| Cai Guo-Qiang: Traveler |
| This online exhibition features two installation works by artist Cai Guo-Qiang, who integrates aspects of Eastern history into contemporary contexts. Includes an interview with the artist. |
| Provider: Freer and Sackler Galleries |
| Grade(s): 4–8, 9–12 |
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| Instrument of Change: Jim Schoppert |
| Retrospective exhibition of Tlingit artist Jim Schoppert (1947-1992), one of the most prodigious and influential Alaskan artists. He is known for repurposing Native images to go beyond their original design and purpose. Includes large woodcarvings, masks and poetry. |
| Provider: National Museum of the American Indian |
| State Standards: View state standards for this resource |
| Grade(s): General audience |
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| Retratos: 2,000 Years of Latin American Portraits |
| Teacher resource guide on Latin American art history from 100 B.C. to the present day with classroom activities, vocabulary lists, and glossary. Includes works by Francisco Oller, Oswaldo Guayasamin, and Frida Kahlo. Bilingual English/Spanish .Targets grades 4-12. |
| Provider: Smithsonian Latino Center |
| State Standards: View state standards for this resource |
| Grade(s): 4–8, 9–12 |
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| Smithsonian Folkways Recordings |
| Webpage of Folkways Recordings. Explore, research, order, and download recordings from the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian. Includes music from the United States and around the world. Search by album, artist, country, or genre. |
| Provider: Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage |
| State Standards: View state standards for this resource |
| Grade(s): General audience |
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| The Music in Poetry: Ballad and Blues Stanzas |
| Webpage discusses the poetic forms of the traditional English ballad and the blues stanza developed by Langston Hughes during the Harlem Renaissance. Includes music samples and performance videos. |
| Provider: Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage |
| State Standards: View state standards for this resource |
| Grade(s): General audience |
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| Travis Panorama |
| Section of the online exhibit West Point in the Making of America featuring a dramatic recreation of artist William D.T. Travis’ panorama commissioned by veterans of the Army of the Cumberland to memorialize the career of General William S. Rosecrans and his campaigns in Kentucky and Tennessee. |
| Provider: National Museum of American History |
| Grade(s): General audience |
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| Women Breaking Musical Barriers: She Isn’t Supposed to Play That |
| Website traces the history and diversity of women in music through text, video recordings, and audio recordings. |
| Provider: Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage |
| State Standards: View state standards for this resource |
| Grade(s): General audience |
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| ArtLab+ |
| ArtLab+ is a digital media studio that gives Washington, D.C.-area teenagers the opportunity to become integral members of a design team. They create new visitor experiences at the museum, taking their inspiration from its permanent collection and temporary exhibitions. ArtLab+ designers hone crucial twenty-first century skills as they make videos, animations, wikis, games, podcasts, and more. After-school, weekend, and weeklong ArtLab+ workshops are held year-round to accommodate a wide variety of schedules. |
| Provider: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden |
| Grade(s): 9–12 |
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| Save Outdoor Sculpture! Children’s Page |
| Online children’s program on outdoor sculpture featuring five interactive activities. |
| Provider: Smithsonian American Art Museum |
| State Standards: View state standards for this resource |
| Grade(s): PreK–3, 4–8, 9–12 |
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| Tête à Tête: Portraits by Henri Cartier-Bresson |
| Lesson plan introducing students to the art of photography through Cartier-Bresson’s most memorable photographs. Includes images from the exhibit on Cartier-Bresson, a biography, and additional primary and secondary resources. |
| Provider: National Portrait Gallery |
| State Standards: View state standards for this resource |
| Grade(s): 9–12 |
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