Arts and Music
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Drawing, painting, music, and theatre! Whatever type of Art homework you have, we’ve got your answers here! Click on your topic above, or scroll down for general information.
Online Resources
Websites
David Macaulay's Rome Antics
Watch this famous picture book artist explain the hows and whys of how he put his book, Rome Antics, together.
Lemony Snicket's The Composer is Dead
Author Lemony Snicket and composer Nathaniel Stookey discuss their book/cd.
Fine Art
At the Library
Looking for a specific artist? Try typing their name into the library catalogue to see what we have!
Books about Canadian illustrators
Learn to draw movies and books
Websites
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Click on Explore and then Games and Fun. There are interesting activities like "Explore Tut's Tomb" and "Mystery at Number 262." You can also take a look at the Canadian Postal Museum, the Canadian War Museum, and the Virtual Museum of New France.
Louvre Museum, Paris
Take a closer look at the Mona Lisa. Click on View the feature; it's like you're really there.
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Learn about The Group of Seven, First Nations Art, Inuit Art, and Contemporary Canadian Art. There are also changing exhibitions
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Take a look at over 30,000 works of art or at the useful Timeline of Art History. Try some of the MuseumKids activities like "Cézanne's Astonishing Apples," "Knights in Central Park" or "The Dancers and Degas."
Museum London
This site combines local history and art. Click on Programs & Events for a list of fun things to do.
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Click on NGAkids to go to interactive online activities such as visiting a Dutch Dollhouse, exploring Still Life or creating a Tropical Jungle. Zoom in to look at details of famous paintings.
National Gallery of Canada
Find information on Canadian, Indigenous, International, and Asian art as well as prints and drawings, photographs, and contemporary art. You can search the Library & Archives and the Art Collection. There is also a link to a searchable Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography.
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
Click on Collections & Research and then ROM Images to browse your way through their collection of online images. Click on Programs and then Online Activities where there are fun things to do like take a Bird Song Quiz.
Virtual Museum of Canada
This site has changing virtual exhibits and an image gallery. Click on My VMC to make your own personal museum.
Music and Instruments
At the Library
Looking for a specific musician or group? Try typing their name into the library catalogue, and see what we have!
Books about making musical instruments
Books about musical instruments
Music Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Websites
The Encyclopedia of Music in Canada
Look up subjects from instruments to operas.
Music Dictionary Online
Use this site to look up musical terms (overture), tempo terms (allegro), and dynamic symbols (ppp).
San Francisco Symphony Kids Fun with Music
Learn about the instruments in the orchestra, and listen to them play! Experiment with tempo, rhythm, harmony, and instrumentation in the music lab.
Theatre
At the Library
Looking for a specific actor or actress? Try typing their name into the library catalogue, and see what we have!
Books about Costumes in Theatre 
Books about Children’s Theatre
Books about Stage-setting, Scenery, and Props
Books about Production and Direction
Websites
Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia
Find biographies of Canadian dramatists, theatre directors and actors as well as summaries of Canadian plays.
Children's Creative Theater
Check out the handy glossary of theatrical terms, a list of drama games, and information about the history of theatre. You can also read scripts written by kids and submit your own original script.