Article: A Parents’ Field Guide to Museums
Ideas for making the most of a visit to an art museum
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Arts Quotes: Henry S. Moore
"To be an artist is to believe in life."
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Arts Quotes: Roy Adzak
"Good art is not what it looks like, but what it does to us."
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Arts Quotes: Anonymous
"Art is the imagination expressed through the senses."
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Arts Quotes: Andy Goldsworthy
"The essence of drawing is the line exploring space."
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Arts Quotes: Paul Gardner
"A painting is never finished - it simply stops in interesting places."
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Arts Quotes: David Hockney
"Style is something you can use, and you can be like a magpie, just taking what you want."
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Everyday Arts Challenge: Upsy Daisy
Draw a picture upside down. When you’re done, flip it over. Does it make any sense?
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Everyday Arts Challenge: Money Matters
Design your own dollar bill. What color or colors is it? What do you put on the front side? On the back side?
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Everyday Arts Challenge: Foot Art
Trace the outline of your foot on a piece of paper. Remove foot. Now what can you do with the shape that’s left? Use the outline to draw something entirely new!
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Everyday Arts Challenge: Hand Art
Trace the outline of your hand on a piece of paper. Remove hand. Now what can you do with the shape that’s left? Use the outline to draw something entirely new!
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Theme: Shapes & Colors
Color, shapes, and patterns. Watch as artists sculpt with fire and ink with mops-- from bamboo to paper to glow-in-the-dark paint (and one "alphabetical engineer"), learn the ways visual artists use non-traditional media.
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Content & Achievement Standard: Grade 5-8 Visual Arts Standard 4
Understanding the visual arts in relation to history and cultures
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Content & Achievement Standard: Grade 5-8 Visual Arts Standard 5
Reflecting upon and assessing the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others
Education, Visual Arts

Content & Achievement Standard: Grade 5-8 Visual Arts Standard 6
Making connections between visual arts and other disciplines
Education, Visual Arts

Content & Achievement Standard: Grade 5-8 Visual Arts Standard 1
Understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes
Education, Visual Arts

Content & Achievement Standard: Grade 5-8 Visual Arts Standard 2
Using knowledge of structures and functions
Education, Visual Arts

Content & Achievement Standard: Grade 5-8 Visual Arts Standard 3
Choosing and evaluating a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas
Education, Visual Arts

Content & Achievement Standard: Grade 9-12 Visual Arts Standard 4
Understanding the visual arts in relation to history and cultures
Education, Visual Arts

Content & Achievement Standard: Grade 9-12 Visual Arts Standard 5
Reflecting upon and assessing the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others
Education, Visual Arts

Content & Achievement Standard: Grade 9-12 Visual Arts Standard 6
Making connections between visual arts and other disciplines
Education, Visual Arts

Content & Achievement Standard: Grade 9-12 Visual Arts Standard 1
Understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes
Education, Visual Arts

Content & Achievement Standard: Grade 9-12 Visual Arts Standard 2
Using knowledge of structures and functions
Education, Visual Arts

Content & Achievement Standard: Grade 9-12 Visual Arts Standard 3
Choosing and evaluating a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas
Education, Visual Arts

Content & Achievement Standard: Grade K-4 Visual Arts Standard 4
Understanding the visual arts in relation to history and cultures
Education, Visual Arts