Carrie Mae Weeems: The Usual Suspects
Weems addresses the constructed nature of racial identity— specifically, representations that associate black bodies with criminality and the resultant killings of black men, women, and children without consequence.
Roger Shimomura: By Looking Back, We Look Forward
"Art has a way of exercising every part of what it is to be a human being, a feeling human being, from the intellectual to the emotional to the political." - Roger Shimomura
Xiaoze Xie: Amplified Moments
A curriculum unit inspired by the work of Xiaoze Xie, a contemporary Chinese painter, that explores how artists see and comment on historic and current events through the visual arts.
The Grand Tour
A curriculum unit on travel, community, and cartography with connections to visual art, social studies, language arts, and the performing arts.
A Way With Words: Calligraphy and Visual Art
A curriculum unit on the art of calligraphy with connections to visual art, language arts, and world cultures. Inspired by the exhibition, A Way with Words: The Art of Jung Do-Jun
Lesson 2: Abstract with a KAWS
Artist: KAWS
Instructor: Jessica Hole
Lesson 1: Your Room, Your Space
Artist: Roy Lichtenstein
Title of Inspiration Work of Art: Modern Room
Instructor: Cassidy Shaffer
Lesson 3: Fourth Dimensional Drawings
A series of object based art lessons to do at home. These projects are developed by museum educators for artists and adventuresome kids of all ages and skill levels. Tag your final art with #JSMAcreates for a chance to be featured in a virtual exhibition.
Kitchen Table Talk
Focus Gallery
