Tanya--I'm sure you have a long list of city art by now, but here are
some more ideas. The Phillips Collection in Washington. DC has a
wonderful Art of the City teaching kit with many resources. You can
see excerpts or order it from the website:
www.phillipscollection.org The Phillips' Jacob Lawrence Migration
Series teaching kit also has many urban images. The information from
these kits can be usefully combined with The Met's online stroll
through Bearden's "The Block."
From the Phillips' website: "Art of the City Teaching Kit
Art of the City, an award-winning teaching kit for educators (K–12),
presents innovative educational approaches to urban works of art from
The Phillips Collection including Edward Hopper, Jacob Lawrence, and
Paul Klee. From train stations to sports stadiums, these images have
been selected for their accessibility to children. By addressing
themes such as transportation and community, the Art of the City
Teaching Kit and teacher programs connect art to social studies,
language arts, math, French studies, and ESL. To meet specific
National Standards of Learning, this kit was developed with teachers
across the curriculum."
A Bearden-influenced picture book that K-6 students LOVE is Bryan
Collier's Uptown.
Let us know what you do with the city images!
On Jan 2, 2008, at 3:00 AM, TeacherArtExchange Discussion Group
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> Subject: city neighborhood artist
> From: Tanya Stanger <tanyastanger@nyu.edu>
> Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:12:46 -0500
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> Hi all,
> I am in need of your help- I am looking for an artist (painter in
> particular) who addresses city neighborhood life. I want to show
> my kids some work as inspiration- I am interested in a modern or
> contemporary artist as they can relate to the way the city will look.
> Thanks very much,
> Tanya
>
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> Subject: Re: city neighborhood artist
> From: Ray Leal <rayleal@earthlink.net>
> Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2008 19:51:06 -0800
> X-Message-Number: 4
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> My students really enjoy looking at Romare Bearden's The Block
> http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/the_block/look_02.html > Heather
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> On Jan 1, 2008, at 7:12 PM, Tanya Stanger wrote:
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>> Hi all,
>> I am in need of your help- I am looking for an artist (painter in
>> particular) who addresses city neighborhood life. I want to show my
>> kids some work as inspiration- I am interested in a modern or
>> contemporary artist as they can relate to the way the city will look.
>> Thanks very much,
>> Tanya
>>
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> Subject: Re: city neighborhood artist
> From: Ray Leal <rayleal@earthlink.net>
> Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2008 19:58:35 -0800
> X-Message-Number: 5
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> Ben Shahn, Handball is another my kids' relate to.
>
> I used these Russian children's murals once to do a mural of our city
> with my 6th graders.
> http://www.mariaschildren.org/english/murals.html >
> I just googled city paintings and found a number of artists and
> examples I hadn't seen before that could be used.
> Some of the impressionist scenes of Paris come to mind too-
> Thanks for getting me to think about it-
> Heather
>
> On Jan 1, 2008, at 7:12 PM, Tanya Stanger wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> I am in need of your help- I am looking for an artist (painter in
>> particular) who addresses city neighborhood life. I want to show my
>> kids some work as inspiration- I am interested in a modern or
>> contemporary artist as they can relate to the way the city will look.
>> Thanks very much,
>> Tanya
>>
>> ---
>> To unsubscribe go to
>> http://www.getty.edu/education/teacherartexchange/unsubscribe.html >
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> Subject: Re: city neighborhood artist
> From: "Dulcius" <dulcius@mailnew.com>
> Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2008 23:29:30 -0500
> X-Message-Number: 6
>
> William H. Johnson has many depictions of urban life.
> -Lydia in Toledo
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>
>> Ben Shahn, Handball is another my kids' relate to.
>>
>> I used these Russian children's murals once to do a mural of our city
>> with my 6th graders.
>> http://www.mariaschildren.org/english/murals.html >>
>> I just googled city paintings and found a number of artists and
>> examples
>> I hadn't seen before that could be used.
>> Some of the impressionist scenes of Paris come to mind too-
>> Thanks for getting me to think about it-
>> Heather
>>
>> On Jan 1, 2008, at 7:12 PM, Tanya Stanger wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>> I am in need of your help- I am looking for an artist (painter in
>>> particular) who addresses city neighborhood life. I want to show my
>>> kids some work as inspiration- I am interested in a modern or
>>> contemporary artist as they can relate to the way the city will
>>> look.
>>> Thanks very much,
>>> Tanya
>>>
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>>> To unsubscribe go to
>>> http://www.getty.edu/education/teacherartexchange/unsubscribe.html >>
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