Assignment Prompt & Instructions
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– ## ArtistsResearchProjectAsh.docx
**## ArtistsResearchProjectAsh.docx**
**Artists Research Project.** Links to an external site.
**(opens in Google Docs)**
This project requires students to learn about several famous artists and the outline ways to introduce the artist and his/her artwork to young children.
**Step 1:** Learn about famous artists and their artwork by exploring the gallery of great art and virtually visiting several museums. The gallery of great art and links to art museums are at the end of the assignment instructions.
**Step 2:** Select at least three artists. For each artist discover biographical information about the artist such as, full name, period alive, where artist lived, etc. For each artist, view a sampling of the art he/she created.
**Step 3:** On a word document,power point presentation, or FakeBook pageLinks to an external site. template include the following:
a. Name of artist
b. Biographical information about artist
c. Photos of at least four pieces of artwork created by artist
a. Each photo must be referenced by identifying where image was located
b. Each photo (artwork) must include a brief summary that outlines why you selected the art
d. Consider ways to introduce each artist to preschool aged children. On the word document or power point presentation, describe at least one developmentally appropriate method of introduction for each artist. What would you as the teacher do and say to the children to introduce and teach them a little about the artist and art?
e.
**For each artist, describe one creative activity that you can implement with preschool age children that relates to the artist and his/her artwork. Add the descriptions to the word document or power point presentation.**
_ART MUSEUMS_(you may find other artists in these museums)
NC Museum of Art, Modern Art Collection:
[https://ncartmuseum.org/art/collection/Links to an external site.](https://ncartmuseum.org/art/collection/)
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian
[https://npg.si.edu/ Links to an external site.](https://npg.si.edu/)
Museum of Modern Art:
[https://www.moma.org/Links to an external site.](https://www.moma.org/)
Peabody Essex Museum of Indigenous Art:
[https://www.pem.org/explore-artLinks to an external site.](https://www.pem.org/explore-art)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art:
[https://www.metmuseum.org/Links to an external site.](https://www.metmuseum.org/)
The National Gallery of Art:
[https://www.nga.gov/collection.htmlLinks to an external site.](https://www.nga.gov/collection.html)
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke:
[https://nasher.duke.edu/ Links to an external site.](https://nasher.duke.edu/)
Cedar Creek Gallery(pottery) :
[https://cedarcreekgallery.com/Links to an external site.](https://cedarcreekgallery.com/)
Contemporary Art Museum (Raleigh):
[https://camraleigh.org/Links to an external site.](https://camraleigh.org/)
_GALLERY OF GREAT ART_
Here are 50 masterpieces that represent a broad span of artists throughout the centuries. If you are in doubt about what art to present to children, you may find this a helpful resource.
Andy Warhol,
_One Hundred Cans_
Stuart Davis,
_Hot Still-Scape for Six Colors_
Wim Botha,
_Still Life with Discontent_
Hung Liu, Mission Girls
Alison Saar,
_Weight 2012_
Richard Diebenkorn,
_Seawall_
Kehinde Wiley,
_Barack Obama born 1961_
Jasper Johns,
_Three Flags_
Mark Rothko,
_Blue, Green and Brown_
Jackson Pollock,
_Convergence_
Romare Bearden,
_Jammin’ at the Savoy_
Jacob Lawrence,
_Barber Shop_
Diego Rivera,
_The Flower Seller_
Frida Kahlo,
_Self-Portrait Dedicated to Leon Trotsky_
Georgia O’Keefe,
_Oriental Poppies_
Berthe Morisot,
_Reading_
Yoan Capote,
_Immanence 2015_
John Singer Sargent,
_Out-of-Doors Study_
William Merritt Chase,
_The Beach_
Winslow Homer,
_On the Beach_
Mary Cassatt,
_Children Playing on the Beach_
Andrew Wyeth,
_Christina’s World_
Charles Demuth,
_From the Garden of the Chateau_
Grand Wood,
_American Gothic_
Frederic Church,
_Rainy Season in the Tropics_
John Copley,
_Henry Pelham_
Rene Magritte,
_Golconde_
Salvador Dali,
_The Persistence of Memory_
M. C. Escher,
_Relativity_
Piet Mondrian,
_Broadway Boogie Woogie_
Joan Miro,
_The Hunter_
Wassily Kandinsky,
_Yellow, Red, Blue_
Edvard Munch,
_The Scream_
Odilon Redon,
_Vase of Flowers, 1914_
Marc Chagall,
_I and the Village_
Pablo Picasso,
_Three Musicians_
Henri Matisse,
_Icarus_
Georges Seurat,
_Bathers at Asnieres_
Henri Rousseau,
_The Sleeping Gypsy_
Vincent Van Gogh,
_Starry Night_
Paul Cezanne,
_Hillside in Provence_
Pierre Renoir,
_Luncheon of the Boating Party_
Edgar Degas,
_Ballet Dancers_
Jan Vermeer,
_Girl with a Pearl Earring_
Katshusika Hokusai,
_Great Wave Off Kanagawa_
Michelangelo Caravaggio,
_The Cardsharps_
Raphael,
_The School of Athens_
Hubert Van Eyck,
_The Arnolfini Portrait_
Leonardo Da Vinci,
_Mona Lisa_
John Trumbull,
_The Battle of Bunker Hill_
Alexander Calder,
_Little Spider_
**## ArtistsResearchProjectAsh.docx**
**Artists Research Project.** Links to an external site.
**(opens in Google Docs)**
This project requires students to learn about several famous artists and the outline ways to introduce the artist and his/her artwork to young children.
**Step 1:** Learn about famous artists and their artwork by exploring the gallery of great art and virtually visiting several museums. The gallery of great art and links to art museums are at the end of the assignment instructions.
**Step 2:** Select at least three artists. For each artist discover biographical information about the artist such as, full name, period alive, where artist lived, etc. For each artist, view a sampling of the art he/she created.
**Step 3:** On a word document,power point presentation, or FakeBook pageLinks to an external site. template include the following:
a. Name of artist
b. Biographical information about artist
c. Photos of at least four pieces of artwork created by artist
a. Each photo must be referenced by identifying where image was located
b. Each photo (artwork) must include a brief summary that outlines why you selected the art
d. Consider ways to introduce each artist to preschool aged children. On the word document or power point presentation, describe at least one developmentally appropriate method of introduction for each artist. What would you as the teacher do and say to the children to introduce and teach them a little about the artist and art?
e.
**For each artist, describe one creative activity that you can implement with preschool age children that relates to the artist and his/her artwork. Add the descriptions to the word document or power point presentation.**
_ART MUSEUMS_(you may find other artists in these museums)
NC Museum of Art, Modern Art Collection:
[https://ncartmuseum.org/art/collection/Links to an external site.](https://ncartmuseum.org/art/collection/)
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian
[https://npg.si.edu/ Links to an external site.](https://npg.si.edu/)
Museum of Modern Art:
[https://www.moma.org/Links to an external site.](https://www.moma.org/)
Peabody Essex Museum of Indigenous Art:
[https://www.pem.org/explore-artLinks to an external site.](https://www.pem.org/explore-art)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art:
[https://www.metmuseum.org/Links to an external site.](https://www.metmuseum.org/)
The National Gallery of Art:
[https://www.nga.gov/collection.htmlLinks to an external site.](https://www.nga.gov/collection.html)
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke:
[https://nasher.duke.edu/ Links to an external site.](https://nasher.duke.edu/)
Cedar Creek Gallery(pottery) :
[https://cedarcreekgallery.com/Links to an external site.](https://cedarcreekgallery.com/)
Contemporary Art Museum (Raleigh):
[https://camraleigh.org/Links to an external site.](https://camraleigh.org/)
_GALLERY OF GREAT ART_
Here are 50 masterpieces that represent a broad span of artists throughout the centuries. If you are in doubt about what art to present to children, you may find this a helpful resource.
Andy Warhol,
_One Hundred Cans_
Stuart Davis,
_Hot Still-Scape for Six Colors_
Wim Botha,
_Still Life with Discontent_
Hung Liu, Mission Girls
Alison Saar,
_Weight 2012_
Richard Diebenkorn,
_Seawall_
Kehinde Wiley,
_Barack Obama born 1961_
Jasper Johns,
_Three Flags_
Mark Rothko,
_Blue, Green and Brown_
Jackson Pollock,
_Convergence_
Romare Bearden,
_Jammin’ at the Savoy_
Jacob Lawrence,
_Barber Shop_
Diego Rivera,
_The Flower Seller_
Frida Kahlo,
_Self-Portrait Dedicated to Leon Trotsky_
Georgia O’Keefe,
_Oriental Poppies_
Berthe Morisot,
_Reading_
Yoan Capote,
_Immanence 2015_
John Singer Sargent,
_Out-of-Doors Study_
William Merritt Chase,
_The Beach_
Winslow Homer,
_On the Beach_
Mary Cassatt,
_Children Playing on the Beach_
Andrew Wyeth,
_Christina’s World_
Charles Demuth,
_From the Garden of the Chateau_
Grand Wood,
_American Gothic_
Frederic Church,
_Rainy Season in the Tropics_
John Copley,
_Henry Pelham_
Rene Magritte,
_Golconde_
Salvador Dali,
_The Persistence of Memory_
M. C. Escher,
_Relativity_
Piet Mondrian,
_Broadway Boogie Woogie_
Joan Miro,
_The Hunter_
Wassily Kandinsky,
_Yellow, Red, Blue_
Edvard Munch,
_The Scream_
Odilon Redon,
_Vase of Flowers, 1914_
Marc Chagall,
_I and the Village_
Pablo Picasso,
_Three Musicians_
Henri Matisse,
_Icarus_
Georges Seurat,
_Bathers at Asnieres_
Henri Rousseau,
_The Sleeping Gypsy_
Vincent Van Gogh,
_Starry Night_
Paul Cezanne,
_Hillside in Provence_
Pierre Renoir,
_Luncheon of the Boating Party_
Edgar Degas,
_Ballet Dancers_
Jan Vermeer,
_Girl with a Pearl Earring_
Katshusika Hokusai,
_Great Wave Off Kanagawa_
Michelangelo Caravaggio,
_The Cardsharps_
Raphael,
_The School of Athens_
Hubert Van Eyck,
_The Arnolfini Portrait_
Leonardo Da Vinci,
_Mona Lisa_
John Trumbull,
_The Battle of Bunker Hill_
Alexander Calder,
_Little Spider_