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Interested in teacher professional development opportunities? Want to know what benefits are available to Illinois educators? Come visit us at the Crown Educator Resource Center! Friday, Saturday and Sunday- please call to make an appointment to visit during off hours
The Crown Family Educator Resource Center, located in the Ryan Education Center, is a destination for teachers, librarians, parent
s, and educators of all kinds. Supporting arts integration across school curricula and interactive museum learning, the Crown Resource Center is a reference library with art history and art-making resources, exhibition catalogues, gallery activities, interdisciplinary lesson plans, research files, teacher manuals, and videos/DVDs; many relate directly to the Art Institute's collection and a selection of items in the library is available for loan. Patrons may use the library and computer stations to conduct research or consult with museum staff to plan lessons. Find us also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AICForTeachers
ART INSTITUTE TEACHER OPEN HOUSE
Thursday, September 21, 2023. 4:30-7:30
Join us for free food and drink (beer and wine from 5-6pm), high quality posters, image sets, curriculum guides, art making, museum admission and tours and more! ALL FREE
Space is limited and advanced registration is required at this link: https://www.artic.edu/events/5783/fall-teacher-open-house
Chicago Teachers and Parents: Check out this great learning resource made available to area kids by our colleagues at Chicago Public Library.
Ask an Educator
Looking for artworks to enliven classroom learning or to visit on your self-guided museum tour? Connect virtually with the museum’s experienced volunteer educators and get recommendations for works of art as well as digital resources that perfectly complement your unique curriculum. Simply fill out this form to get started: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeXvNj6ai20cdkFf4BwWgFMPsyoWN9K41D3-kzyZPWoPD8w_w/viewform
View Tour Offerings: https://www.artic.edu/learn-with-us/educators/visit-with-my-students
Image: Abelardo Morell. New Years Eve, 1989/90. Gift of Abelardo Morell. © Abelardo Morell, courtesy of Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York.
Back on view! Alma Thomas's "Starry Night and the Astronauts." Learn more about the work and access a teaching resource here: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/129884/starry-night-and-the-astronauts
"Starry Night and the Astronauts" is back on view at the Art Institute! ✨🚀
Alma Thomas, Howard University's first fine arts graduate, spent 35 years as a junior-high arts educator in Washington, D.C.
After decades as a representational painter, she began in her 70s to explore abstraction, creating shimmering, mosaic-like fields of color with rhythmic dabs of paint, often inspired by forms or scenes from nature.
This painting evokes the celestial patterns and open expanse of a night sky, but despite its narrative title, the painting could also be read as an aerial view of a watery surface, playing with our sense of immersion within an otherwise flat picture plane.
See "Starry Night and the Astronauts" (1972) by Alma Thomas on view in Gallery 291 of the Modern Wing.
THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY
Chicago native Ivan Albright (1897-1983) was known as a “master of the macabre” famous for his richly detailed paintings of ghoulish subjects. Albright was commissioned to create this painting for the 1945 movie adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s 1891 novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. The portrait appeared in vivid Technicolor, within the otherwise black-and-white film, causing a sensation. When Albright’s canvas was exhibited at the Art Institute later that year, the Chicago Tribune reported that the museum “is having a heck of a time handling the crowds flocking to see his painting.”
Learn more about the artist and his work: https://www.artic.edu/artists/33376/ivan-albright
STUDENT EXPERIENCES: BOOK NOW!
Registration is now open for self-guided student tours as well as educator-led museum visits and virtual student experiences! Offerings include the themes of Art across Cultures, Art + Activism and Art + Access. Find all of our offerings and schedule your student experience at Visit with My Students: https://nocache.staging.artic.edu/learn-with-us/educators/visit-with-my-students
Art + Activism
Kelly Church is an Ottawa/Pottawatomi/Ojibwe artist, activist and culture keeper. Native artists such as Church have relied on black ash trees to make baskets since time immemorial. Across the United States, however, these trees are being destroyed by the emerald ash borer, an invasive insect. As a fifth-generation basket weaver, Church teaches native youth nature conservation, harvesting, and weaving skills as she learned from her forebears. Inside this work, “Sustaining Traditions—Digital Teachings,” Church has placed a flash drive containing files that record her knowledge for her community.
Classroom Conversation Prompt: What do you care about? What are the current issues that impact you or your community? How might you use your voice and actions to impact change?
Learn more about this work: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/254374/sustaining-traditions-digital-teachings
Art + History
On this day in Birmingham Alabama,1963
In "The Birmingham Project," Dawoud Bey memorialized the tragic events that took place on September 15, 1963, when Ku Klux Klan members bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young black girls. Later that day two black teenage boys also died in related incidents of racist violence. In each diptych Bey paired a youth of the same age as one of the murdered children with an adult who has reached the age that the six boys and girls would be today. Read More about the work: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/221070/braxton-mckinney-and-lavon-thomas
Dawoud Bey
Braxton McKinney and Lavon Thomas,"" 2012
© 2012 Dawoud Bey
Photography Associates Fund
Student Activity: Engaging with Works of Art
What new understandings and ideas can we create when we look closely, ask questions, and make connections with works of art? What pulls your attention here—what do you see? What do you wonder?
Engage further with this activity and others on the Educator Resources page: https://www.artic.edu/collection/resources/educator-resources/90-student-activity-engaging-with-works-of-art Use the image provided or search for other artworks that interest you on the museum's website: www.artic.edu/collection.
Charles Sheeler
The Artist Looks at Nature, 1943
Learn more about the work: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/49714/the-artist-looks-at-nature
Resource Highlight: Art + Language: Story Map
What is the setting of this scene? Who might be the main character? Works of art can suggest vivid stories and be read much like a written text. This activity asks students to look carefully at art works and notice details that reveal the elements of a story. Browse the museum’s collection to select a work to explore or use the image suggested above.
Resource:
https://www.artic.edu/collection/resources/educator-resources/114-art-language-story-map)
Browse the Collection: https://www.artic.edu/collection
Joseph Delaney
Coney Island, 1932
“Painting is the only weapon I have with which to fight what I resent.”
--Charles White
A Labor Day Reflection through Art
Charles White is recognized for the richness of his graphic work and his paintings, which typically depict aspects of the history, culture, and lives of Black Americans. White’s father was a railroad and steel worker and his mother a domestic worker; this inspired in White a deep respect for labor.
Here White uses his masterful technique to render his subjects--their strong hands and arms, muscle-bounds from years of hard labor in the fields-- with heroic proportions and a deep humanity. The emphasis on the large scythe (an emblem often associated with the Soviet Union)—as well as the social realist sensibilities throughout his work, his travels to the Soviet Union, and his writings for and affiliation with left-wing publications—suggest that Harvest Talk was inspired by socialist ideals.
Charles White Teaching Resource: https://www.artic.edu/collection/resources/educator-resources/23-educator-resource-packet-harvest-talk-by-charles-white
Charles White (American, 1918-1979)
Harvest Talk, 1953
Learn about remarkable and seldom displayed works made by select Asian American and Asian Pacific Islander (AAPI) artists through, "What a Homeland Is: Six AAPI Artists from the Collection," written by Yi Cao, Director of Administration for the museum’s Arts of Asia collection.
https://www.artic.edu/articles/927/what-a-homeland-is-six-aapi-artists-from-the-collection
When I started working in the museum's Arts of Asia department a year ago, I was thrilled to care for an expansive collection that connects with my cultural heritage and the place of my birth for the first time in my career.
Create a Round-Robin Story
Work together with your family to tell the story unfolding in this artwork. Have someone start the story and write down the first sentence. Pass the paper to the next person to write the next sentence. Repeat this process until everyone has gotten a chance to contribute at least once. Put your sentences together and read your thrilling tale for all to enjoy. For more ideas to engage with works of art see the Get Creative at Home page: https://www.artic.edu/visit-us-virtually/create-and-learn/get-creative-at-home/creative-writing-prompts
Julio De Diego, Spies and Counter Spies, 1941
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/198810/spies-and-counter-spies
Julio De Diego, 1941
COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS:
ARTISTS OF THE OBAMA WHITE HOUSE
The Obamas not only selected two groundbreaking contemporary artists, Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald, to paint their portraits, but as president and first lady, they also showcased an inclusive art collection while at the White House. This highlights tour accompanies The Obama Portraits exhibition. All featured works are on view at the museum during the exhibition.
Educator Resource on featured artist Alma Thomas: https://www.artic.edu/collection/resources/educator-resources/36-educator-resource-packet-starry-night-and-the-astronauts-by-alma-thomas
The Obama Portraits Exhibition: https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/9507/the-obama-portraits
Highlights Tour: https://www.artic.edu/highlights/36/artists-of-the-obama-white-house
The Obamas not only selected two groundbreaking contemporary artists, Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald, to paint their portraits, but as president and first lady, they also showcased an inclusive art collection while at the White House.
Art + Self-Care Idea: Color the Classics!
Coloring requires focus and allows us to put aside other thoughts, including stress or worry, to be in the present and complete the task at hand. Spend some time with icons of the Art Institute's collection using these printable coloring pages to recreate or put a fun spin on the classics.
https://www.artic.edu/visit-us-virtually/get-creative-at-home/coloring-book-pages
Spend some time with icons of the Art Institute’s collection with these these printable coloring pages featuring La Grande Jatte, Nighthawks, The Great Wave, and more. Pick your favorite to recreate, or put your own stamp on a timeless classic.
TEACHING AND LEARNING: HOW DO YOU PROBLEM SOLVE?
Ganesha is Hinduism's Lord of Beginnings and Remover of Obstacles. Posed mid-dance he is sure to amuse with his oversized elephant head and rotound belly–but there's more to the story. As the bestower of success, Ganesha's powerful attributes can overcome any challenge. What's a challenge you've recently overcome and how did you do it?
Learn more about the Dancing Ganesha in this educator resource: https://www.artic.edu/collection/resources/educator-resources/19-educator-resource-packet-dancing-ganesha
This sculpture of Ganesha, Hinduism's Lord of Beginnings and Remover of Obstacles, posed mid-dance, is sure to amuse with his oversized elephant head and rotund belly.
TEACHING AND LEARNING: EXPLORING DIGITAL INTERACTIVES
Take a closer look, peek under the layers, and discover new research and stories behind objects in our collection using this online tool.
Explore a Vili (Kongo) power figure from the Republic of the Congo: https://www.artic.edu/interactive-features/charged-by-power
The primary task of the nail-studded nkisi was to hunt down evil and wrongdoers.
MAKING A DIFFERENCE: A TOUR FOR FAMILIES
Learn about five works of art that envision peace, imagine new futures, and create safe and just spaces. Explore the works in this self-guided tour online or in the museum’s galleries, and engage the suggested activities with your family and friends. Think about what you can do to make a difference in your family, in your community, and in the world.
Making a Difference: A Tour for Families: https://www.artic.edu/highlights/37/making-a-difference-a-tour-for-families
All works featured in this tour are on view during The Obama Portraits. Learn more about how to see the portraits: https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/9507/the-obama-portraits
What are things you do to make a difference in your family, in your community, and in the world?
Marc Chagall’s (French, born Vitebsk, Russia {present day Belarus} 1887-1985) America Windows offer a meditation on freedom of expression through the arts. The panels that comprise this work expressively depict (from left to right) music, painting, literature, theater, and dance as well as details such as the Statue of Liberty and the Chicago skyline. Chagall created this work as a gift the Art Institute during America’s bicentennial in 1976. He admired America and took refuge here for several years in the 1940s after fleeing the N***s.
Find tips for teaching this work in this Educator Resource Packet: https://www.artic.edu/collection/resources/educator-resources/13-educator-resource-packet-america-windows-by-marc-chagall
Learn more about Chagall and America Windows through this Art Essentials Tour video: https://www.artic.edu/videos/25/marc-chagalls-america-windows-art-institute-essentials-tour
Works by Rufino Tamayo (Mexican, 1899-1991) recently installed in gallery 136 help connect the ancient Mesoamerican art historically displayed in this gallery to the modern era. Tamayo was influenced by his Zapotec heritage and study of the kinds of pre columbian sculptures on view here, including the Storyteller Figure from Jalisco (100/800A.D.). Tamayo’s blending of these influences with cubism and other international avant-garde art movements can be seen in his paintings on view, María Izquierdo (1932) and Woman with a Birdcage (1941).
Illinois teachers receive free admission to visit the museum’s galleries. Register here: https://www.artic.edu/educators/visit-on-my-own/educator-admission-request
Learn More about Rufino Tamayo: https://www.artic.edu/artists/36878/rufino-tamayo
Learn more about the Storyteller Figure:
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/73795/storyteller-figure
ART ESSENTIALS TOUR: NIGHTHAWKS
Take a closer look at Edward Hopper’s classic American painting and consider how some of its unsettling elements—clashing colors, lack of depth, and no diner door!—are key to its abiding appeal.
Edward Hopper, Night Hawks, 1942
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--hoDMroROw&t=142
On this episode of Art Institute Essentials Tour, take a closer look at Nighthawks, painted by Edward Hopper in 1942.Inspired by “a restaurant on New York’s ...
FLAG DAY
Today, June 14, is Flag Day. Benny Andrews painted this image of a Black man wrapped in the American flag in 1966 during the Civil Rights era. Titled "Flag Day," this powerful image poses numerous questions, both relevant to the time it was made and resonant in American society today: What ideals are represented by the American flag? Do you think all people have equal access to those rights? Why? What do you think is happening in this image? What do you think this artist was trying to express or communicate? Why?
How can you use your voice and creativity to activate change?
Learn more about Benny Andrews: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/154124/flag-day
Learn more about Art + Activism: https://www.artic.edu/highlights/28/art-activism
CHARACTER MAPPING
Use clues from works of art and your imagination to make inferences about the lives of the people portrayed. We’ve suggested Archibald Motley’s 1943 work Night Life for this activity but it can be done with any work of art that includes figures.
Use the Character Map resource below to get started. Explore: https://www.artic.edu/collection/resources/educator-resources/86-student-activity-character-map
Learn more about the work of Archibald Motley: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/117266/nightlife
INSPIRING VIEWS: THE HARTWELL MEMORIAL WINDOW
What view or place inspires you? What are the sights, sounds, smells and feelings that you associate with that place?
More than 100 years ago, Agnes F. Northrop designed this window for Tiffany Studios as a commission from Mary Hartwell in honor of her husband, Frederick Hartwell, for the Central Baptist Church of Providence, Rhode Island (now Community Church of Providence). Standing over 25 feet high by 18 feet wide, the window depicts lush natural scenery and a distant view of Mount Chocorua in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
It remained housed in the sanctuary of the church until 2018, when the congregation decided to relocate the window to the Art Institute of Chicago, where it could be conserved to ensure its long-term stability. The window is now on view in the museum’s grand staircase.
Learn more about the Hartwell Memorial Window (1917): https://www.artic.edu/artworks/243516/hartwell-memorial-window
CREATIVE WRITING PROMPT: I WISH I’D HAD A CAMERA
Visualize a moment from your life—a fleeting scene or cherished memory—that you wish you had captured in a photograph. Without stopping to edit, write a stream of descriptive words that evoke the sights, sounds, and feelings of that moment. Share this written memory with a friend or classmate.
Photographer Robert Frank was known for working in the “street” style, using his small camera to quickly capture fleeting moments in everyday life. Stylistically, his work was tied to that of his friend Beat poet Jack Kerouac (American 1922–1969), who often wrote using stream of consciousness, a way of writing that captures a subject’s thoughts and reactions to an event in a continuous flow.
Find more creative writing prompts on the Get Creative at Home Page: https://www.artic.edu/visit-us-virtually/create-and-learn/get-creative-at-home
Robert Frank. Bar, Las Vegas Nevanda, 1955/56
TEEN POETRY COMPETITION: DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 5/30/21!
Teen Poetry Competition
Do you know students interested in poetry, art, spoken word, and prizes? Chicago high school teens are invited to create an original poem inspired by one or both of The Obama Portraits, on view at the Art Institute June 18 through August 15. Poems could be featured on the Art Institute’s website and social media, reviewed by a panel of youth and adult artists, and possibly recognized as a competition winner! Deadline to submit entries is May 23. Get more information and submit poems here: https://form.jotform.com/210734612875053
Learn more about the exhibition here: https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/9507/the-obama-portraits
CREATE: SELF-PORTRAIT AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY
The title of this work, "Self Portrait and Autobiography" (1948), connects artist Alice Rahon’s creative practice as both a poet and painter. What might we learn about her from what we see in this work? Why? What words would you use to describe this person?
Think of ten words that describe you. If you were to make a “selfie” that incorporates these qualities, how might you make them show? Make that image. Share and compare your self-portrait to those made by friends or classmates. What do you learn about each other?
Alice Rahon was influenced by the surrealist movement and paleolithic cave art found in Mexico, her adoptive home after she immigrated from France in 1939. Learn more about her here: https://www.artic.edu/artists/55561/alice-rahon
Related: The Meandering Paths of Four Artists in Latin America: https://www.artic.edu/articles/830/the-meandering-paths-of-four-artists-in-latin-america
Virtual Artist Talk: Laurie Anderson on the Thorne Miniature Rooms
May 21, 2021
6-7pm
The Thorne Miniature Rooms have been a beloved stop for generations of museum visitors since they were first displayed at the Art Institute in 1954. Join pioneering multimedia artist Laurie Anderson as she explores and discusses the Thorne rooms, while also reflecting on her own groundbreaking practice in music, spoken word, visual art, and theater. Laurie Anderson is joined in conversation by Sianne Ngai, author and professor of English at the University of Chicago.
Registration is at capacity for this program. The program will be livestreamed on the Art Institute of Chicago’s YouTube page for guests who were not able to register.
This program is presented as part of Artists on Artists, a public program series that highlights the creative process and creative communities. Through this series, leading artists, authors, musicians, and performers inspire new ways of understanding the museum’s collection while making connections to their own practice.
https://www.artic.edu/events/5168/virtual-artist-talk-laurie-anderson-on-the-thorne-miniature-rooms
Join pioneering multimedia artist Laurie Anderson as she explores and discusses the museum's collection of Thorne Miniature Rooms, while also reflecting on her own groundbreaking practice in music, spoken word, visual art, and theater.
ART AND SELF CARE: IMAGE AND MOOD
Which of the below scenes best represents how you are feeling right now? Why? Share and discuss your choices with a friend, family member or classmate.
Learn more about these works:
Robert Delaunay, Champs de Mars: The Red Tower, 1911/23
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/66042/trompe-l-oeil-still-life-with-a-flower-garland-and-a-curtain
Hughie Lee-Smith, Desert Forms, 1957
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/212760/desert-forms
Adriaen van der Spelt and Frans van Mieris, Trompe-l’Oeil Still Life with a Flower Garland and a Curtain, 1658
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/66042/trompe-l-oeil-still-life-with-a-flower-garland-and-a-curtain
CREATE IN THE STYLE OF KARL WIRSUM
Legendary Chicago artist Karl Wirsum died this week at age 81. Wirsum was known for creating bold, exuberant works inspired by comic book figures and popular icons such as this 1968 image of blues musician Screamin’ Jay Hawkins.
Throughout his life, Wirsum was a doodler who drew every day and worked spontaneously. Inspired by Wirsum, draw a favorite icon from popular culture. What colors, sights and sounds do you associate with that person? How could you make that show? Sketch quickly, without revision or correction. Make more doodles to hone your ideas and technique.
Wirsum was a founding member of The Hairy Who, a group of Chicago artists inspired by pop culture and non-western art that emerged in the 1960s and whose work influenced subsequent generations of artists around the world.
Explore the work of Karl Wirsum: https://www.artic.edu/artists/37327/karl-wirsum
Learn more about the Hairy Who:
https://www.artic.edu/artists/114577/the-hairy-who-art-green-gladys-nilsson-jim-nutt-jim-falconer-suellen-rocca-and-karl-wirsum
WRITING HAIKU
Get your creative juices flowing by taking inspiration from this woodblock print from the Art Institute of Chicago’s collection and responding to the ever-changing world around us in this new short and informative video from the Artful Encounters series: https://youtu.be/j270OsflZ48
Learn more about the work of art featured here: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/80963/woman-about-to-write-a-poem
Yashima Gakutei, c. 1824
ART AND SELF CARE: YOU DESERVE FLOWERS
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! Take a few minutes to relax and enjoy this beautiful and rare portfolio of paintings, "Flowers in Four Seasons," by 18th Century Chinese Court artist Wu Zhang (born 1670). Tao Wang, the Pritzker Chair of Arts of Asia, provides insights on this recent acquisition featuring plants that have medicinal, cultural, and symbolic significance in Chinese history and culture. https://www.artic.edu/articles/897/new-acquisition-wu-zhangs-flowers-in-four-seasons
As a curator, some of my greatest satisfaction comes from discovering and acquiring significant artworks to enhance the museum’s collection.
Teen Poetry Competition
Do you know students interested in poetry, art, spoken word, and prizes? Chicago high school teens are invited to create an original poem inspired by one or both of The Obama Portraits, on view at the Art Institute June 18 through August 15. Poems could be featured on the Art Institute’s website and social media, reviewed by a panel of youth and adult artists, and possibly recognized as a competition winner! Deadline to submit entries is May 23. Get more information and submit poems here: https://form.jotform.com/210734612875053
Learn more about the exhibition here: https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/9507/the-obama-portraits
City Landscape
Dive into an abstract landscape to explore colors, textures, and emotions in this new short and informative video from the Artful Encounters series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRQqWFX9RZg&t=13s
Joan Mitchell, City Landscape, 1955
Dive into an abstract landscape to explore colors, textures, and emotions. This video is meant for students in grades 1–5.To learn more about this painting a...
AND THE AWARD GOES TO!...
Browse the museum’s collection and stage your own Academy Awards. What artwork has the best acting--strong characters conveyed through expressions, and body language? What artist would win best picture for overall drama or best setting for creating a sense of place? Compare your choices with those of your classmates, friends, or family. What other awards would you give?
Browse the collection here: https://www.artic.edu/collection
View this and other student activities here: https://www.artic.edu/learn-with-us/educators/tools-for-my-classroom/resource-finder?category=2
Rosalba Carriera, A Young Lady with a Parrot, c.1730
CULTURAL IDENTITY AND RESILIENCE THROUGH ART
Works of art can serve as powerful symbols of cultural identity and provide windows into complex moments of history as well as the current day. This inquiry-based lesson explores the history of US-Japan relations in Chicago through a set of magnificent carved wooden transom panels created for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition then found, restored and displayed at the museum after they were nearly destroyed in an act of hate.
Lesson Plan: https://www.artic.edu/collection/resources/educator-resources/118-lesson-plan-cultural-identity-us-japan-relations-and-visual-art
Takamura Koun, Two carved wooden transoms (ramma) panels from the Hooden (detail), 1893. Learn More about the work here: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/46181/two-carved-wooden-transoms-ramma-panels-from-the-hooden
Phoenix Pavilion Fire, 1946
VIRTUAL FAMILY STUDIO
Celebrate Earth Day 2021 by observing the changing environment around you—plants, animals, and climate—and creating your own seasonal phenology wheel with artists from Seeds InService. Join this program April 24, 10-11am or use the downloadable resource to create and explore on your own: https://www.artic.edu/events/5240/virtual-family-studio-seeds-inservice
Learn more about the museum’s two-week series of virtual programs and resources exploring the natural world: https://www.artic.edu/highlights/34/earth-day-2021?fbclid=IwAR1Et8jVTMQ-PKMf7IqSM0OmBgK8QsldqyugEkkWVbpJg1WvtTtjQu4mUyc"Virtual
Georgia O'Keeffe. Red Hills with Flowers, 1937
Strange Structures
Use your imagination and close-looking skills to explore this Surrealist artwork from the Art Institute of Chicago’s collection. This resource was produced as part of a new series of short and informative videos for educators and students titled Artful Encounters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGjPCD-0MQ4
Learn more about the featured artwork here:
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/56682/the-rock
Use your imagination and close-looking skills to explore this Surrealist artwork from the Art Institute of Chicago’s collection. This video is meant for stud...
Free Response: Describe your reactions to a work of art. Select an artwork that appeals to you from the Art Institute's collection. What do you notice? What feelings do you have from looking at the artwork? Why did you choose this piece? What are you curious about? What would you like to tell someone else about the artwork?
Browse the museum's collection here: https://www.artic.edu/collection
See more student activities here: https://www.artic.edu/learn-with-us/educators/tools-for-my-classroom/resource-finder?page=2&category=2
Gunther Gerzso. "La Ciudad Perdida" (The Lost City), 1948
PIECING IT TOGETHER
Explore African-American identity and culture through Bisa Butler’s vibrant artworks. This resource was produced as part of a new series of short and informative videos for educators and students titled Artful Encounters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Par-s4MgH4g&t=3s
Explore African American identity and culture through Bisa Butler’s vibrant artworks. This video is meant for students in grades 6–12.To learn more about Bis...
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