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Art Alive! - Beach at Blue Point Lesson PlanArt Alive! - Beach at Blue Point Lesson Plan
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Memorial Art Gallery
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1st - 12th
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Art Alive! - Beach at Blue Point

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And then what happened? Class members engage in a series of activities that model for them how to read the story in a painting. Participants respond to questions that ask them to closely examine the elements in William Glackens' "Beach at Blue Point," and then to use details from the painting to imagine what happened before and after the events pictured.

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William James Glackens, William Glackens, realism in art, ashcan artists, ashcan school, visual and performing arts

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  • Although designed for elementary classrooms, the approach would also work with high school learners 

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