LOCAL GALLERIES:  aren’t you excited?

ONLINE RESEARCH:

Just the Terms (we miss Art Lex which used ot be the standard,, but it’s gone):

http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/glossary/Art-Glossary-Terms-AA-AZ.html

http://www.askart.com/art/glossary/a

HISTORY TIMELINES

https://www.oxfordartonline.com/page/timelines-of-world-art

The Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History amazing, from the MET in NY

http://gdh.2rsolutions.cz/

thorough, correlates design to world history, but overload if you don’t preknow

https://www.preceden.com/timelines/308433-timeline-of-design-periods 

(if you have the patience, you can actually use this crazy thing to create a timeline visual for your process portfolio.. But the interactive part is not viable to slides)

https://www.stedmunds.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Design-Movements-Timeline.pdf

Not official and complete… but fun & quick … industrial design focus

https://www.onlinedesignteacher.com/2016/05/graphic-design-timeline.html

..graphic design focus - visual overview …. skips Suprematism and Constructivism and Dada  and Bauhaus ...into a lump

https://histography.io/

Neat trick .... but wiki based and not efficient

ART STYLE & ARTIST & TERMS OVERVIEWS

GALLERIES & MUSEUMS

Will have key textual info. related to current shows

Big galleries like MOMA, Guggenheim, Louvre, ROM, AGO have reliable info. on styles and artists and design/techniques, etc. ..some are listed above

Contemporary - in addition to galleries - some interesting initiatives 

https://art21.org/ - super excellent to discover contemporary artists in depth.. you can thank me later (or forget)

ARTISTS’ SITES

Contemporary artists will have info. on their sites.  Be careful on sites titled after historical artists…

MAJOR ART TEXTBOOKS

LIBRARY/LEARNING COMMONS

JSTOR  

for scholarly journals is available through our library - it is the same source used for approved University research

MAGAZINES

Canadian Art, etc.

https://appliedarts.ca/

VIDEO - Art Criticism, History & Theory

CONTEMPORAY ARTISTS & DESIGNERS:

https://art21.org/ PBS contemporary artists series - diverse range 

https://www.designcouncil.org.uk/leading-women-design

https://education.tvo.org/search-educational-resources/visual%20art/1/video/tvo/secondary/5

https://www.designcouncil.org.uk/design-series/places-make-life-better-design  

Art Topic Searches: 

https://www.nfb.ca/subjects/arts/  NFB  

https://www.tvo.org/documentaries/browse/strands/Art   TVO broadcasts many shows on art some from BBC& PBS

https://www.tvo.org/programs/brilliant-ideas

https://www.ted.com/topics/art TED TALKS

Youtube can be a warehouse of interesting clips - which you can trace back to an original sources

 mixed in with a lot of ‘junk’.. so, having a clue going in can be helpful - there are edu, share sites.. as well

When I was your age.. and Buffalo roamed the streets of the GTA,, I really loved John Berger’s 

Ways of Seeing series - John Berger - based on his book and you can find episodes on Youtube… old, but genius

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pDE4VX_9Kk   episode 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pDE4VX_9Kk   episode 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7wi8jd7aC4      episode 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jTUebm73IY     episode 4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6qzApnAId4  - another BBC series - hard to find most places with  Andrew Graham-Dixon - he also Has Art of Scandinavia and other places… outsider perspective, perhaps..  with local experts

DESIGN & TECHNIQUE

https://www.louvre.fr/en/clefs-analyse

and other places… and workshops.. and of course.. art class… when we are in it

https://www.bbc.com/teach/class-clips-video/art-and-design-ks4-making-art-work/z6bbjhv

Paint and sculpt tutorials/insights

https://www.bbc.com/teach/class-clips-video/art-and-design-ks3--gcse-paul-martins-handmade-revolution/zk3ywty Craft demos

https://www.proko.com has some nice essential short tutorials and interviews with artists on ways to work

Art models: skelly app, fractal design poser

LIFE DRAWING

drawing and understanding the human figure is a staple of many kinds of art

If under 18, permission forms are needed to participate in life drawing of nude figures

the following places hold life drawing locally:

Varley Gallery - long 2 hr poses 

Winged Canvas - varied timeframes, clothed,costume, unclothed

                                                            ..okay… that was a chunk of life energy and time… venture in

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