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    • A Wall in the Middle Ground

      For Grades 3–12

      Visual Arts; College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading; College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Speaking and Listening; College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Writing; College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Language

      Featuring Paul Gauguin's The Yellow Christ, 1889
      To talk about paintings, especially narrative paintings (those that tell a story), we often divide images into three sections—the foreground, the middle ground, and the background. The foreground refers to the space closest to the viewer, the background is the area farthest away, and the middle ground is everything in between. This lesson plan explores these concepts and includes discussion exercises and creative writing activities.

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    • Art for Remembering

      For Grades K–12

      Visual Arts; College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading; College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Speaking and Listening; College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Language

      Featuring Robert Rauschenberg's Ace, 1962
      Robert Rauschenberg, one of the twentieth century’s most prolific and well-known artists, lived in New York City during the 1950s and 1960s. This lesson plan explores the invention of what he called “combines”—semi-abstract compositions combining Abstract Expressionist–style painting with real world objects he collected during walks throughout the city—and provides an opportunity for students to create and present "combines" about their own experiences.

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    • Basketball Drawing!

      For Grades K–12

      Social Studies; Visual Arts; College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading; College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Speaking and Listening; College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Language

      Featuring David Hammons's Basketball Drawing, 2001
      Basketball Drawing, by African American artist David Hammons, was created using Harlem earth as a drawing material, and the act of playing basketball as a drawing method. After learning about and discussing Basketball Drawing, students will create their own work in a similar manner and discuss how it relates to and reflects their school and community.

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    • Choose Your Words Carefully

      Grades 3–12

      Visual Arts; College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading; College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Speaking and Listening; College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Writing

      Featuring Ed Ruscha's Electric, 1963, and Nancy Dwyer's Kill Yourself, 1989
      Students will understand how elements of art work with text to communicate a message, create two images: one in which text and art elements work together and one in which they conflict, and use knowledge to critically “decode” the messages used in advertising.

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    • Color that MOVES!

      For Grades 6–12

      Social Studies; Visual Arts; College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading; College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Speaking and Listening; Mathematics; Science; Technology

      Featuring Bridget Riley's Sequel, 1975
      Bridget Riley is known for her experimentation with shapes and colors in paintings that seem to move and change color before our eyes. Students will experience the effects of the optical illusions that Sequel generates, learn some of the science behind why they work, and use similar strategies to create their own op art—art that uses the science of sight to create optical effects.

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    • Compare and Contrast: It’s All in the Details

      For Grades 4–12

      Visual Arts; College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading; College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Speaking and Listening; College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Writing; College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Language

      Featuring Three Sculptures of Horses
      This lesson uses three small sculptures of horses by three different artists to give students practice in comparing and contrasting, in gathering and presenting data, and in integrating information to interpret works of art.

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    • Create Your Own Sculpture

      For Grades 4–12

      Visual Arts; College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Speaking and Listening; College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Writing; College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Language

      Featuring Three Sculptures of Horses
      This lesson uses three small sculptures of horses by three different artists to give students inspiration to create their own animal sculptures and poems.

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    • Culture Collage

      For Grades 4–12

      Social Studies; Visual Arts; College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading; College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Speaking and Listening

      Students will learn about Greek culture and its influence, and create a Jirí Kolár–inspired collage.

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    • Daedalus and Icarus: Two Perspectives

      Grades K–8

      Social Studies; Visual Arts; College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading; College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Speaking and Listening; College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Writing

      Students will learn about the ancient Greek story of Daedalus and Icarus, see how the story is depicted differently in two works of art, learn about Richard Hunt’s sculpture Icarus, and complete a drawing or writing activity inspired by Icarus.

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    • Dancing Flowers!

      For Grades K–3

      Visual Arts; College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Speaking and Listening; Dance; Mathematics; Science; Technology; College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Language; Mathematical Practice

      Featuring Fernand Léger's The Walking Flower, 1951
      After learning about Fernand Léger’s sculpture, students will learn basic concepts of modern dance, create their own movements, select sounds or music, and combine all of these in a modern dance performance.

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