy of Music Education Review
    http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/music_ed/pmer.html
    Playmusic.org/Dallas Symphony Orchestra http://www.PLAYMUSIC.ORG/
    Piano 300: Celebrating Three Centuries of People & Pianos www.dentonisd.org/site/default.aspx?domainid=1111
    Public Domain music materials http://www.pdinfo.com
    Sesame Street Music Works
    http://www.sesameworkshop.org/sesamestreet/sitemap/0,5939,,00.html
    Sonny's Blues: http://www.fsu.edu/~CandI/ENGLISH/webquest2/blues.htm
    Take Note: Center for Teaching & Learning about the Orchestra/NY Philharmonic
    http://www.symphonyworks.net/takenote/
    Technology Institute for Music Educators
    http://www.ti-me.org/indexNODOM.html
    Texas Music Educators Association http://www.tmea.org
    Texas Music Teachers Association http://www.tmta.org
    Texas Private Music Educators Association http://www.tpsmea.org
    University Interscholastic League http://www.uil.utexas.edu/mus/index.html
    VH1 Save the Music http://www.vh1.com/insidevh1/savethemus/

    THEATRE LINKS
    http://www.aitaiata.org/profilen.htm
    American Alliance for Theatre & Education http://www.aate.com/
    American Theatre Web http://www.americantheaterweb.com/
    Broadway Theatre Archive http://www.broadwayarchive.com/
    Drama Teachers Resource Room http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/erachi/
    Educational Theatre Association http://www.edta.org
    Folger Shakespeare Library http://www.folger.edu/education/teaching.htm 
    http://www.arts-accredit.org/nast/default.htm
    Playbill On-Line http://www.playbill.com/
    Texas Educational Theatre Association http://www.tetatx.com
    The World Wide Virtual Library/Theatre and Drama http://www.vl-theatre.com/
    Theatre Central http://www1.playbill.com/cgi-bin/plb/central?cmd=start
    Theatre Direct Int’l/Broadway Classroom http://www.broadwayclassroom.com/
    Theatre Resources on the Internet/The New York Public Library
    http://www.nypl.org/research/lpa/internet/theatretop.htm#TabofCon
    Theatre USA http://theatrenara.org/theatreusa/
    University Interscholastic League
    http://www.uil.utexas.edu/aca/drama/index.html

    TEXAS ADVOCACY/OTHER LINKS
    Art on Art-Texas Arts Event Calendar
    http://www.arts.state.tx.us/caltca/calendar.cfm
    Arts Council of Northeast Tarrant County http://www.artsnetc.org
    Bath House Cultural Center http://www.bathhousecultural.com
    Center for Education Development in the Fine Arts http://www.esc20.net
    Cultural Arts Council of Houston/Harris Co. http://www.cachh.org
    Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center http://www.guadalupeculturalarts.org
    Irving Arts Center Permanent Collection http://www.irving.net/iac/tour
    Kerr Arts and Cultural Center http://www.kacckerrville.com
    Lake Austin Fine Arts http://www.lakeaustinfinearts.com
    San Antonio Arts in Education Task Force http://www.saysi.org
    Texarkana Regional Arts & Humanities Council http://www.trahc.org
    Texas Accountants & Lawyers for the Arts http://www.talarts.org
    Texas Alliance for Education & the Arts http://www.eduarts.org
    Texas Artists Museum Society http://www.art-tams.com
    Texas Association for Museums http://www.io.com/~tam
    Texas Bandmasters Association http://www.txband.com
    Texas Coalition for Quality Arts Education http://www.txarts.net/tcqae
    Texas Commission on the Arts http://www.arts.state.tx.us
    Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers Reflections Program http://txpta.org
    Texas Education Agency http://www.tea.state.tx.us
    Texas Fine Arts Association: Jones Center for Contemporary Art www.dentonisd.org/site/default.aspx?domainid=1111
    Texas Folklife Resources http://www.main.org/tfr
    The Children’s Museum of Houston http://www.cmhouston.org
    Young Audiences of Greater Dallas http://www.yadallas.org
    Young Audiences of Houston http://www.yahouston.org
    Young Audiences of Southeast Texas http://www.geocities.com/yasetx

    NATIONAL ADVOCACY/OTHER LINKS
    A Celebration of Neurons: An Educator's Guide to the Human Brain
    About the 50 states http://www.50states.com/
    http://www.ascd.org/readingroom/books/list.html#brain
    American Academy of Arts & Sciences http://www.amacad.org
    Americans for the Arts http://www.artsusa.org
    ARC International-The Art Renewal Center http://www.artrenewal.org
    Artnetwork http://www.art-network.co.uk
    Arts Education Ideas http://www.aeideas.com/
    Arts Education Partnership http://aep-arts.org
    Arts Education Resources from Artslynx http://www.artslynx.org/artsed/
    Arts Journal: Daily Arts News http://www.artsjournal.com/
    Arts Recognition & Talent Search http://www.nfaa.org/
    Arts Wire http://www.artswire.org
    Arts with the Brain in Mind http://www.ascd.org/framebooks.html
    ArtsEdge/Kennedy Center http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/artsedge.html
    ArtsEdNet/The Getty’s Art Education Web Site http://www.getty.edu/artsednet
    Artsvision http://www.artsvision.com
    Association for the Advancement of Arts Education http://www.aaae.org/
    Certificate Creator http://www.certificatecreator.com/
    Certificate Maker http://www.asd.com/asd/edconn/certif/certif.htm
    Champions of Change: The Impact of the Arts on Learning
    http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/champions/
    Chely Wright Foundation: Reading, Writing & Rhythm http://www.rwandr.org/
    CyberSleuth-a Search Engine for Children http://cybersleuth-kids.com/
    From the Top http://www.fromthetop.org/sorry.asp
    FunBrain-Mind Games for Kids http://funbrain.com/
    Gaining the Arts Advantage: Lessons from School Districts that Value Arts
    Education
    http://publications.ccsso.org/ccsso/publication_detail.cfm?PID=264
    Harvard Project Zero http://www.pz.harvard.edu/
    Internet for the Fine Arts http://www.fine-art.com
    Jobs2Teach http://www.jobs2teach.doded.mil/
    National Assembly of State Arts Agencies http://www.nasaa-arts.org
    National Association for Educational Progress/The Arts
    http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/arts/
    The Mars Millennium Project http://www.mars2030.net/
    National Endowment for the Arts http://arts.endow.gov
    National Endowment for the Humanities http://www.neh.fed.us/
    National Congress of Parents & Teachers http://www.pta.org
    National School Boards Association http://www.nsba.org/
    National Standards for Arts Education
    http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/professional_resources/standards/nat_standa

    rds_main.html
    National Teacher Recruitment Clearinghouse http://www.recruitingteachers.org/
    SuccessCertificates.com http://www.successcertificates.com/
    Teaching with the Brain in Mind (book by Eric Jensen)
    http://www.ascd.org/readingroom/books/list.html#brain
    The Arts and Children: A Success Story (video with Meryl Streep
    http://publications.ccsso.org/ccsso/publication_detail.cfm?PID=261
    The Imagination Site
    http://www.uen.org/themepark/html/imagination/folk.html
    U.S. Copyright Office/The Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/copyright/
    U.S. Department of Education http://www.ed.gov
    USSSEA/United States Society for Education through Art
    http://www.arts.ohio-state.edu/ArtEducation/USSEA/intro.html
    Virtual Reference Desk
    http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/reference/index.html
    World Wide Arts Resources http://wwar.com
    Young Audiences http://www.youngaudiences.org/