For 45 years, Chief Educator Barbara Brown Lee has shared the joy of learning about art with visitors to the…
BBL Episode 1: My Kid Could Do That!
For 45 years, Chief Educator Barbara Brown Lee has shared the joy of learning about art with visitors to the…
Milwaukee Art Museum Calatrava Addition-Santiago Calatrava
Junior Docent Student Work Rihana Guardado—Saint James Catholic School, San Francisco, CA Video Interview This building, the Milwaukee Art Museum…
Writing + Art: Unknown Lands
Some books include a map at the beginning to help guide the reader around the imaginary world that the author…
Writing + Art: Listmania
People make lists for many reasons. A wish list conveys what you want for your birthday, a school supply list…
Writing + Art: Use Six Words—Tell My Story
According to literary legend, Ernest Hemingway wrote the world’s shortest story using only six words: “For sale: baby shoes, never…
Writing + Art: The Sounds of Silence
Paintings are silent, but they often express big ideas, such as peace or hope, sorrow or excitement, aggression or compromise….
Writing + Art: Go-Shichi-Go
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…