Americans adopted origami, karate, karaoke, and sushi from Japan. The Japanese also showed us a way to write poetry called…
Writing + Art: Let’s Go to the Movies
Movie posters have just seconds of your attention to sell you on a movie. And once you’re seated, trailers try…
Writing + Art: Talk Bubble
Art museums often display portraits of individuals in one gallery. Try to imagine what the people pictured might want to…
Writing + Art: Eyewitness
Detectives who write accident reports say that where you are when an accident occurs makes all the difference in what…
JDSP: Red-Blue” Chair— Gerrit Thomas Rietveld
Junior Docent Student Work Waylon Lanser—Luther Burbank Elementary This artwork was designed by Gerrit Thomas Rietveld in 1917, but it…
JDSP: Isola di San Giacomo in Palude Chandelier II—Dale Chihuly
Junior Docent Student Work Biak NunTha—Luther Burbank Elementary This artwork is made by the artist Dale Chihuly in 2000 and…
JDSP: Bell’s Bar Weightlifter-American
Junior Docent Student Work Liz Santiago Torres—Luther Burbank Elementary My artwork uses lots of sphere’s and ovals. My character is…
JDSP: Painted Piece- Jackie Winsor
Junior Docent Student Work Maura Kuhnen-Grooms—Lake Bluff Elementary Artist and Artwork
JDSP: Blue Wing Teal—Robert A. and Catherine Elliston (active 19th century)
Junior Docent Student Work Brady Thoms—Luther Burbank Elementary The artwork I have chosen is a sculpture or decoy of a…
JDSP: Teapot—Margrete-Heymann-Lobenstein-Mark
Junior Docent Student Work Hannah Yang—Luther Burbank Elementary This teapot was made by Margarete Heymann – Lobenstein – Mark in…
JDSP: Edge of England-Cornelia Parker
Junior Docent Student Work Danilo Djakovic—Edgewood Elementary The two most important elements of design are form and space. The form…
JDSP: Untitled (Suitcase)-Robert Gober
Junior Docent Student Work Mikey Rekowski—Edgewood Elementary My art class is where I got my inspiration to study this artwork….