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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lesson Plan: A Miniature Game

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Art inspires art, as children work to understand artistic forms that come from the imagination. They analyze the installation piece, Fox Games and then discuss the design process. They then use clay to create imaginative dioramas,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lesson Plan: Newsflash!

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Fox Games is an Installation piece that allows observers to walk through a clay environment. Kids analyze the piece, considering storytelling and perspectives of light. They imagine how different the piece would look at various times of...
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Curated OER

Lesson: Skin Fruit: Ideas of Empathy in Janine Antoni's Work

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Kids get artistic as they explore the impact of art materials, sculpture, and performance. They discuss the work of Janine Antoni and then create a performance piece that reflects social or global issues they feel strongly about. The end...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lesson: Ayman Ramadan: Koshary min Zamman

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Examine the avant-garde movement and artists who explore the ideas of the Situationist. The class view imaged of Ayman Ramadan's installation pieces, learn about modern-day Egypt, and research other artist who use art to express social...
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Handout
PBS

Art21: Barbara Kruger

For Students 9th - 10th
Much of Kruger's art questions the viewer about feminism, consumerism, and desire. Her trademark black text on a red background has been seen around the world and can still be recognized today.
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Handout
PBS

Art21: Judy Pfaff

For Students 9th - 10th
Pfaff is a pioneer of the art installation movement which began in the 1970s. Her work incorporates the use of steel, fiberglass, and plaster as well as salvaged signage and natural elements such as tree roots.
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Handout
PBS

Art21: Pepon Osorio

For Students 9th - 10th
Osorio's work stems from his experiences as a social worker in New York City. His large scale sculptures and installations are his way to "return art to the community."
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Website
Other

Christo and Jeane Claude

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a wealth of information, history, and photos of recent and past earthworks and installations by Christo and Jeanne-Claude.
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Website
Brooklyn Museum

Brooklyn Museum: Long Term Installation; Pied a Terre by Toland Grinnell

For Students 9th - 10th
The long-term installation; "Pied-a-Terre" by Toland Grinnell is a mixed-media construction on view in the Brooklyn Museum. This page gives a description of the pieces and presents an image of the work.
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Website
Brooklyn Museum

Brooklyn Museum: Long Term Installation; The Dinner Party by Judy Chicago

For Students 9th - 10th
The long-term installation, "The Dinner Party" by Judy Chicago is on view in Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, in the Brooklyn Museum. On this page you can learn about the installation with an imgae of it and a description of...
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Handout
Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Listing of Installation Artists

For Students 9th - 10th
ArtCyclopedia's list of installation artists from the 19th and 20th centuries. There are links to the artists' biography and works.
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Website
Other

Sandy Skoglund Art Site

For Students 9th - 10th
Enter the bizarre world of installation artist Sandy Skoglund. You will be captivated by her odd creations and amazed at her imagination. Watch videos of behind the scenes footage and read interviews and essays about her work.
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Website
Other

The Denver International Airport Art Program

For Students 9th - 10th
Who would have thought? An art museum inside an airport. If you haven't been lucky enough to travel to and from Denver, Colorado and experience this for yourself, you'll be amazed at the art program in place. You can view murals,...
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New York Times

New York Times: Beauty and Humor (An Exhibition of the Work of Rudolf Stingel)

For Students 9th - 10th
In a narrated slideshow, art critic Roberta Smith discusses the work of Rudolf Stingel, whose large-scale works in a variety of media, including Styrofoam, were showcased in a cleverly interactive exhibit at the Whitney Museum of...
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Handout
Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Judy Chicago

For Students 9th - 10th
ArtCyclopedia's resource that shows links to Judy Chicago's work, website, articles and other informative sites on this famous, influential artist.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Yayoi Kusama, Narcissus Garden

For Students 9th - 10th
The pinnacle of Yayoi Kusama's success is the art installation "Narcissus Garden" where she staged stage 1,500 mass-produced plastic silver globes on the lawn outside the Italian Pavilion. View pictures and read the symbolism behind...
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Handout
Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Beyond Geometry: Installation (Art), Defined

For Students 9th - 10th
Explanation of what artists mean by installation art.
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Website
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Abakanowicz on the Roof

For Students 9th - 10th
"On the Roof" refers to the location of her art. This installation artist has found a home on the roof of the Metropolitan Museum.
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Smithsonian Institution

Freer | Sackler Galleries: Cai Guo Qiang, Traveler

For Students 9th - 10th
Go to the online interactive and experience modern Asian art by Cai Guo-Qiang. Read an interview with the installation artist, see a short video on how he makes his art, and see pictures of his work in progress.
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Website
Other

The Dreaming

For Students 9th - 10th
Public art is a fun way to bring a community together. "The Dreaming" offers a vision of a neighborhood in Washington D.C. that wanted weave its members together through a visual experience. You are invited to help be a part of this...