Exemplar materials for the QCA Units of work and levels of attainment

The links from this page of the BTC have been categorised for ease of use and broadly cover the areas of art experience outlined in the National Curriculum for Art.

Artsmark is a national arts award for schools in England. It is a symbol of recognition for schools making a strong commitment to the full range of the arts – art & design, music, dance and drama. The Arts Council of England awards the Artsmark.

A website to provide children, students and teachers with increased opportunities to engage with and respond to art, artists and good practice in art education, encouraging ‘making through knowing’ and knowing through making.

This site contains information and resources for Art Educationalists.

The Association of Advisers and Inspectors for Art and Design (AAIAD).
This site offers a wealth of art & design information and support and links.

The National Society for Education in Art and Design, established in 1888, offers support on a wide range of education issues in art, craft and design in the United Kingdom.

Based in the Faculty of Arts and Architecture of the University of Brighton, this is one of the 24 subject-based centres working to encourage the use of learning technologies in education.

Dare is an online education resource for contemporary international visual arts being developed through the Digital Arts Education Research initiative. Digital Art Resource for Education (DARE) – refers to the digital format as a means of accessing and engaging with contemporary art, rather than implying the resource is specifically concerned with digital arts as a new discipline.

This award winning site is an evolving collection of workshops and arts education activities for use by teachers and students of all ages.

The site is designed for the use of all art teachers and students in Primary, Secondary and Further Education. You will find student galleries, lesson plans, art terminology and project ideas, links to Art Galleries, History of Art, Art Colleges, Examination Boards with syllabus information and assessment criteria. Project planners, Art Terminology, National Curriculum and Exemplar material for GCSE, A/S, and A2 levels. Produced by Barry Lucas, Head of Art at King Edward VI Five Ways School, Birmingham.

The website for AAVAA (African and Asian Visual Artists Archive) is excellent for those wishing to explore the work of contemporary black and Asian artists working in Britain. The site includes work done in schools on issues such as identity.

This site supported by the V & A presents a world-wide project using textiles which has united groups of women and children in the creation of a unique collection of textile panels.

This site provide access to Asian artists.

This site provide access to Asian artists.

The Crafts Council promotes the contemporary crafts in Great Britain. It is an independent organisation, which provides services to craftspeople and the public.

We are the national ‘voice for the arts’, increasing awareness and support for the arts in this country. We promote the case for the arts through national debate and research and by identifying important trends. We maintain an overview of the arts and seek to raise standards, as well as working with others to ensure the arts are given priority in sectors such as education and employment.

Artscape, a multimedia directory of artists working in the UK. This is a unique cross-artform venture in partnership with: Regional Arts Boards & Arts Council of England.

Artscape offers detailed, searchable information about individual artists available for performances, commissions and work in education.
The various databases are compiled in consultation with artform specialists. The extensive information held is constantly updated and incorporates audio/visual performances and portfolios of artists’ work.

Acting both at a local and a London-wide level plays a significant role national and global arts education. It actively offers opportunities for young people to participate in the arts including funding programmes supporting and developing arts education right across London.

An excellent resource site for art aspects of contemporary art. Through inquiry and dialogue, the education department encourages a wide audience to find enjoyment and meaning in modern and contemporary art.

Tate is a family of galleries and operates on four sites in different parts of Britain. The Tate galleries house the national collection of British art from the sixteenth century to the present day, including the Turner Bequest, and the national collection of international modern art.

This page includes an eclectic collection of world wide web services connected with museums around the world. The museums in this list are categorised by country/continent.

An extensive list of museums and galleries in the UK.

The Gallery’s displays and collections are an excellent study resource for all levels of the UK National Curriculum. A Teachers’ Resource is available which gives:

• information about William Morris and the William Morris Gallery
• suggestions on how to relate Morris to the UK National Curriculum
• advice for teachers on planning visits to the Gallery
• information on useful books, videos etc.
  

AboriginArt Galleries specialises in Inuit (Eskimo) Art, First Nation (Indian) Art and Northwest Coast Art. A commercial site with many images available to download for research.

An extensive archive of art works. Western, non-western the resources from ancient Egypt and Rome to 20th Century art and architecture.

This site has links to a wide range of web resources. These include Prehistoric, Ancient, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, Multi-cultural and more.

Shorewood Educational offers teachers the opportunity to obtain a wealth of information and teaching material to assist in the structuring of educational programmes including the MATRIX for the QCA units of work.

Here you will find a dictionary containing definitions of more than 3,000 art terms, along with illustrations, pronunciation notes and quotations.

A detailed art guide to more than 650 public art collections and 1,900 artists in Britain and Ireland allowing you to search by artist, museum, region or exhibitions.

Lesson plans searched alphabetically or by theme. Multicultural art & design activities, recycling projects. Glossary of art terms and artists information.

The gallery is the greatest find in London: a magnificent collection of masterpieces by Rembrandt, Poussin, Watteau, Rubens, Canaletto, Gainsborough and many more. The critically acclaimed international loan exhibitions and its setting in the beautiful eighteenth century village of Dulwich, make the Gallery a must for all art lovers.

Founded in 1856 to collect the likenesses of famous British men and women. Today the collection is the most comprehensive of its kind in the world, and constitutes a unique record of the men and women who created (and are still creating) the history and culture of the nation.

Official site of the Boston museum of fine arts.

Project sheets to download covering art of many lands. There is a teacher-exchange area for ideas and advice.