activity guide for kids - the Heckscher Museum of Art

The Heckscher Museum of Art
Explore The Exhibitions
Graphic Appeal
August 15 - November 29, 2015
Street Life
August 15 - March 27, 2016
James Rosenquist: Tripartite Prints
August 15 - November 22, 2015
Be a
etail Detective...
Details:
Artist: _____________________________________
Title: ______________________________________
A detail is a small part, or section, of a
work of art. Looking for details helps
us to learn how to look more carefully
at artwork and the world around us.
Can you find the work of art each
detail belongs to? Write the name of
the artist and title next to each image.
Artist: _____________________________________
Title: ______________________________________
Artist: _____________________________________
Title: ______________________________________
Create Your Own
“Picture Pie”
ART
This art activity is available at the
CREATE YOUR OWN Activity Station in the Central
Gallery. Learn about how Art and Math are related!
Above (top to bottom): Ann McCoy, The Night Sea, 1978 [detail]. Gift of Sheila and Martin Terens; Emilio Sanchez, Crosstown Traffic, 1987/1988 [detail]. Gift of the Emilio
Sanchez Foundation. © Emilio Sanchez Foundation; Neil Scholl, Second Avenue in the Forties (Merry-Go-Round Horse), 1968 [detail]. Gift of the Artist.
WHERE IN THE WORLD?
Look closely at the works of art by Risaburo Kimura.
Each one shows a different city in a different country.
Draw a line to match each artwork with the photo of the city below.
The first one is done for you. (HINT: Read the object labels next to the artwork.)
Tokyo, Japan
Sydney, Australia
Venice, Italy
Buenos Aires,
Argentina
Prague, Czech
Republic
A quick geography lesson with Huey!
Write in the name of the City above the name of the Country.
You are here!
Czech Republic
Italy
Japan
Argentina
Australia
Top row (left to right): Risaburo Kimura, Venice, 1973; Prague, 1973; Sydney, 1973; Tokyo, 1973; Buenos Aires, 1973. Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Samuel S. Mandel. © Risaburo Kimura.
blank WORD SEARCH!
FILL IN the _______
Fill in the blank(s) in each sentence below.
Then, find the word(s) in the word search puzzle
on the right. (Words may be vertical, horizontal,
or diagonal, forward or backward.)
The first one is done for you. For questions with a work
of art, find the artwork in the Museum to help you fill
in the blank. (HINT: Read the object label next to the
artwork.) Good luck and have fun!
1. All of the artworks in the Graphic Appeal and James
Rosenquist exhibitions are created by the artistic
printmaking
process called: _______________________.
2. The name of one exhibition is James Rosenquist:
__________ Prints. (Hint: This word means “three parts.”)
3.
This work of art was created by
6.
This work of art shows
Claes _____________________.
what
kind
of
fruit?
_____________________.
4.
This work of art by Robert Kipniss is
called An _____________ in the Forest.
The
7.
people
photograph
in
are
this
playing
what sport?
5.
_____________________.
This photograph was taken in
___________________ Center.
8. All of the works of art in Street Life show
scenes in _______ _______ City.
ALL ABOUT WOODCUTS
Take a look at the display case in Graphic Appeal. Can
you find the woodcut tools? Do you see the woodblock?
These are the kinds of materials Leonard Havens used
to create the artwork shown to the right. Find this work
of art on the wall and fill in the title!
Right: Leonard Havens, Fall Patterns, 1938. Gift of Hersh and Fern Cohen. © Leonard Havens.
Title: _____________________________
Above (clockwise from top left): Claes Oldenburg, Flying Pizza 98/200, 1964. Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Milton M. Gardner. © 1964 Claes Oldenburg; Robert Kipniss, An Island
in the Forest, 2009. Gift of Mr. James F. White. © Robert Kipniss; Leon Levinstein, Rockefeller Center, 1956. Gift of Mr. Geoffrey B. West; Ben Schonzeit, Tangerine Sugar,
1972. Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Samuel S. Mandel; N. Jay Jaffee, Handball Players under the El, 1950. Gift of Paula Hackeling. © N. Jay Jaffee.
UNDER THE SEA!
Look closely at The Night Sea by Ann McCoy in Graphic Appeal.
What kinds of sea creatures and plants would you include in your own underwater drawing?
Draw in the blank space below. Have fun!
Visit our #SELFIE Station!
strike a POSE
SNAP a photo
on your mobile device
Select photos will be featured on
the Museum’s social media feeds!
Share on Facebook or Instagram with
#hmaselfie
or e-mail photos to [email protected]
#tag & SHARE!
with friends, family & beyond
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Above: Ann McCoy, The Night Sea, 1978 [detail]. Gift of Sheila and Martin Terens.