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African Vision: Explore African Art: At Home
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This printable guide is to be used in conjunction with the African Vision web site from the NMAfA. It offers six different activites to try on your own including connections between art and science as well as some games.

Subject:
Arts
Mathematics
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
National Museum of African Art
Date Added:
08/24/2023
Artful Animals
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African artists commonly base their work on animals observed in their natural habitats. Artful Animals lets you view African art that takes animals as its subject and inspiration. Learn about animals as symbols in African art, the beauty of animals that populate the African continent, and what African artists find interesting about the animals they observe around them.

Subject:
Arts
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
National Museum of African Art
Date Added:
08/24/2023
Big and Small Are Tricky
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An exhibition that uses African art to explain the concepts of bigness and smallness. In the world of art, big and small can refer not only to physical size but to relative size, to the impression an object makes, or to the largeness of feeling it evokes. An interesting lesson about how to look closely at art, with lots of cultural information about how native peoples of Africa value artistic and cultural artifacts.

Subject:
Arts
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
National Museum of African Art
Date Added:
08/24/2023
Contemporary African Art
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An exhibition of contemporary African art that pulls together the work of 28 artists from 15 different countries. Read artist biographies, view representative works, and think about two prominent themes that emerge from the collection: those of racial segregation and of Kinshasa, as an intersection of culture and trade. The collection documents the wide-ranging styles of African artists working today and examines the complex artistic traditions reflected in their work.

Subject:
Arts
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
National Museum of African Art
Date Added:
08/24/2023