Have students title the work of art themselves. Why did they make that choice? Extension: Have students make their own…
A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words
Use this saying as inspiration for a writing activity: Have students free-write 1,000 words about this work. You may want…
Six Word Story
Can you write a story about a work of art in exactly six words? Have students look closely at a…
Model to Building: Comparing What Changed
The Building a Masterpiece exhibition consists of many different models of the Quadracci Pavilion—small, proportionally scaled, 3-D versions of the…
Inspired by Nature Matching Game
Santiago Calatrava was inspired by nature when he designed the Quadracci Pavilion addition to the Milwaukee Art Museum. After seeing…
Calatrava Photo Contest
As part of the Building a Masterpiece exhibition, the Museum is holding a photo contest of images of the Quadracci…
Getting to Know Santiago Calatrava
What do you already know about the Milwaukee Art Museum? Project an image of the Museum on a screen in…
Exhibition Walkthrough
This exhibition is made up of architectural models and watercolors that show Santiago Calatrava’s design process. Calatrava sees architecture as…
Background Information
The Milwaukee Art Museum’s Santiago Calatrava–designed Quadracci Pavilion captured international attention as soon as the designs were made public in…
Persuasive Letter
Project a painting in your classroom. Have students write a letter to a grandparent or older adult in their life…
Art Dictionary
Make a classroom dictionary! As you go through your lessons, have your class decide on vocabulary words that relate to…
Alpha-List
Have students write each letter of the alphabet in list form on a piece of paper. While they look closely…