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| Spring Joy
Hello, all!
I was recently speaking with teachers in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. We were chatting about what color one might use to paint “joy.” Yellow got a lot of votes, so I’m sending you a little pop of joy with this Georgia O’Keeffe image.
As we shift into the season of melting snow, shining sun, and renewal, I’m offering you two teaching resources and an opportunity to engage with my pals at Ford’s Theatre.
Cheering you on,
Elizabeth |
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| | | Spend a Week in Wonder (Summer Institutes)
Application Deadline: April 3, 2023 June 27 – 30 OR July 25 – 28, 2023
Be inspired this summer! Attend one of the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s four-day summer institutes in the nation’s capital. Join a community of educators from across the country for an exciting exploration of the connections among American art, social studies, history, and English Language Arts. |
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| Fighters for Freedom
Teaching Resource Delve into William H. Johnson’s 1940s-era portraits of influential figures in the Emancipation and African American Civil Rights Movements. Decode imagery and discover hidden stories, reflect on connections between the individuals portrayed, and consider how past struggles for justice may relate to the present. |
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| Ford’s Theatre: Multi-Year Professional Development
Deadline: Saturday, April 1, 2023 Shouting out our friends at Ford’s Theatre: Inspired by Abraham Lincoln’s oratory, National Oratory Fellows are a network of teachers who cultivate student voices in Grades 5-8 by making public speaking a part of the everyday classroom experience. |
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Image Credits:
Georgia O'Keeffe, Yellow Calla, 1926, oil on fiberboard, 9 x 12 3⁄4 in. (22.9 x 32.4 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Woodward Foundation, 1978.34
Banner for Drawn to Art: Tales of Inspiring Women Artists, Various illustrators, Ringling College of Art and Design
Visitors at SAAM viewing Nam June Paik's Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii
William H. Johnson, Harriet Tubman, ca. 1945, oil on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation, 1967.59.1146
Henry Wolf, Abraham Lincoln, 1912, photomechanical wood engraving on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1973.130.277 |
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