What do museums look like? This is the Louvre Museum in Paris, France. It is one of the most famous museums in the world. What do you notice about the building?
Category: The Art World: Jobs and Places
What happens in a Museum?
What is a museum?
What different types of museums are there? What is an art museum? Why do we share art in museums?
This is The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. What have the children been learning and doing at The Met?
Goal: Make an artwork showing the inside or outside of a museum.
Places: The North Pole
Artists get ideas from places that are real and places that they imagine. The North Pole is a real place, but few people have been there. I’ve even heard that there’s magical village there. Here’s what the North Pole looks like:
Make an artwork inspired by the North Pole. Your choices:
- Make a realistic artwork showing the North Pole.
- Make an artwork showing what you think Santa’s Village looks like in the North Pole.
Art Jobs: Curator
What is a curator?
Art Jobs: Conservator
Art is All Around Us
Have you been using your artist’s eyes? Have you noticed that art is ALL around you? Here are some places you might see art.
Art Jobs: Illustrator
What is a museum?
How are artworks care for and by whom? How do you choose art to share or display?
Art is shared in many places, one of those places can be a museum. What is a museum?
History of Architecture
K-5: Messy Monsters
Have you ever wondered how cartoons or video games characters are made? It all starts with a a drawing. Click on the photo below to watch more about designers and illustrators.
Steps:
- Think of your own Messy Monster. Messy Monster is your imaginary friend who makes messes in your house, your desk, your backpack, the car…wherever it might live.
- Design your Messy Monster. What will it look like? Will it have friends?
- Carefully color your Messy Monster. Don’t forget to show where it lives and what it’s getting into!
- Take home your artwork with you.
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