SJES Art

Feel free to explore any of the optional activities below. Take a tour of a museum, consider a work of art, deep dive into an image by enlarging it... explore and experience! Have fun!

"Broadway Boogie-Woogie" by Pete Mondrian

Some cities are laid out with grids and rulers. When viewed from an airplane, a city might look like this image. What colors would you use to draw your town? Would the streets and intersections be rectangles and squares?

Buffalo ≠ Bison

Explore the Smithsonian American Art Museum's artistic celebration of the Bison!

Click here: The Bison of the West

What do pencils, shiny rocks, and dead animals have to do with American art? Go here to watch the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Graphite video!