Artopia is a comprehensive Web-based arts experience designed for middle school students, covering the visual and performing arts. Students can closely examine important works of art and take part in activities that teach about styles, principles and processes of each art form. In a special area for teachers there are downloadable lesson plans and classroom materials that tie Artopia activities to appropriate National and South Carolina curriculum standards.
This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Artopia accessibility features funded in part by a grant from the South Carolina Arts Commission.
Producer: Betsy Newman
Web Developer: Tyora Moody
Programmers: Steven Anderson, Richard Baldwin, Greg Lunn, Mark Ross, Tony Toich
Curriculum Coordinator: Andrea Thorpe
Art Director/Graphic Designer: Maria Manhattan
Arts Education Consultants: Scot Hockman, Nancy Pope, Wrenn Cook, Susan Leonard, Frank Baker
Image Acquisition/Researcher: Urica Pope
Assistant Writer: Amy Shumaker
Videographer: Gaines Halford
Video Editors: Gaines Halford, Urica Pope, Betsy Newman, Monica Eady, Kyle Day
Voices: Joshua Dease, Betsy Newman, Ashwil Ruun, Alfred Turner
Transcriptionist: Brenda Ward
Outreach/Promotion: Janet Caldwell, Ashwil Ruun, Nicole Stonecypher, Debbie Carter
Executive Producer: John Bane
Art Work: Painting Credits (pdf); Sculpture Credits (pdf)
