4/10/2020 TGIF: ART day

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from DOE's virtual field trip lesson to the Whitney.

Los Tres Grandes: Mexican Muralists
We travel a little closer to home to learn about an art form that Mexico is most
famous for….murals. You may see murals in your own neighborhood. There are
many in New York City on the sides of buildings. It all began in Mexico! You will be able to make a family mural with just newspaper, pencil and crayons.
About 100 years ago, Mexican artists introduced the art of murals to the United
States. The Whitney Museum of American art has a great virtual exhibition, Vida
Americana: Mexican Muralist Remake American Art. It shows how Mexican
muralists really excited the artists of the United States.

watch video 1 and video 2

Take a look at the first two videos at www.whitney.org/exhibitions/vida-americana
#1 Los Tres Grandes tells about the three great Mexican muralists:

Diego Rivera
David Alfaro Siqueiros
José Clemente Orozco

Introductory Questions
● What did you like about the Mexican murals?
● Did you notice that the murals are all about working class people?
● Did you see US American artists Jacob Lawrence, Charles White and Jackson Pollock in the video?
A Deeper Look
● What imagery do you see the Mexican painters use to protest economic, social, and racial injustices?
● How did US American artists such as Jacob Lawrence, Jackson Pollock, and Charles White show how the Mexican artists influenced them?

#2 The Abelardo L. Rodriguez Market shows how murals are integrated into everyday life.
1. Go back and see the artwork from the show.
Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art
https://whitney.org/exhibitions/vida-americana#exhibition-artworks
2. Select one piece that you finds interesting. (copy the picture)
3. Spend just a few seconds looking at it.
4. answer the following

● What did you noticed first about the artwork
● Something you wonder about the work
● What you liked about the work