Education and Training in Art

 If you want to have a better understanding of Art, you need to receive some degree of formal or informal education and training on the subject.

While I have been surrounded by art all my life, I really never took the time to better learn and appreciate it. It was only after I turned 65 years old and retired from my professional life that I stumbled into the ‘world of art’ and began to study and learn more about the subject. It has been a revelation and has helped to better round out my education and appreciation of art in life. Thank you to the Lake Marion Artisans in Summerton, S.C.

So, to help you and others like me to get started, the following are a selection of free 'open access' or low cost Art Education & Training Resources available on the Internet that you might want to explore:

  • Academic Earth - Founded with the goal of giving everyone on earth access to a world-class education.
  • American Public University (APUS) - Online university offering learning program in Visual Design.
  • Art Education Partnership - A national organization dedicated to advancing the arts in education through research, policy, and practice.
  • Coursera - An online learning platform  that offers massive open online courses (MOOC) offered by major universities around the world
  • CreativeLive - Offering over 1,500 free curated art classes to the global community.
  • edX Online Courses - Major universities partnering to provide free high-quality education for everyone, everywhere.
  • Europeana - Providing open access to digital resources of Europe's museums, libraries, archives and audio-visual collections.
  • Khan Academy - Free, online Art History education & training courses and videos.
  • National Art Education Association - The leading professional membership organization for visual arts educators in the U.S.
  • Open Culture K-12 Educational Resources - Offering free video lessons, books, apps, art, and cultural resources.
  • Open Education Consortium - A collaboration of higher education institutions and organizations providing 'open access' educational content.
  • Open Educational Resources (OER) Commons - Providing access to a wide range of teaching and learning materials that may be freely used and shared - for elementary schools, high schools, and universities.
  • Smithsonian American Art Museum - Home to one of the largest and most inclusive collections of American art in the world.
  • Technology in the Arts - Providing the arts community with resources to better understand and benefit from the intersection of arts and technology

Online Educational Videos and Webinars

In addition to those organizations focused on providing education and training in the arts, the following are links to selected sites providing free, online videos and webinars on various aspects of the Creative Arts. Check them out:

Other Selected Arts & Culture Web Sites

Finally, the following are some other selected links to web sites with free and 'open access' resources related to the Creative Arts that are recommended:

  • Artists Network - Empowering artists with the techniques, knowledge, ideas and inspirations to help set their vision aflame.
  • Best of Art History - Links to art history web sites by EdTechTeacher.
  • Europeana - Providing open access to digital resources of Europe's museums, libraries, archives and audio-visual collections.
  • Google Arts & Culture Project - Providing online access to thousands of artworks from collections around the world.
  • Incredible Art - Provides a comprehensive list of links to free 'open source' and public domain clip art, photos, images and other artwork.
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art - Offering 'open access' to an online collection of over 400,000 works of  art.
  • National Association of Women Artists - The oldest women’s fine art organization in the country.
  • National Endowment for the Arts - Independent federal agency that funds, promotes, and strengthens creativity in our communities
  • Open Culture - Providing online access to free and 'open' book, movie, and art collections.
  • UrbanSketchers.Org - Non-profit dedicated to fostering the global community of artists who practice on-location drawing and story telling.
  • WikiMedia Commons - An online repository of freely licensed, sharable educational photos and images available on the internet.

Please share with us any other great Art Education and Training links you would recommend.

 



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