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The Artist’s Toolkit: Explore ~
A collaboration between the Minneapolis Institute of the Arts and the Walker Art Center, The Artist’s Toolkit is a great introduction to basic concepts in art for students and teachers alike. You can watch animated demonstrations of visual elements and principles artists use to create art, see examples of elements and principles in works of art, and create your own composition online. You’ll need the free Flash player
DAM is an art museum located in the Civic Center of Denver, Colorado. The museum is one of the largest art museums between the West Coast and Chicago.
One of modern art’s greatest innovators, Clyfford Still ignited a powerful art movement, then chose integrity and principles over celebrity and fortune. It is home to the world's most intact public collection of any major American artist.
Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art ~
The studio of Colorado's distinguished painter, Vance Kirkland (1904-1981), where he painted and taught at the Kirkland School of Art, remains intact with his brushes, dowels and remaining paints.