Resources
Dick Blick
Dick Blick sells art supplies online and offers catalogues and retail store information.
dickblick.com
Nasco
Order arts and crafts materials online, or request a catalogue.
enasco.com
New York Central Art Supply
New York Central offers an array of art materials including a variety of paints, papers, and brushes. You can request a catalogue on the website, or ask a question about specific materials.
nycentralart.com
Pearl Paint
Order online from a select number of items, or find the store closest to you.
pearlpaint.com
Sax Arts & Crafts
You can order online, call in, or request a catalogue.
saxarts.com
Utrecht
Browse the online catalogue, see daily specials, order a catalogue, or search Utrecht’s store locator for a store near you.
utrechtart.com
Minneapolis Institute of the Arts online activities for kids and families
artsmia.org/kidsworld/
Images and information about works of art in the Guggenheim Museum’s collection
guggenheimcollection.org
Images and information about works of art in the Museum of Modern Art’s collection
moma.org/collection/
Designed by the Museum of Modern Art for children ages five to eight, this site features a visitor from outer space who is sent to earth on a mission to explore modern art.
moma.org/destination/
The National Gallery of Art’s site provides information and interactive projects for kids and families.
nga.gov/kids/kids.htm
The Smithsonian’s site for kids and families offers art, science, games, information, and other activities.
smithsonianeducation.org
A selection of art books specially for kids
Angelou, Maya, Jean-Michael Basquiat, and Sarah Jane Boyers. Life Doesn’t Frighten Me. New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, Inc., 1993.
Carroll, Colleen. How Artists See America (series: East, West, South, Midwest). New York: Abbeville Press Inc., 2002.
Cressy, Judith. Can You Find It? New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc., 2002.
Danneberg, Julie. Women Artists of the West: Five Portraits in Creativity and Courage. Golden, Colorado: Fulcrum Publishing, 2002.
Duggleby, John. Artist in Overalls: The Life of Grant Wood. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1996.
Duggleby, John and Jacob Lawrence. Story Painter: The Life of Jacob Lawrence. New York: Aladdin, 1998.
Everett, Gwen. Li’l Sis and Uncle Wille, A Story Based on the Life and Paintings of William H. Johnson. Washington, DC: National Museum of American Art Smithsonian Institution and Rizzoli, 1991.
Haring, Keith. Big. New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 1998.
Haring, Keith. Keith Haring: I Wish I Didn’t Have to Sleep. New York: te Neues Publishing Co., 1997.
Haring, Keith. Nina’s Book of Little Things. New York: Prestel, 2000.
Hurd, Thacher. Art Dog. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1996.
Kilborne, Sarah S. Peach & Blue. New York: Dragonfly Books, Alfred A. Knopf, 1994.
Knapp, Ruthie, Janice Lehmberg. Off the Wall Museum Guides for Kids (series). New York: Sterling Publishing Company Inc., 1998.
Kushkin, Karla and Milton Avery. Paul. New York: Harper Collins, 1994.
Lawrence, Jacob. Harriet and the Promised Land. New York: Aladdin, 1997.
Metropolitan Museum of Art. Museum 123. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2004.
Myers, Walter Dean. The Great Migration: An American Story with Paintings by Jacob Lawrence. New York: HarperCollins, 1993.
Panzer, Nora. Celebrate America: In Poetry and Art. New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 1999.
Raczka, Bob. Art Is. . . Minneapolis: Lerner Publishing Group, 2003.
Raczka, Bob. More Than Meets the Eye: Seeing Art With All Five Senses. Minneapolis: Lerner Publishing Group, 2003.
Richardson, Joy, Charlotte Voake (illustrator). Looking at Pictures: An Introduction to Art for Young People. New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc., 1997.
Roca, Nuria, Rosa Maria Curto. What Is Art? Painting and Sculpture. Hauppauge, NY: Barron’s Educational Series Inc., 2004.
Venezia, Mike. Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists: Edward Hopper. Chicago: Children’s Press, 1990.
Warhola, Janes. Uncle Andy’s. New York: Putnam, 2003.
Wolfe, Gillian. Look! Zoom in on Art. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2002.
