Hi Parents! Happy Saturday! Today we have some links to activities and lesson plans to do with your kids to further explore Contemporary Art:

Art 21 (Which focusses on art made in the 21st Century) has a page with amazing lesson plans for kids of all school ages: Kids can create mind maps, dictation drawings, “Bad” art, explore color, and more: 

https://art21.org/for-educators/tools-for-teaching/art21-educators-on-the-art21-magazine/creativity-exercises-and-lesson-plans/

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You can watch videos of artists speaking about their work at the main site: https://art21.org/watch/

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The Getty Museum has 4 lesson plans on contemporary art for grades 3-12 here:

https://www.getty.edu/education/teachers/classroom_resources/curricula/contemporary_art/lesson_plan_index.html

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Contemporary Art Gallery Canada has some great activity prompts based on the work of their featured artists: https://www.contemporaryartgallery.ca/cag-at-home/art-making-activities/

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Here Come the Girls 

Yayoi Kusama Toddler Art with stickers

Toddler Art: Obliteration Room

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Buggy and Buddy

Art Project inspired by Motoi Yamamoto salt drawings

Outdoor Process Art for Kids Using Colored Salt