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Beaded Prayers Project

For Students 9th - 10th
This global art project is no longer accepting any further submissions but still encourages you to participate as an individual or community. Follow in the footsteps of the African culture and create a beaded vessel that contains your...
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Columbia University

Columbia University: Harlem Hospital Wpa Murals

For Students 9th - 10th
Painted during the Great Depression and funded under the Works Progress Administration/Federal Art Project these murals carry with them a history worth noting.
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Bradshaw Foundation: Dabous Giraffe in Niger

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information on a project being done to make molds of one of the oldest pieces of African rock art, a Sahara giraffe carving.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: New Art, Making of African American Identity: V. 3

For Students 9th - 10th
Artistic expressions of the new black self image inspired by migration to the urban North. This focus of this site is "Song of the Towers", a series of four murals sponsored by the federal Works Projects Administration, outlining black...
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Abc: Abstraction

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Alma Woodsey Thomas is the focus of this lesson plan that introduces students to abstract art. Students will come to understand how the art elements can be used to express emotion and communicate ideas without including objects in the...
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PBS

Art21: Kara Walker

For Students 9th - 10th
This artist is best known for exploring the themes of race, gender, and sexuality through silhouetted figures created by light projection.
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My Hero Project

My Hero: Jacob Lawrence

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this student article that portrays Jacob Lawrence as "the first African American artist to cross over the 'color line' and exhibit his work in galleries and museums previously only showing the works of white artists."