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
On Display
Research and discuss displays of brand new objects -
Icons
Research and discuss icons -
Thematic collage
Make a collage based on a theme -
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 -
Bring the Outside Inside
Make a camera obscura -
Multiple Object Sculpture
Create a sculpture using inexpensive materials -
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 -
New Architecture
Make a new arrangement of school rooms -
Find and Draw a Fragment
Use a viewfinder to draw part of a natural object -
Transform a Symbol
Make a collage using a symbol multiple times -
Video Story
Make a short video about your hometown -
Sleuth the Scene
Write a story about these scenes -
What Happens Inside?
Write a story about what happens inside a building -
Continuous Mural
Create a collaborative, continuous mural of your environment -
Hometown Story
Share a story about your hometown -
Found object sculpture
Make a found object sculpture -
T. J. Wilcox, Place and Memory
Write a story about a personal memory of a place -
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 -
The Essence of War
Explore and discuss images of war -
LOVE
View & discuss Robert Indiana's painting, LOVE -
Idea Box
Make small assemblage sculptures in a box
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