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Similar to its 2-D counterpart, collage, assemblage is the art of assembling different 3-dimensional pieces, often found objects, on a canvas or other background. An art unto itself, assemblage creations date as early as the early 1900s. Some of the better known assemblage artists include Jean Dubuffet, whose work, titled “assemblages d’empreintes”, gave rise […]

From Hansel and Gretel’s walk through the woods to the woodsy home of The Three Bears in Goldilocks, the forest plays a key role in many of the most famous fairy tales. Perhaps it’s the lack of visibility, creating that terrible lost feeling. Or maybe it’s that anything could happen in the magical woods, […]

Grab your umbrella…we’re going to the rainforest! To complete this project, students will use mixed media on tiers of Crescent Mounting Board to depict their choice of a rainforest animal, insect or bird. Rainforest Mixed Media Art Project for Grades 6-8 Who wouldn’t love to take a trip to the tropical rainforests of South […]

From the famed Manhattan skyline with its iconic Brooklyn Bridge to the Opera House and Harbor Bridge of Sydney, Australia, city skylines are some of the most recognizable sights in the world. Towering high-rise buildings, amazing architectural shapes, and distant, natural wonders, make them an exciting muse for artists and photographers. And never more […]

From Monet’s Sunflowers to Andy Warhol’s Flowers and Georgia O’Keefe’s entire works, flowers are a favored subject among painters, classic to contemporary. But painters are not the only artists enamored with the beauty of flowers. Artists working in a wide variety of other mediums have also immortalized nature’s most decorative design—the flower. There are […]

It seems mandalas are all the rage, particularly with the growing popularity of the adult coloring book. But the truth is that these timeless designs have been in use for thousands of years by cultures all over the world. The circular shape of the mandala seems historically to represent the universe, life, and the […]

Humans have been dying fabric for nearly 10,000 years. In fact, the art of adding color to textiles occurred almost simultaneously with the advent of textiles themselves. The first known evidence of dyed fabric comes from Anatolia (Asia Minor), where scientists discovered the remains of a red dye, possibly created by an extraction from […]