K-12 Virtual Visit

Aaron Douglas, Building More Stately Mansions, 1944 Lily Benedict Mariani Lefas-Tetenes Educators K-12 Virtual Visits Aaron Douglas was inspired by ancient and contemporary architecture, visual art and poetry. By exploring his painting and finding connections to poetry, what can we learn about how artists use different artistic styles and art forms to represent the many kinds of work it takes to build societies, both in the past and today?

K-12 Virtual Visit

Thomas Cole, Landscape (Landscape with Tree Trunks), 1828 MJ Robinson Mariani Lefas-Tetenes Educators K-12 Virtual Visits Sustainability and the natural world How does a landscape painting made in 1828 by English-American artist Thomas Cole both reinforce and intervene in settler-colonial ideas about the environment and Native American people?

K-12 Virtual Visit

Paul Scott, New American Scenery, 2019 MJ Robinson Mariani Lefas-Tetenes Educators K-12 Virtual Visits Why is contemporary English artist Paul Scott interested in a ceramic technique and imagery from the 1700-1800s? How does he work with transferware to comment on environmental issues and systemic racism in the United States?

K-12 Virtual Visit

Liliana Porter, For You, The Conversation, and The Offering, 2001 MJ Robinson Mariani Lefas-Tetenes Educators K-12 Virtual Visits How does Liliana Porter use objects as playful characters in her prints? How can we create scenes using our own special objects and tell stories about them?

K-12 Virtual Visit

Katsushika Hokusai, Under the Great Wave, off Kanagawa, ca.1829-1833 Lily Benedict Mariani Lefas-Tetenes Educators K-12 Virtual Visits How did Japanese printmakers and poets of the 19th century express feelings and symbolic meanings through artworks depicting nature?

Virtual “Open Hours”

The staff of our Costume & Textiles and Prints, Drawings, & Photographs study centers are transitioning their weekly open hours to a virtual format. Students are welcome to schedule half-hour Zoom meetings to discuss and view images of objects in the collection to support their research and inspire their creative practice. Costume & Textiles: request a one-on-one zoom meeting here

Virtual Class Visits

Our academic programs and curatorial staff look forward to working with you to develop plans for virtual classroom connections.

Virtual Class Visits: Prints, Drawings, & Photographs

Curatorial Fellow Conor Moynihan explains how to schedule a virtual visit. With class-tailored PowerPoints focused on up to 10 collection objects, virtual visits encourage close looking, discussion-based learning, and non-linear exploring.