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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Children's Guide: The Art of Romare Bearden [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A colorful, printable packet, from the National Gallery of Art, for students studying the work of Romare Bearden. Includes images of his work, including his well-known collages. Investigates all the important aspects of Bearden's work:...
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Albright-Knox Art Gallery

Albright Knox Art Gallery: Paul Sharits: Thinking in a New Way About Movies

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Information about 16mm films made by Paul Sharits is packed into his two-dimensional drawings on graph paper. Students will learn about how film works to understand how to translate Sharits's drawings into information about his films....
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Albright-Knox Art Gallery

Albright Knox Art Gallery: Grid Self Portrait

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This lesson plan explores how Chuck Close uses photography and a mathematical grid to create his large portraits. Hands-on activities encourage students to create using the grid, during which they will learn about variation, repetition,...
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Other

Michael Rosenfeld Gallery: Artists: Charles White

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography of African American artist Charles White. Includes examples of his artworks.
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PBS

Pbs American Masters: Robert Rauschenberg: Reinventing Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Studying the life and work of Robert Rauschenberg, we see a reflection of American culture. Click his name to a full biography and timeline.
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Other

Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th
An online exhibit of representative art from the Harlem Renaissance.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Scenes of American Life

For Students 9th - 10th
A stunning array of art from the Smithsonian American Art Museum depicting everyday life and work in America from American masters such as Edward Hopper, Jacob Lawrence, and Paul Cadmus. Use the right navigation to click through over 60...
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Other

Madison Museum of Contemporary Art: Romare Bearden

For Students 9th - 10th
The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art contains a summary of Bearden's life, some of his art, key ideas, discussion questions, and links to additional resources.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Del Corazon: Latino Voices in American Art

For Students 9th - 10th
A multimedia art exhibit of Latino art that focuses on the work of six contemporary Latino artists. You can read artist biographies and see a gallery of representative works where you learn more about the particular cultural experiences...
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New York Times

New York Times: Richard Tuttle: Post Minimalist Wonders

For Students 9th - 10th
An audio slideshow about the work and creative process of American artist Richard Tuttle. Excellent examples of Tuttle's work made during the early, middle, and late stages of his career, with equally excellent commentary on the aspects...
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Other

Portland Art Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
Visit the Portland Art Museum "plaza" to explore current exhibits and the museum collections, which range from Northwest and Native American art to European and American art, silver, and contemporary art. The Gilkey Center for Graphic...
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Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago: Art Access: William M. Harnett

For Students 9th - 10th
View nineteenth-century American trompe o'eil still life "For Sunday's Dinner" by William Harnett, with context and analysis.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Alfred Stieglitz (1864?1946) and His Circle

For Students 9th - 10th
From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, here is a glimpse into the artistic world of Alfred Stieglitz, the New York City art dealer and pioneering photographer.
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CGFA

Carol Gerten Fine Arts: Georgia O'keeffe

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biographical entry on the life of American artist, Georgia O'Keeffe. She is best known for her abstract and still-life compositions.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Louis C. Tiffany

For Students 9th - 10th
Louis C. Tiffany created fabulous mosaics, stained-glass windows, Favrile glass, lamps, enamels, ceramics, jewelry, metalwork, drawings and paintings. This site provides details on his life and work with wonderful images to explore.
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Other

Georgia O'keeffe Museum: Chronology

For Students 9th - 10th
Informative essay from the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum on the life and work of the famous American artist.
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Read Works

Read Works: I Am Native American

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text based on an interview with Native American artist Jody Naranjo. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Kentucky Educational Television

Kentucky Educational Television: Ellis Wilson: So Much to Paint

For Students 9th - 10th
Created as a supplement to a television documentary on the African-American artist, Ellis Wilson, site content includes extensive biographical information, a timeline of his life, and examples of many of his paintings.
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Peabody Essex Museum

Peabody Essex Museum: Joseph Cornell

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about American artist Joseph Cornell.
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Other

Norval Morrisseau and Medicine Painting

For Students 3rd - 8th
Norval Morrisseau, a Canadian Ojibwa, is the founder of Woodland school of Native American medicine painting.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Joshua Johnson

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Joshua Johnson is described here along with information on his contributions to art. Johnson is the "earliest documented" African American painter.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Rembrandt Peale

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Luce Foundation Center at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, this is a portrait photograph and biography of Rembrandt Peale, the early American portrait painter and most of famous of the Peale brothers family of artists.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Beauford Delaney

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Beauford Delaney is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his association with the Harlem Renaissance and his portraits of African Americans.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: John Biggers

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, this site provides brief biographical information on John Biggers in addition to an extensive listing of his works as displayed at the museum.