Videos that Support a Successful Museum Visit

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Pre-Visit: Line, Shape, & Color Video Presentation

For participants in the Art of the Word virtual or in-person tour, this is the second video to watch. It can also be watched on its own if you want to learn about line, shape, and color and how artists use these three elements of art most frequently, and how you can apply them to your own art-making. This lesson should be done before your virtual tour of the Museum. 

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Pre-visit: Mondrian-Inspired Art Lesson 

This lesson is a follow-up to the Line, Shape, and Color Video Presentation. Watch the lesson first and then play it again, if you like, and follow along. This lesson should be done before your virtual or in-person tour of the Museum.

• a sheet of 8 1/2" x 11" white paper or cardstock
• black markers, both thick and thin (black Sharpie permanent markers work best, but any black marker will work.)
• Thick and thin markers in the primary colors: blue, red, and yellow
• a plastic cup about 3" in diameter

(The complete lesson plan can be found in the Unit Plan.

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Pre-visit: Matisse-Inspired Art Lesson

• a sheet of 8 1/2" x 11" white paper or cardstock
• a 12" ruler or straightedge
• black markers, both thick and thin (black Sharpie permanent markers work best, but any black marker will be fine.)
• Thick and thin markers in both the primary colors (blue, red, and yellow) and secondary colors (green, purple, and orange). If you have other colors, you can introduce them later too.

(The complete lesson plan can be found in the Unit Plan.)

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Post-visit: Joan Miró-Inspired Art Lesson 

In this lesson, students will create art in the style of Jean Miró and write a poem to describe the good qualities of the character they create. They will use a combination, of lines, shapes and colors to create their fanciful character.

• a sheet of 8.5” x 11” white or grey construction paper (grey preferred-cut to size)
• black fine point Sharpie or other black permanent marker (you can use other black pens, but Sharpies do not run or smear when you add color.)
• Oil pastels
• Ink (liquid watercolor, acrylic, tempera, even food coloring)
• Small plastic spray bottles with water. 

(The complete lesson plan can be found in the Unit Plan.)

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Post-visit: Henri Matisse-Inspired Art Lesson
Drawing with Scissors: Bird Collage Art Lesson

This one is a FAM favorite-it always results in unique and fun artwork!

This lesson is a follow-up to all virtual or in-person Museum tours. After discussing what a bird is students will create a collage only using scissors as their drawing tool, just like Chagall did in his later years when he was confined to bed. The artwork should be inspired by a poem the student writes or the bird they create can inspire the poem. This lesson can reinforce the use of lines and basic shapes they talked about in the Museum, as their characters will be made from paper cut in straight, wavy, and zigzag lines; and circles, squares, rectangles, triangles, ovals, organic shapes, etc.

• a sheet of 8.5” x 11” dark blue construction paper cut to size (or another color of their choice) for the background
• multi-color scraps of additional construction paper
• a glue stick
• scissors

(The complete lesson plan can be found in the Unit Plan.)

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Post-visit: Marc Chagall-Inspired Art Lesson

This lesson is a follow-up to all virtual or in-person Museum tours. Students will look at dream-like images of Marc Chagall: imaginary landscapes with floating people, creatures, and objects hovering in the foreground. They will create a Chagall-like floating animal or person floating in a background they create. The artwork they create will be inspired by a poem they write or inspire the writing of a poem. 

• a sheet of 8.5” x 11” dark blue construction paper cut to size (or another color of their choice) for the background
• multi-color scraps of additional construction paper
• an 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of white card stock
• markers
• construction paper crayons
• a glue stick
• scissors

(The complete lesson plan can be found in the Unit Plan.)

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