Name: Cheryl Hartman
School: Dr. John Hole
Workshop: Centerville
Title of Companion Action Plan: Artists
Grade 5
Curriculum/Subject: Language Arts/ Art/ Library Media
Specific Topic: Artists

The students will be researching an artist and one painting by the artist. The final product will be a booklet made in art class along with a piece of artwork created in the style of the chosen artist.

Dewey Numbers: 700's
Subjects: Artists, Paintings

ARTISTS
PATHFINDER
Having trouble deciding on an artist for your project?
Browse this CD-ROM found in our school Media Center.
Microsoft Art Gallery: The Collection of the National Gallery, London. CD-ROM. Microsoft, 1994.

You might find an artist or artwork you would want to explore in the Metropolitan Museum of Art website.
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Are you ready to look for information about your artist? Try the following series and see if there is a book on your artist. Some are available in our Media Center and others are available at Washington-Centerville Public Library.
Art for Children
Artists' Workshop
Artist Biographies
The Life and Work of....
Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists
Click on the Public Libraries box to find the Washington-Centerville Public Library catalog. Click on the School OPACS box to find our Media Center catalog.

Try these search engines to find information. Type in the authors full name or the name of the painting.
Yahooligans
Yahoo
Infoseek
Ask Jeeves
Excite

These websites list multiple artists.
ArtCyclopedia
Major Modern and Contemporary Artists
Women Artists

Maybe your artist is in this article.
Artists, Photographers, and Sculptors of the Past. World Almanac & Book of Facts, 2004, p207, 4p; Reading Level (Lexile): 450; (AN 12117589)

Visit these two INFOHIO sites.
AMICO: Art and Architecture
American National Biography