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Create an Abstract Dreamscape
In this activity, you will create an art piece inspired by the work of Bernice Bing.
Use animal templates to make a mix and match game where you create new mythical creatures.
A sampling of mythical creatures in the Asian Art Museum collection.
The Asian Art Museum’s collection is full of mythical creatures made up of surprising combinations of animals. Look through the provided gallery of images below – what animals can you identify? Use the attached templates to create a game where you mix and match animals to make new creatures.
Animal templates (downloadable)
Markers, crayons, or colored pencils
Scissors
Glue (optional)
Pieces of cardboard (optional)
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In this activity, you will create an art piece inspired by the work of Bernice Bing.
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Learn about the form of poetry called the pantoum and then write one of your own!
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The imagery on a samurai’s armor expresses that samurai’s identity and source of inspiration or empowerment. Is there an image you connect with most?
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If you were to design a bronze vessel for a friend who has done something important for you, what shape would you make it? How would you decorate it? Would you use designs like the ones on the bronze vessels in the museum? What would you inscribe on it?
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How would you answer Chanel Miller’s “I was, I am, I will be” prompt? Would your answers look like Miller’s, or would they look different?
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Visible from Hyde Street outside the Asian Art Museum are Chanel Miller’s I was, I am, I will be, Jas Charanjiva’s Don’t Mess With Me, and Jenifer K Wofford’s Pattern Recognition.
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Create your own layered collage to preserve your memories of a special place in your life.
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In this activity, you will create your own “space sculpture” out of found objects, light, and shadow.