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
Reimagine an Everyday Object
Make a proposal for a sculpture of an ordinary object -
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 -
Almost Human
Explore the meaning of anthropomorphic -
Readymades
Consider ordinary objects as works of art -
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 -
Is it Art?
Consider your personal definitions of art -
Changing Scale
Explore and experiment with scale -
New Architecture
Make a new arrangement of school rooms -
Find and Draw a Fragment
Use a viewfinder to draw part of a natural object -
Sleuth the Scene
Write a story about these scenes -
Video Story
Make a short video about your hometown -
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 -
Inspiration
Explore the inspiration for Robert Indiana's painting, _The X-5_ -
Found object sculpture
Make a found object sculpture -
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 -
The Essence of War
Explore and discuss images of war
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