What people are saying
Sadie, Student, University of Arizona
Vast catalog of teaching resources
The Artura website offers a vast catalog of teaching resources. From just one example on their website, you can formulate a well thought out lesson with their great images of various types of artworks that they provide. On top of this, they also provide information on the artwork and the history behind it. They also have great guiding questions to help teachers and students alike start a dialogue in the classroom. There is also artist information that gives even more context to the artwork, as well as many interdisciplinary ways to connect all of this to your own curriculum. This is one of the best parts to me because an art class can easily include elements of social studies, language arts, and writing, and seeing it being applied so effortlessly helps guide me on how I can make my lessons a little more interdisciplinary.
Tinna Savini, University Professor and Fine Artist, www.tinnasavini.com
A wonderful service and resource
I am pleased to learn of the Brandywine Archive and Collective and the Artura.org database which seems to be a natural culmination and need extension of that work. Thank you for that work, is a wonderful service and resource you (all) are providing. I have limited experience with the age groups you seem to be targeting with the ‘Teaching Resources’ (which I presume to be for older middle and high school) as I mostly teach University/ Community College students. That said, I think that section is very well done, the questions and projects for each Artist( artwork) are well considered and directly link the conceptual with what is actually present in the visual images. This is an excellent precursor to what is required at more advanced levels of study and practice. The fluid nature of that movement between visual and conceptual is so important. I am hard pressed to think in my initial perusal of this section of anything that has not been considered and implemented in that section. This thoroughness is even evident in the questions that link the artists’ biographical influence the artwork (e.g. Toshia Sasaki bio immigrating to NYC and how that may have influenced the image {boat imbedded in a buildings}.)
A.S., STUDENT, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
A great place to discover new artists
After browsing through the art resources on Artura, I was pleasantly surprised as to how helpful and in depth the teaching resources are. It gave background on both the art pieces and the artists behind them, but on top of that, its suggestions on how to relate these works of art to art lessons as well as tying it to other curriculum as well. This is super helpful for creating cross curriculum connections in lesson plans, and these connections to other curriculums can be very beneficial and enriching for students. I love that this is all out here and all the work that went into creating these teaching resources for the benefit of teachers, and I know I will definitely be using this website for myself in the future. I also think this website as a whole has a very awesome goal of highlighting and bringing forward more diverse contemporary art in one easily accessible place. I hope they continue to update their highlighted works of art and artists, as this website seems like a great place to discover new artists I might have never heard of before
Elizabeth Denholm, Art Collection Manager
Comprehensive details about artwork
Artura.org is a fantastic tool for accessing and saving information about an artwork and artist. It was invaluable for updating our records with comprehensive details about artwork we accessioned. By saving the information in our collection database and citing the artura.org web address for the artwork, it will ensure that our records are up to date with the information provided on the website.
Susan Stedman, Curator
A national treasure
The Brandywine Workshop & Archives is a unique, highly valuable resource in 20th and 21st century art, printmaking, art education. This national treasure should be widely shared and available.
V.G., STUDENT, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
A diverse outlook on contemporary art
This website features a variety of different exhibitions that range from different cultures and themes, creating a diverse outlook on contemporary art. This website hosts over 500 multicultural artists from the US and the world. Making it easier for teachers to find different artists to show to their students, showing that artists can come from different backgrounds and create unique artworks. The teaching resources on the website is helpful because it talks about the artwork and the artist with the context behind it. The page also gives engaging questions that teachers can ask their students, making them think about the artwork and create connections with things within or outside of the artwork. The website gives examples of connections with other curriculums, such as language arts and social history. This makes students realize that artwork can be implemented into various school topics, making them understand that art is more than making something with various materials.