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. Learn about our four artist-centered themes.
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2017
Reimagine an Everyday Object
Make a proposal for a sculpture of an ordinary object -
Thematic collage
Make a collage based on a theme -
Icons
Research and discuss icons -
On Display
Research and discuss displays of brand new objects -
Make a 3D wire portrait
Alexander Calder, Varèse, c. 1930 -
Readymades
Consider ordinary objects as works of art -
Almost Human
Explore the meaning of anthropomorphic -
Multiple Object Sculpture
Create a sculpture using inexpensive materials -
Bring the Outside Inside
Make a camera obscura -
Different Perspectives
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Follow the Thread
Experiment with a piece of thread and draw it -
Lost in Translation
Make a monoprint or a digital print -
Cut and Paste
Use found text to create a poem with a shape -
Changing Scale
Explore and experiment with scale -
Is it Art?
Consider your personal definitions of art -
Find and Draw a Fragment
Use a viewfinder to draw part of a natural object -
New Architecture
Make a new arrangement of school rooms -
Video Story
Make a short video about your hometown -
Sleuth the Scene
Write a story about these scenes -
Transform a Symbol
Make a collage using a symbol multiple times -
Continuous Mural
Create a collaborative, continuous mural of your environment -
Hometown Story
Share a story about your hometown -
What Happens Inside?
Write a story about what happens inside a building -
T. J. Wilcox, Place and Memory
Write a story about a personal memory of a place -
Found object sculpture
Make a found object sculpture -
Inspiration
Explore the inspiration for Robert Indiana's painting, _The X-5_ -
Visual Puzzle or Rebus
Create a visual puzzle or rebus -
The American Dream
View and discuss Indiana’s painting The Beware – Danger American Dream #4 -
LOVE
View & discuss Robert Indiana's painting, LOVE -
Idea Box
Make small assemblage sculptures in a box
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