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Pre-Visit Observation and Conversation ExerciseSecondary Impressions
Skills you use at the museum
Skills you use in the classroom will help you observe, enjoy and understand art
Deep looking and making observations You will have lots of time to look and collect visual
information about artworks and galleries
Problem Solving and Critical Thinking Skills You will make interpretations about what you see in artworks You might think about what an object was used for, the style
of the artwork, or the story or message that is being communicated in the artwork
Citing Evidence Interpretations you make may be influenced by details you
see in the painting, things you have learned in the classrooms, or things you have experienced in your life
Practice: Deep looking and making observations
Choose one of these images, take a moment to look, then…
Make as many observations as you can List everything you see
Practice: Problem Solving
Take a deeper look and make some interpretations…
What story is being depicted here? What message is the artist trying to communicate?
Practice: Citing Evidence
Think about the interpretations you just made…
What do you see that makes you say that?
Post-Visit Extension Exercises
Continue to look, observe, and think critically:
Consider a space
Consider artworks
Consider your textbook
Inventory a space in your school:
It could be: A wall of your classroom A part of the library The cafeteria
Ask yourself: What’s going on in this space? How would you describe it? What do you see that makes you say that? What more can you find? How do the images and the arrangement of the objects give
the space a certain feeling or mood? What messages are communicated to the students using the
space?
Use your notes from your Pre-Visit Observations and Conversations to write about these images:
You may choose to use:● Expository writing● Persuasive writing● Narrative writing
Expository Writing Ideas:
A letter to the artist Tell him or her your reactions to this artwork and what
questions you still have.
Be a reporter Write a news article that records what has happened in this
image.
Compare and contrast Write about what these images share, and how each is
unique.
Persuasive Writing Ideas:
A critical review of the artwork Is this a successful artwork? Persuade your reader why or
why not?
An advertisement for the artwork Use persuasive language to convince your friends or family
to go see this artwork.
Narrative Writing Ideas:
Make a storyboard with images and written captions Think about what is happening now in the image, what
happened just before, and what will happen next?
Give it a title Explain how your title relates to and informs the viewer
about what is going on in the image.
Find images that are exciting and confusing in your texts:
Preview the next chapter in your textbook. Look only at images and ask yourself:
Which images make you say “Whoa!” Which images make you say “Huh?”
Use these images as entry points for a class discussion about what the theme or key messages of your next unit of study might be.
Image Attributions
Sylvia Plimack Mangold , American , b. 1938 Ruler Reflection, 19772010.43
Paul Gauguin , French , 1848-1903 Faaturuma (Melancholic), 189138-5
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