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Mindscape Prints

Richard Mayhew is a 96-year-old artist from New York. He is best known for his landscape paintings that he calls “mindscapes.” They are colorful, emotional and often imagined. What do you notice about “Indigenous Spiritual Space (Ser. No. 7)”? 

Toddler Tuesday: Color Adventures

For this Toddler Tuesday, we are going to look at colorful art by Emma Amos and read “I Like Myself” by Karen Beaumont.

Let’s take a closer look at this painting. What do you see? Can you find different colors? Do you s...

Cool-Color Painting

Ellis Wilson was a Black artist who spent much of his life living and painting in New York City. He was a part of the Harlem Renaissance — a time when African American music, art, dance and politics thrived in New York ...

Family Day To-Go Emma Amos: Color Odyssey

About the Artist

Emma Amos (1937 – 2020) was an important educator, painter, printmaker and weaver. She lived in New York for most of her life, but she was born in Atlanta and considered it her hometown.

Amos made large works of art that often include African fabrics. Her art tell...

Mixed-Media Imaginary Places

Emma Amos was an important Black painter and printmaker best known for her colorful mixed-media paintings. Mixed media is a term used to describe works of art made from many different art materials. “Giza, Emma, Larry” ...

Soundscape Drawing

Thornton Dial was a Black American artist known for works of art that combine everyday materials and vivid colors. He was born in rural Alabama on a former plantation. For most of his life, he made art for himself while working in a metal plant. In the 1980s, a col...

Toddler Tuesday: Clay Play

Take a look at these two ceramic sculptures. What do you think about them?

They are made from a special kind of mud called clay.

Artists shape the clay when it is wet.

After they shape the clay, they bake it in a special oven. It gets very hot.

Cardboard Cubism

Pablo Picasso is one of the most celebrated artists of the 20th century. Picasso liked to experiment with his art. Together with artist Georges Braque, he invented a new style of art called cubism. Cubism is a style of art where an artist shows an object or a person from lots of ...

Two-Color Collage

Sophie Taeuber-Arp designed these prints. She was associated with the Dada art movement and married to one of its founders, Jean Arp. The Dada art movement included poetry, visual arts and performances. This kind of art was often funny and sometimes confusing. Dada artists were r...

Toddler Tuesday: Winter Celebration

These two paintings are winter landscapes. A landscape is a type of painting that shows the outdoors. 

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