List below taken from here:
http://www.artinaction.org/webpage/link
Art Junction – heART Collage
Just in time for Valentine’s Day! American artist, Jim Dine created a series of artwork using the “heart” shape as a symbol of his love for his wife, Nancy. Learn how to create your own “heart” series using this website.
http://www.artjunction.org/as_heart.php
Art Kids Rule
A fun interactive painting program on the Internet.
http://accessarts.org/ArtKids/Painting/paint-online/
Art Safari - Museum of Modern Art, New York
Explore the theme of animals in art through the work in the Museum of Modern Art. Take a “journey”—and adventure in looking at art.
http://www.moma.org/momalearning/artsafari/safari_menu.html
Art Treasure Hunt
This virtual treasure hunt is designed to offer kids an opportunity to search and explore the World Wide Web for information about art and artists.
http://www.artjunction.org/workout.php
Art Trivia
Interesting art trivia facts that are fun to share with children and adults.
http://www.usefultrivia.com/art_trivia/
Artist Trading Cards
Artist Trading Cards (ATCs) are miniature works of art, usually done on card stock, that are traded between artists. They can be about anything and made with any media, materials, or techniques. They can be produced as one-of-a-kind originals, in limited editions, or in a series based on a particular theme or subject. It’s all up to the individual artist. The rules for ATCs are simple.
http://www.artjunction.org/atcs.php
Artopia
A comprehensive Web-based arts experience designed for middle school students, covering the visual and performing arts.
http://www.knowitall.org/artopia/
ArtPad
A fun flash-based paint program from art.com. Have fun creating art!
http://artpad.art.com/artpad/painter/
Artsology
Free e-postcards, to which you can add your own text and send to your friends and family!
http://www.artsology.com/ecards.php
Artsology
Hangman - the classic game with figures from the arts.
http://www.artsology.com/hangman.php
Artsology – Art History Match Game This is a fun activity to test your knowledge about art. Match up paintings by Matisse, O'Keeffe, Dali, Rembrandt, and more!
http://www.artsology.com/art_recognition.php
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
Learn more about Asian art and cultural traditions with these fun, hands-on art projects you can make at home.
http://www.asianart.org/family.htm#projects
Bean Stalk
How would you like to work with other kids to create a picture book? Maybe you would like to draw pictures for someone’s story. Bean Stalk is a cyber cooperated picture book.
http://www.kids-space.org/bean/bean.html
Bomono
A fun interactive website where you can create pictures using patterns that you create with buttons, pointing and clicking.
http://bomomo.com/
Bomono
Create pictures using patterns that you create with buttons, pointing and clicking
http://bomomo.com/
Brain Bashers Optical Illusions
Optical illusions are often described as visual images that differ from reality - the eyes and brain 'see' something that doesn't quite match the physical measurement of the image. Check out these fun optical illusions.
http://www.brainbashers.com/opticalillusions.asp
Building Surprises
Learn about the architectural design process at this site from the Weisman Art Museum. You can explore this building designed by Frank Gehry and learn about the design process. You can also learn more about Frank Gehry who also designed the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain and the new Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.
http://www.weisman.umn.edu/about#architecture-design
Cartoonster
Learn about the basics of cartoon animation. Easy to use tutorials will help you understand the concepts of frame by frame animation.
http://cartoonster.kidzdom.com
Celebrating Modern Art: The Anderson Collection
Explore 15 masterpieces from the Anderson Collection through streaming audio and video clips as well as a zoom function for up-close-and-personal viewing. Featured artists include Jackson Pollock, Frank Stella, and Willem de Kooning.
http://www.sfmoma.org/explore/multimedia/interactive_features/4#
Children's Museum of Indianapolis - Fireworks of Glass
The largest permanent sculpture of blown glass by renowned artist Dale Chihuly. Learn how glass is blown and create your own sculpture online.
http://www.childrensmuseum.org/themuseum/fireworks_ofglass/games_k2.htm
Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose – Secrets of Circles
Experiment with colors, circles and motion at this interactive website that includes Circles of Light, Ripple Table and Kaleidoscope.
http://www.cdm.org/swf/games/circles/kaleidoscope_content.html
Classic Games Online
Challenging and addictive games and puzzles for you to play online in your web browser. Try out these classic board games to play against the computer, or beat your best score in a timed action game!
http://thinks.com/java/index.htm
Color Test
See if your right brain and left brain are working together. Select the COLOR of the word not the word.
http://www.fireworkspop.com/colortest.htm
Color Wheel and Color Relationships
This website shows how the color wheel has many practical uses including how to choose colors for a room.
http://www.bedroomfurniturespot.com/color-wheel-relationships
Color With Leo
Explore the world of art through interactive games, hands-on activities, and lessons with a young Leonardo da Vinci.
http://www.colorwithleo.com/
Color Your Profile
Children and adults can color objects and then have their work graded for color symbolism. This is more of an exercise in color symbolism rather than coloring.
http://vn247.net/flash/Color-and-Me.swf
Color, Contrast and Dimension
Does the color blue make you feel blue? This website is an interactive color experience with an online guide that explains color theory and shows how to use it in design through examples and exercises. Play with colors to understand their effects and learn now to use them effectively in design.
http://poynterextra.org/
Curious Corner
Several online art games by the Art Institute of Chicago. See the mask maker, cornell boxes, create portraits, and match shapes, textures, and sounds.
http://www.artic.edu/aic/education/CC/
Design a House in 3D with Frank Lloyd Wright
On this site, you can design a house, walk through it in 3D, then share it with the world. You can also learn more about architecture, past and present, and explore Frank Lloyd Wright's life and work.
http://www.architectstudio3d.org/AS3d/index.html
Did You Know - Art Facts
Learn interesting facts about famous people in the arts.
http://didyouknow.org/fastfacts/art/
Discover Design
Design is everywhere. This interactive resource for teachers and students will stimulate critical and creative approaches to design and help you make the most of visiting the site.
http://designmuseum.org/discoverdesign/index.html
Draw a Stickman
Draw a custom stickman and watch him come to life in this interactive stickman adventure.
http://www.drawastickman.com/
Drawtoy
A fun drawing "toy" from Ze Frank. Use the animated tools and make your drawing spring to life.
http://www.zefrank.com/dtoy2/index.html
Earth 350
350 EARTH will be the first-ever global scale group show on the front line of climate change. People around the world are invited to take part by attending events, submitting their own art, and spreading the word about the project.
http://earth.350.org/
Earth as Art Gallery
See how scientific photos of the world can look much like abstract or non-representational art. View our planet through the beautiful images taken by the Landsat-7 satellite and the Terra Satellite's Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER). This gallery of images uses the visceral avenue of art to convey the thrilling perspective of the Earth that satellites provide to the viewer.
http://www.earthasart.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Ed Emberley Website
Ed Emberley has written more than 80 children’s books, many of which are about drawing. This fun and interactive website provides a short biography of Emberley, animated drawing lessons, and activities for children.
http://www.edemberley.com/pages/main.aspx?section=home
Free Rice
Answer questions about famous artists and for each answer you get right, they donate 20 grains of rice through the United Nations World Food Program.
http://freerice.com/index.php?&t=20739180937&s=Famous%20Paintings
Frisco kids
This is a comprehensive guide to kid friendly events and trips around the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. Check out their great ideas for what to do with all the artwork coming home from school.
http://www.friscokids.net/
Getty Games - Detail Detectives
Test your detail finding skills in this games. Subjects include creatures, architecture, body parts, and swanky surfaces.
http://www.getty.edu/gettygames/detectives/
GettyGames
Test your memory, play detective, or solve a puzzle in online games with Getty art!
http://www.getty.edu/gettygames/
Graffiti Artist
Have fun creating a colorful and balanced collage picture!
http://www.abrakadoodle.com/artgamesforkids4.html
Hangman
Use this fun website to play online hangman using artists' names.
http://library.thinkquest.org/J001159/famart.htm
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Learn about Pablo Picasso and see his artworks.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/pica/hd_pica.htm
Important Women Artists
Check out this list starting with the earliest known woman artist to the latest and see samples of their work.
http://www.uwrf.edu/history/women.html
Inside Art
Explore a painting as an art historian would. This interactive website takes you on an adventure, discovering secrets about paintings.
http://www.eduweb.com/insideart
Jigsaw
You can create your own jigsaw puzzles online. Create puzzles from works of art.
http://www.jigzone.com/gallery/Art
Keith Haring
Artist Keith Haring was devoted to kids. This site shares his vision of art with kids and inspires them to discover their own creative side. Activities include games, puzzles, pictures to color, stories and more.
http://www.haringkids.com/
KIDLINK
Online activities for students. Lots to see and do on this site, art, music, and more.
http://www.kidlink.org/kidspace/start.php?HoldNode=1884
Kids Art Top Ten Museums
Visit an art museum on the Internet. KidsArt brings you links to our favorite children's web presentations from museums around the U.S.
http://www.kidsart.com/tt0101.html
Kids’ Space - Gallery
Do you wonder what kids in Japan like to draw. You can find out on this site. How cool is that? Submit artwork to this site and kids from across the world can see it!
http://www.kids-space.org/gallery/gallery.html
Knowitall
ETV's educational collection of fun, interactive websites for K-12 students, teachers, and parents. Click on Artopia to explore the arts and create your own online portfolio.
http://www.knowitall.org
Make Beliefs Comix
Have fun creating your own comic strips. Select from 10 fun characters with different moods and write words for blank talk and thought balloons to make the characters talk and think.
http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/
Matisse Cutouts by Abrakadoodle
Create paintings with Matisee-like paper cutouts.
http://www.abrakadoodle.com/artgamesforkids2.html
Metropolitan Museum of Art - Aaron's Awesome Adventure
A college friend wrote this story about a boy who visits the Metropolitan Museum to tell kids that looking at art can be fun.
http://www.metmuseum.org/metmedia/interactives/start-with-art/aarons-awesome-adventure
Mobile Maker
Mobiles look graceful and weightless as they glide through the air. Try you hand at this interactive website to see if you can make create a mobile and balance it.
http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/interactive/mobile.htm
My Imaginary City
The UK's Tate Museum has a link that lets students create an imaginary city...your own virtual world is only a few clicks away.
http://kids.tate.org.uk/games/my-imaginary-city/
National Geographic
Looking for a photography contest for your child. Submit your child’s work of art to the International Photography Contest 2009 by November 2,2009.
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/contests/Photos
National Postal Museum: Art of the Stamp
Think you have an idea for a stamp? Try your hand at illustrating your own stamp. Read about the artwork on stamps and then design your own stamp after downloading a stamp template from the site.
http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/artofthestamp/
NGA Kids - Seasaws
Create an animated scene and build your own characters using photographs of found objects.
http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/seasaws.htm
NGAkids - SwatchBox
Use this site as a tool for mixing and drawing with millions of colors.
http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/swatchbox.htm
NGAkids – Dutch Dollhouse
Paintings by well-known 17th-century artists come to life while mixing and matching colorful characters, creating decorative objects, and exploring the kitchen, living quarters, artist's studio, and courtyard of this interactive site.
http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/zone.htm#dollhouse
Odosketch-
Create your own online sketches and see the sketches of others. You can also view a slide show of sketches in action.
http://sketch.odopod.com/
Optics for Kids
Test your brain at the gallery of optical illusions! You can also find at-home activities, explore the field of optics (the science of light) past and present, and explore the work of scientists at this site of the Optical Society of America.
http://www.opticsforkids.org/
Pac-Mondrian
Classic Gaming Meets Modern Art! Pac-Mondrian closes the perceptual distance between fine art and video games by combining Piet Mondrian's Modernist masterpiece 'Broadway Boogie Woogie' with Toru Iwatani's classic video game Pac-Man.
http://pbfb.ca/pac-mondrian/play.html
PBS - The American Masters Game
The American Masters are more connected than you may think! Choose two Masters from the pull-down menus below to see how they're related
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/six_degrees_game/index.html
Picturing Women
A Web exhibit exploring historical and contemporary representations and self-representations of women - how they are figured, fashioned, turned into portraits, and told about in words and pictorial narrative.
http://www.picturingwomen.org/
Pigment Through the Ages
A great site that tells where we get pigment for paints and what the colors mean in different cultures.
http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/
Pop Art- The Artists You Should Know
The term “Pop Art” is derived from the use of popular culture as a creative art form. Learn more about Pop Art artists.
http://www.clickinks.com/pop-art-the-artists-you-should-know.html
Portrait for Kids
Follow clues and help solve a mystery! Use special spyglass tool to uncover hidden layers of the painting and learn fascinating facts about the portrait along the way, from the National Gallery of Art.
http://georgewashington.si.edu/kids/portrait.html
Sanford - Art Adventures
Explore the world of art and artists through our interactive timeline and glossary. Learn about the color wheel, the elements and principles of art, and much more.
http://www.alifetimeofcolor.com/main.taf?p=3
Sanford - Carmine's Landscape Adventure
Join Carmine Chameleon and explore paintings to learn about mood, depth, time of day and weather in landscapes. Create your own landscapes, too!
http://www.alifetimeofcolor.com/play/landscape1/
Sanford ArtEdventures - From Cave Art to Your Art
"Meet" various contemporary artists. View video clips and make a video of your own.
http://www.alifetimeofcolor.com/play/caveart/index.html
Secret Builders - “Help the Kelp” Contest
Art in Action is proud to partner with Secret Builders, WildPlanet Toy Company and the Monterey Bay Aquarium to bring a cool, virtual world, coloring contest to young artists everywhere. Enter a virtual underwater scene, learn about sea creatures, and color the scene. Have FUN, be creative, and win great prizes (Grand Prize = $100 cash!!)
http://www.secretbuilders.com/contest.html
Shakespeare vs. Britney Spears- What is Art?
What makes something a great work of art? Which artists have produced the world's greatest art? In this interactive investigation, see what philosophers have said about these questions, make your contribution and apply your decisions to help rate the work of ten artists. Pit two artists of your choice against each other in a head-to-head fight to see which artist has created the best works of art.
http://www.philosophersnet.com/games/britney_spears.htm
Shel Silverstein
Watch a sampling of Silverstein's poetry come to life while watching animations of his wacky characters.
http://www.shelsilverstein.com/indexSite.html
SmARTkids
Learn the language of art, explore art materials, and unravel clues about the history of selected artworks. Visit an artist's studio and make your own art on this cool site.
http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/smartkids/
Smithsonian’s Meet Me at Midnight
Meet Me at Midnight features expeditions to return artwork back were it belongs. Use clues to discover where the artwork should be. Learn about the different types of art.
http://americanart.si.edu/education/insights/midnight/
Students of the World
This website is an open window on the World's Cultures. It has educational games, among other things, which gives insight on how others live around the world.
http://www.studentsoftheworld.info/menu_jeux.html
Tappi Paper University
Visit this interactive website where students and teachers explore the world of paper. Topics include the history of paper, how paper is made, and how to make handmade paper.
http://www.tappi.org/paperu/welcome.htm
The Art Institue of Chicago — Art Access
These online art activities for families will help students and their families enjoy and discover the many works of art in the collection of The Art Institute of Chicago.
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/exhibitions/ArtAccess
The Country Dog Gentlemen Travel to Extraordinary Worlds
In this interactive feature, canine characters from Roy De Forest's playful painting Country Dog Gentlemen take you on adventures to learn about famous artworks in SFMOMA's collection.
http://countrydogs.sfmoma.org/
The Global Children's Art Gallery
This site features 1,050 pictures by children from 67 countries. Browse all the pictures, and order prints, posters, greeting cards and clothing to support our work. Choose from over 1,000 pictures in this gallery or send your own.
http://www.naturalchild.com/gallery/
The Impressionist: Paint Pictures Online
A free online paint program that lets you create a painted representation of a photograph. It does this by sampling colors from the source image and then drawing brush strokes onto the canvas. Choose a photo or painting to paint with impressionist-style brush strokes.
http://thinks.com/java/impressionist/index.htm
The Joy of Shards Mosaics Resource
Learn about the history of mosaics, mosaic techniques, and see images of mosacs from across the globe.
http://www.thejoyofshards.co.uk/
The Metropolitan Museum of Art — The Dancers and Degas
Join special guests on a visit to the galleries and find out what dancers can tell us about Edgar Degas. Listen, look, and create your own sketch in this fun activit for all agest.
http://www.metmuseum.org/metmedia/interactives/art-trek/the-dancers-and-degas
The Rudiments Of Wisdom Encyclopedia
Thousands of cartoons covering almost everything there is to know about art and architecture. Topics include artists, modern art, painting, and much more!
http://www.rudimentsofwisdom.com/themes/themes_artandarchitecture.htm
The Ultimate Guide to Optical Illusions
Learn more about different types of optical illusions in these very comprehensive and interactive website.
http://www.gopromos.com/Article/The+Ultimate+Guide+to+Optical+Illusions/7349/Default.aspx
Virtual Jack-O-Lantern
Just in time for Halloween! Carve pumpkins online!
http://www.bloompetals.com/index.php?c=pumpkin
What is Print?
Learn the art of print making from the Museum of Modern Art.
http://www.moma.org/interactives/projects/2001/whatisaprint/flash.html
Where Science Meets Art
A Morning Edition series from National Public Radio explores the unexpected intersections of two seemingly different disciplines -- art and science.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4111499
World Myths and Legends in Art
This is a great website hosted by the Minneapolis Institute of Arts to "Explore Art by Culture."
http://www.artsmia.org/world-myths/artbyculture/index.html
Yale University’s Schoolhouse - Match Game
A game you’ll never forget. Flip the cards over and match up the images. Come to the Gallery to see the real artworks.
http://artgallery.yale.edu/pages/whatisart/what_school.php
A. Pintura: Art Detective
Become a detective and identify the artist of a mystery painting. Teaches the concepts of composition, style and subject needed to solve the puzzle.
Art Express
Contains a nice variety of fun and educational artistic activities for grades 1 through 5.
Cartoon Critters
Offers dozens of cartoons to print and color, and coloring books with pictures that you can color online. Also includes graphic step-by-step instructions on how to draw cartoons, online games you can play, and crafts.
Color Matters
Budding artists and anyone interested in color will want to see how color affects our mind and body, its use in design and art, plus lots more. Explains additive and subtractive color systems, how the eye sees colors, and how other cultures view and use colors.
Haring Kids
Artist Keith Haring was devoted to kids. At this site, he shares his vision of art with them and inspires them to discover their own creative side. Activities include games, puzzles, pictures to color, stories and more. Lesson plans for each section are available to teachers.
Inside Art
A game which explores a painting from the inside out. You 'escape' from the painting after answering ' Who? / What? / Where? / How? ' questions.
KinderArt
You'll find lots of great ideas for quality art and craft projects at KinderArt. Be sure to check out the sections for younger children, and seasonal crafts too!
Kodak Tips
Kodak offers a wealth of information on ways you can improve the artistic quality of the pictures you take while helping you understand the technical issues of photography as well. Recommended for the serious beginner to intermediate photographer.
Learn About Color
How many colors can you make by mixing red, yellow, and blue? Color William, the hippopotamus, to find out.
Learn How to Draw with Gary Harbo
If you want to learn to draw cartoons, take a look at this site from childrens' book author and illustrator, Gary Harbo. Each month you'll find a new cartoon that you can draw by following 10 easy steps.
Making Oatmeal Box Pinhole Cameras
Easy to understand, detailed instructions show you how to make a pinhole camera out of a common Quaker Oats oatmeal box.
Metropolitan Museum of Art - Explore & Learn
Includes art games like "What is it?", activities, interviews, stories, art in the classroom, a FAQ about the museum, and more.
The Pinhole Gallery
This site's strength is its gallery section which displays the work of over 500 pinhole camera artists. You'll also find instructions on how to make a pinhole camera and a section on exposure guides.
The Rudiments of Wisdom Encyclopedia
Includes thousands of cartoons covering almost anything you'd like to know! Originally drawn over a period of 14 years for the Observer newspaper, you'll find information on animals, art, entertainment, music, science, sports and 16 other subjects.
Interactive / Instructional Sites for Kids:
Mr.PicassoHead - online design and drawing, includes gallery
National Gallery of Art: NGA Kids ArtZone - interactive art activities
Haring Kids - from Keith Haring- fun online activities for kids and great lesson plan database for teachers
MOMA Kids Wing - fun activities from the Museum of Web Art
Destination: Modern Art - from the Museum of Modern Art
ArtEdventures - for primary and intermediate grades
SmART Kids - from the Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago; for students ages 7-12 to discover ways to look at, think about, and respond creatively to art
Middle School:
National Gallery of Art: NGA Kids ArtZone - lots of interactive art activities
The Artist's Toolkit (Minneapolis Institute of Art)- visual elements and principles
Online Etch-a-Sketch - includes gallery
A. Pintura: Art Detective - solve "The Case of Grandpa's Painting"; great art history lesson
Virtual Legos - (click "Launch Blockmeister" in lower left corner of screen)
Mondrimat - create a non-objective desing a' la Mondrian
Art-iculation - focusing on elements and principles.examples,print and online activities
Inside Art -go on an adventure in art history- fun site!
Metropolitan Museum Of Art for Kids - includes family guides, museum hunts and art games
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