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> We certainly didn't invent the idea of found stuff being cool. Every time we visit our friends in other towns, someone's always got some kind of unbelievable discovered note or photo on their fridge. We decided to make a bunch of projects so that everyone can check out all the strange, hilarious and heartbreaking things people have picked up and passed our way. " 14. [|Margaret Bourke-White Gallery]
 * 1) [|**NEW: National Gallery of Art Virtual Tours**]: The National Gallery in Washington, D.C. offers excellent virtual tours and exhibits of different artists. Highly recommended.
 * 2) [|**Getty's Art Education Web Site**]: This site offers ongoing exhibits of interest to anyone interested in art. Because the site is targeted for schools, the contents tend to be of special interest to kids. Very good site whose contents change regularly; so come back often.
 * 3) **[|The Dorothea Lange Photographic Archive]**: Housed at the Oakland Museum, Lange's photographs provide a powerful and useful set of images for the classroom. Many teachers studying the Depression and authors like John Steinbeck will find this site invaluable.
 * 4) **[|Smithsonian Institute Image Gallery]**: The ultimate American museum offers outstanding collections of photographs from around the world.
 * 5) **[|Walker Evans Photography Exhibit]**: Arguably the most important photographer in the 20th century, Evans' images will reward your eye. This exhibit has been traveling around the country.
 * 6) [|**Picturing the Century: 100 Years of Photography from the National Archives**]: The galleries are arranged by broad chronology (A New Century, the Great War, etc.); the portfolios include works by Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange and other great chroniclers of American life.
 * 7) [|**Smithsonian American Art Museum**]: A site that honors our diverse artistic traditions; includes interactive exhibits and experiences. You will love this site.
 * 8) **[|//Time// Magazine's Photo Essays]**: //Time// magazine offers a compelling visual documentation of the week through photographs. The site also includes easily accessible archives of past weeks. Every picture here is worth…well, you guessed it: a thousand words.
 * 9) [|**The Oxford Project**]: This is a fascinating project! The photographer set out to capture every person in a town and photograph them over a twenty-five year period to see how they changed. Photographs are beautiful black-and-white images presented in an ebook format with short but interesting text that tells you more about the project.
 * 10) [|**The Academy of Achievement**]: Here is how they describe their mission: "The American Academy of Achievement is like no other organization in the world. For more than 45 years, this unique non-profit entity has sparked the imagination of students across America and around the globe by bringing them into direct personal contact with the greatest thinkers and achievers of the age. The annual International Achievement Summit has provided thousands of outstanding students with an unforgettable, life changing experience – one in which young people whose dreams will determine our collective tomorrow draw inspiration, courage and strength from those individuals who have shaped our world of today."
 * 11) [|**Found Magazine**]: Here is how they describe Found.com: "We collect found stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework, to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, doodles—anything that gives a glimpse into someone else's life. Anything goes.
 * 1) [|**Picturing America**]: Here is how they describe Picturing America on their website: "Picturing America, an exciting new initiative from the National Endowment for the Humanities, brings masterpieces of American art into classrooms and libraries nationwide. Through this innovative program, students and citizens will gain a deeper appreciation of our country's history and character through the study and understanding of its art. The nation's artistic heritage—our paintings, sculpture, architecture, fine crafts, and photography—offers unique insights into the character, ideals, and aspirations of our country. Picturing America, a far-reaching new program from the National Endowment for the Humanities in cooperation with the American Library Association, brings this vital heritage to all Americans."
 * 2) [|**Indexed**]: Here is a description from //Time// which gave Indexed.com one of its 2008 Web Awards: Created by writer and illustrator Jessica Hagy, this blog reduces the rich pageantry of life to small Venn Diagrams and bar graphs that graphically and (often hilariously) highlight life's profundities and absurdities. One diagram features three circles labeled "laxatives," "acne cream," and "wart removal" sharing an intersection marked "no eye contact with the cashier". Another Venn fable: three circles marked "crumbs" "pennies" and "years of your life" share the intersection "in the couch cushions." A dating/romance line graph shows a steadily declining number of "potential mates without baggage" as one's age increases, with the non-baggage mates plummeting to zero after age 40.
 * 3) [|**TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design)**]: An amazing site! Here is how TED describes itself: "TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader. The annual conference now brings together the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes). This site makes the best talks and performances from TED available to the public, for free. More than 200 talks from our archive are now available, with more added each week. Our mission: Spreading ideas. We believe passionately in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and ultimately, the world. So we're building here a clearinghouse that offers free knowledge and inspiration from the world's most inspired thinkers, and also a community of curious souls to engage with ideas and each other."
 * [|NBC News] (free registration - news clips, etc.)
 * [|visions of the future] (BBC)
 * //Time Magazine// - [|Kristallnacht]