Activities
These activities focus on works of art in the Whitney’s collection and special exhibitions. Through discussion, research, art making, and writing activities, we hope to encourage close looking, foster conversation between students, and connect artwork to classroom learning. These activities were produced in 2017.
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2017
Invasion of Privacy
Discuss privacy in the digital realm -
Under Surveillance
Discuss surveillance -
O’ Say Can You See
View and discuss Laura Poitras's film -
Post-9/11 America
Research and discuss safety and freedom -
Inspirational Architecture
Study a building or architectural structure -
Abstraction
Make a drawing of a journey -
The Circus
Make wire sculptures -
Dempsey and Firpo
Depict an exciting moment of an event -
Early Sunday Morning
Write a poem about a favorite place at a specific time -
The Artist and His Mother
Draw or write a description of a person from memory -
See the Music
Make an abstract composition that visualizes music -
Picture the Story
Create an abstract artwork based on a book -
Shape the Composition
Make a shaped composition -
Abstract Surroundings
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Optical Illusion
Experiment with composition and pictorial space -
Street Scenes and Sounds
Artist as Observer -
Race Relations in America
Artist as Critic -
What is a painting?
Discuss what a painting might be -
Portraits
Artist as Observer -
Digital Transitions
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Migration
Artist as Storyteller -
Challenging Media Stereotypes
Combine found words and images to challenge stereotypes -
What is American? (continued)
Explore what it means to be American -
Identity Politics
Explore identity politics through creative writing -
What is American?
Explore what it means to be American -
Edward Hopper, Early Sunday Morning
Imagine the street when everyone wakes up -
Representing the Figure
Make a flashlight figure mural -
Multiple Materials
Create a relief work with art materials and found objects -
Joseph Stella, The Brooklyn Bridge
Draw multiple views -
Reimagine an Everyday Object
Make a proposal for a sculpture of an ordinary object
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