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A critter sculpture at Clyde Jones' place in Bynum, NC
A critter sculpture at Clyde Jones' place in Bynum, NC
This is a critter sculpture at Clyde Jones' place in Bynum, North Carolina. He is well-known for his folk art sculptures of animals, as well as his eccentric house, which is painted with animals and surrounded by his sculptures.
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Painted cylindrical sculptures
Students will experiment painting a variety of lines as directed in addition to inventing their own on 12" x 18" paper. Students will also glue pre-cut paper strips onto their sculptures experimenting with a variety of paper sculpture techniques such as bending, folding and curling.
Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Visual Arts Education and Mathematics)
By Rose Szabo.
Hittite gods 2000 BC
Hittite gods 2000 BC
A series of bas-relief sculptures in the wall. The series is repetitive, with one figure on top, repeated in a straight line, above a different figure repetitive in the same fashion. The figures look stamped in the wall, in two straight lines across the wall....
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Whirligigs at Windmill Farm in Lucama, NC
Whirligigs at Windmill Farm in Lucama, NC
A band practices in front of huge whirligigs at Windmill Farm in Lucama, North Carolina. The whirligigs are made by artist Vollis Simpson and incorporate complex movement and sound as a integral part of the sculptures.
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Whirligigs at Windmill Farm in Lucama, NC
Whirligigs at Windmill Farm in Lucama, NC
These are huge whirligigs at Windmill Farm in Lucama, North Carolina. The whirligigs are made by artist Vollis Simpson and incorporate complex movement and sound as a integral part of the sculptures.
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Self-Portrait in Wire
This lesson covers line as an art element and sculpture as an art technique. It also includes an examination of wire sculptures created by Alexander Calder.
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Visual Arts Education)
By Paulina Olson.
Hickory Museum of Art
Hickory was the first city in the Southeast to establish a museum of American art. The collections include contemporary folk art, American paintings and prints, studio glass, pottery, and more.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
Stone carvings in Mahabalipuram, India
Stone carvings in Mahabalipuram, India
These are stone carvings in Mahabalipuram, India. The one furthest to the left is a woman dressed in a clingy dress. She is holding a pot in her left arm and is holding a pitcher loosely in her right hand with the mouth of it turned down. Her expression is...
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Colonial building in Independence Plaza, Quito
Colonial building in Independence Plaza, Quito
A colonial building with a massive arched entryway sits behind a ring of stone stone steps. The building is adorned with sculptures at the corners and several small domes sit atop the peaks. Independence Plaza is home to most of Quito's main administrative...
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Tiered roofs and spires on Cambodia's National Museum building in Phnom Penh
Tiered roofs and spires on Cambodia's National Museum building in Phnom Penh
Tiered roofs and spires grace Cambodia's National Museum building in Phnom Penh. The top roof tiers near the central spire towers are designed in an ornamental "V" shape. Built between 1917 and 1920 during the French colonial period, the museum building exeplifies...
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Mini totem poles
Students will create mini totem poles using paper towel tubes and Crayola Model Magic clay. Totem poles of Northwest Coast Indian tribes will be explored.
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies)
By Mary Ann Athens.
Changes in a democratic society (Lesson 3 of 3)
This lesson is a follow-up lesson to the Changes in a Democratic Society, Lessons 1 and 2 of 3. Students will reflect upon and respond to a sculpture by Auguste Rodin, "Monument for the Defense of Paris." Permission has been granted by Ackland Art Museum to use the following sculptures: "Monument for the Defense of Paris" (Auguste Rodin) and "Wisdom Supporting Liberty" (Aime-Jules Dalou).
Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
By Karen Wagoner.
Ackland Art Museum
Features online versions of art museum's exhibits and permanent collection, field trip guidelines and activities, lesson plans, and in-depth institutional background.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
Africa
Africa is a diverse continent not only geographically but also culturally. These rich resources bring African art, history, traditions, folklore and much more into the classroom.
Format: bibliography/help
Origami geometry
Students apply their knowledge of geometric terms to follow directions while folding an origami sculpture. Students then solve math problems which relate to the project with follow-up discussions about the project relating to geometric terms such as symmetry, faces, edges, square, triangle, plane, etc.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)
By Cherl Hollada, Libby Morrison, Michelle Kaczynski, and Susan Pope.
Motor car and galimoto: An intercultural lesson in pragmatism, creativity, and perseverance
In this lesson for grade three, students read the book Galimoto, about a young boy in Malawi, Africa, and his quest to gather wire in order to make a toy car. Students discuss the literary elements of the book, study the language used, and complete their own quests to gather wire and create their own galimotos.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Visual Arts Education, English Language Arts, and Social Studies)
By Edie McDowell.
The Mint Museum
Access to digitized images from special exhibitions and the permanent collections of the Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC, along with activities for kids.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
Moat, guardian lion statue, and causeway into temple buildings at Angkor Wat
Moat, guardian lion statue, and causeway into temple buildings at Angkor Wat
A carved stone lion statue stands on guard near a causeway over the huge water reservoir and moat surrounding Angkor Wat, the largest temple complex at the ancient city of Angkor. Angkor Wat, like many Hindu and Buddhist Southeast Asian temples, was designed...
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Resources on the web

The Vatican Museum
A website full of religious paintings, mosaics, tapestries, ancient carvings of gods, religious art, pottery fragments, sculptures, architecture, funeral urns, items from tombs, and The Lord's Prayer in 1,102 languages are all available, on this website of... (Learn more)
Format: website/general
Provided by: Vatican
Web Gallery of Art
A website for European art from 1150 to 1875 with digital reproductions of European paintings and sculptures. You can even play music from the period while you are looking at the art. There are written comments for much of the art and biographies of some of... (Learn more)
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Provided by: Dr. Emil Kren