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How to Read an Object

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Activity: Beauty in Everyday Objects

Create a definition of art and beauty using everyday objects.

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Activity: Classroom Still Life

Practice creating a still life using characteristics of the genre.

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Activity: Portrait Investigations

Investigate the person in a portrait using clues and information from primary sources, images, and through research.

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Activity: Write a Museum Label

Practice writing a museum label for an object or artwork.

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Activity: Think like a Collector

Examine a museum collection for themes and commonalities and consider what the collection represents about a community.

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Activity: Curating a Classroom Museum

Create a classroom museum about American history and culture.

Slate grey quilt made from fabric with a square in the center containing purple and green stripes with a blue border around the stripes.

Object Story: Amish Bar Pattern Quilt

Early twentieth-century quilt in the bar pattern made by an unknown Amish artisan.

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Object Story: Stitching Statements and Sentiments

Explore quilt patterns that reflect women’s perspectives on the world and current events.

Print on paper showing arrangement of squares; within each square there are strips of colored rectangles that are arranged asymmetrically in shades of red, blue, white, and black.

Object Story: African American Quilting

Contemporary African American quilt traditions and their transformation into new artforms.