
Creative thinking, expression & conversations connecting people & art. Activities & prompts for all ages & abilities from the Education team @MuseumModernArt
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ALT A square painting in shades of blue, green and yellow. Stretched across the canvas from top to bottom are elongated figures, with exaggerated limbs and mask-like faces. These figures are hidden among a tall natural mandscape with sugarcane trees and other vegetation. The figures blend into each other and into the background, but disjointed cubist-like details occasionally come into focus. For example, on the top right corner a hand grasps a large pair of open scissors and the bottom of the canvas contains legs and feet of varying sizes and shapes.

ALT A color print shows a large brown cat with stripes & bright yellow eyes lounging on a wooden railing. One of the cat's back paws is tucked underneath its body while the other hangs off the railing. Its front paws are curled under its chest. In the background, a bright yellow light shines on the cat's pouting face which is turned toward the viewer. Leaves fill the space behind the railing, their colors shifting from light yellow to olive green from left to right.

ALT At the center of a white page, a section of rubbed graphite forms a rectangular shape with wavy edges. The shading varies from dark to light grey, revealing a gridded pattern with 8 rows and 17 columns of evenly spaced circles. Filling the space between these large circles are 12 smaller ones forming the outline of a square. The outline of each circle is a dark grey with a light grey shading in the interior. In the top third of the rectangular shape, the grid pattern is interrupted by 2 circles larger than any of the others surrounding it. The first one is black, aligned diagonally from a lighter grey circle of the same size.

ALT A colorful print consisting of yellow, blue, and red ink is centered on a white page. Against the red backdrop of the scene, a topless woman with thigh-high stockings rests on a large striped cushion. The cushion, along with the woman's skin, are golden yellow. Between the woman's legs and behind her on the other side of the cushion, are differently-sized cubes. They are painted sky-blue with hazy white clouds.

ALT At the center of a white page, there is a rectangular graphite drawing. The drawing is divided into 4 informal zones that are separated by different shading styles. The zones depict a creature's head, torso, legs, and feet in different styles. The head is attached to a long, snake-like neck that's angled toward the viewer. The creature stares with wide eyes and an open mouth. Below the head, the torso is unshaded except for a forest-like scene ejecting from where the heart would be. The creature's short legs are covered by a scale-like pattern and its feet are shaped like tree-trunks rooted into the ground.

ALT A black and white photo shows the front row in a group of people. The image is cropped to show 5 men seated side-by-side, each one dressed warmly in wool coats. All but one of the men wear hats and stare straight ahead. The man without a hat sits in the middle, his head turned to the left, speaking to a man on his left side. The man listens to him, his head framed by sunglasses, a hat, and a scarf. Gloved hands rest on a folded newspaper, his left hand clasping rolled-up sheets of paper.

ALT In a colorful drawing, a Black woman flies above grey outlined buildings. Behind her, a black bridge decorates the blue sky. The woman is barefoot with outstretched arms, donning a pink and orange patterned dress that matches her smiling red lips. Her hair fans out around her face. Framing the top, bottom, and right side of the drawing on white linen paper, a border is comprised of multi-colored triangles fitting to form squares.

ALT A photo shows a group of people from the legs down. They stand barefoot in a circle, holding their bodies in a lunging position with their right foot forward. Meeting in the center of the circle, their right knees form a cluster, some touching one another. The people wear pants of varying colors.

ALT Pen on cream-colored paper depicts a simplified drawing of a New York City skyline with buildings in the background, a bridge in the middle ground, and lamp posts in the foreground. In the center, cables and suspended roads extend from a bridge tower. Surrounding it, words fill empty space representing the sky, roadways, and shoreline.

ALT A brightly-colored oil painting on a white canvas. At the center, 2 irregular square shapes are layered by lines and forms in varied shades of green, yellow, orange, pink, blue, and purple. Beneath the square shapes are 2 tall rectangles of color. On the left, the block is peach; to the right, the rectangle shape is light green with streaks of dark green. Floating in between the layers of color making up the squares and rectangular pillars is a teal outline of human legs.

ALT An etching on paper with relief printing depicts burnt orange plant pods along with wispy olive green ferns and pinwheel shaped plants. A few flowers, similar to dandelion plants, can also be seen. Across the image and moving upwards in the sky above the plants are clusters of black inky spots of various shapes.

ALT A black & white vertical photograph depicts a sidewalk scene from above. The sidewalk is split in half by a shadow, which takes up two-thirds of the righthand side. To the left, a sliver of light illuminates the sidewalk bright grey, drawing attention to a Black child who runs forward with a cup in his left hand and a stick in his right. He turns his head to the right, looking at another child running toward him with outstretched arms.


