Explore these series which put art at the center of student learning.
These resources are designed for asynchronous learning, as prompts for classroom conversation, or as visual warm-ups.
Community and Well-Being
Thinking Through Art
Social and Emotional Learning
This module invites students to look closely at a work of art and make connections to lived experience. Each lesson includes a five-minute video and downloadable PDF with reflection and journaling prompts.
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SEL: Trying Something New Journal PDF
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Watch: Getty Museum: Carving Marble with Traditional Tools
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SEL: Strength & Hope Journal PDF
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Watch: Mequitta Ahuja – Working with Traditional Images
View: This sketch provided by the artist which gives us a glimpse into one stage of Ahuja’s creative process.
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SEL: Caring for Ourselves & Others PDF
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- Watch: George Segal 2K
- Watch: Plaster Mask Tutorial
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SEL: Action & Reflection Journal PDF
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- Read: The story of David and Goliath in the Bible (NIV)
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- Watch: SFMOMA: Ellsworth Kelly Explains Abstraction
- Watch: ArtDrunk: Shara Hughes Gets Lost in Paint
- Learn more about Ellsworth Kelly’s largest artwork ever: Austin
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SEL: The Value of Listening Journal PDF
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- Watch: Conflict Resolution: How to Settle Your Differences Fairly
- Watch: Writing on Ribs by Wendy Williams Watt, an example of conceptual art that uses words to make the world better
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- Watch: The Art Institute of Chicago: Portrait of Charles White
- Listen: The song that inspired the title of the artwork by Mahalia Jackson, sung at the 1963 March on Washington for Civil Rights, right before Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s I Have a Dream speech
- Watch: Interview Tips with Steve Inskeep, host of NPR’s Morning Edition
- Learn More: The University of Texas at Austin’s Voces Oral History project
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Learn how to set the table:
- Watch: How To: Proper Everyday Table Setting
- Learn: How to make a colorful dish from BBC Good Food
- Listen: Nimrod Ensemble Berlin, who provided the soundtrack to our Belonging video
Social Issues in Art
A guide for looking, talking, and taking action. Each of these instructional guides features three works of art from the Blanton’s collection, a thinking routine from Project Zero at Harvard University, relevant TEKS, discussion questions, and activities related to community, identity, and society.
Arte y Sociedad
Una guía para mirar, discutir, y actuar. Cada una de estas guías didácticas presenta tres obras de arte de la colección Blanton, siguiendo lo que el Proyecto Cero de la Universidad de Harvard llama “rutina de pensamiento”, relevante para el programa Conocimientos y capacidades esenciales de Texas (TEKS), además de preguntas de debate y actividades relacionadas con la comunidad, la identidad y la sociedad.
STEAM
Explore how artmaking and art interpretation pursue questions, solve problems, and involve skills that intersect with science, technology, engineering, and math. Each lesson includes a 3 to 5-minute video and downloadable worksheet with reflection questions and activities.