Art with a Message: American Conversations
3:35
Grades: 6 - 12
Video Description: This multi-media exhibit presents works by 53 artists who visually explore what it means to be in the U.S in the year 2019. As we head into an election cycle and consider all that lies ahead, artists are depicting conversations that include identity, citizenship, gun control, violence, racism, ecology, consumerism, pop culture, and so much more. This show features 60 artworks in ceramics, collage, drawing, mixed media, painting, handmade paper, photography, printmaking, sculpture, textiles, and wood.
Type of Video: Tour*
Unique Video ID: AandA-AmericanConversations**
Quick Ideas for Using the Video:
- For Discussion: Use the video in a cross-curricular exploration of contemporary issues and current events. What to students think of the representations of the issues seen in the exhibit? How would they choose to represent an issue of importance to them?
- Activity Idea: Have students evaluate the exhibition based on the description of its focus. How effectively do they believe the works seen represent life in 2019? If they were to create a work for this exhibition or to reflect the year they are viewing the video, what would it be?
*Tours take students to laboratories, studios, workspaces, museums and other diverse “in the field” and community locations related to the area of study.
**The unique Video ID can be used to quickly locate a single video in the ET collection. This search function is designed to let teachers assign students to watch a specific video and have only that video appear as a search result. Just click on Search and choose “By Video ID.” Then type in the Video ID as it appears above. Be sure to include the dash.
