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
Drone’s Eye View
Discuss the Anarchist project and the Fourth Amendment -
O’ Say Can You See
View and discuss Laura Poitras's film -
Under Surveillance
Discuss surveillance -
Post-9/11 America
Research and discuss safety and freedom -
Abstraction
Make a drawing of a journey -
Inspirational Architecture
Study a building or architectural structure -
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 -
Dempsey and Firpo
Depict an exciting moment of an event -
Shape the Composition
Make a shaped composition -
Picture the Story
Create an abstract artwork based on a book -
See the Music
Make an abstract composition that visualizes music -
Abstract Surroundings
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Optical Illusion
Experiment with composition and pictorial space -
What is a painting?
Discuss what a painting might be -
Race Relations in America
Artist as Critic -
Street Scenes and Sounds
Artist as Observer -
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 -
Identity Politics
Explore identity politics through creative writing -
What is American? (continued)
Explore what it means to be American -
What is American?
Explore what it means to be American -
Multiple Materials
Create a relief work with art materials and found objects -
Representing the Figure
Make a flashlight figure mural -
Edward Hopper, Early Sunday Morning
Imagine the street when everyone wakes up -
Joseph Stella, The Brooklyn Bridge
Draw multiple views -
Try This!
Experiment with objects and mirrors -
Reimagine an Everyday Object
Make a proposal for a sculpture of an ordinary object
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