Engaging Empathy

Creating connections by exploring art, literature, history, and social justice issues.

Map QuiltArtist unidentifiedPossibly Virginia1886Silk and cotton with silk embroideryCollection American Folk Art Museum, New York.Gift of Dr. and Mrs. C. David McLaughlin, 1987.Photo by Schecter Lee, New York
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Gabriel Dawe (born 1973)Plexus No. 27, 2014Thread and steel hooksCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2015.30
Included in Gender Perspectives lesson

Richard Caton Woodville (1825 - 1855)War News from Mexico, 1848Oil on canvasCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2010.74
Included in Introducing Empathy lesson

Faith Ringgold (born 1930)Maya’s Quilt of Life, 1989Acrylic on canvas and painted, dyed, and pieced fabricsCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2015.23
Included in Celebrating Diversity lesson

Kerry James Marshall (born 1955)Our Town, 1995Acrylic and collage on canvasCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2009.3
Included in African American Perspectives lesson

Max Ferguson (born 1959)Time, 2006Oil on panelCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2010.115
Included in Aging Issues lesson

George Segal (1924 - 2000)Depression Bread Line, 1991Plaster, wood, metal, and acrylic paintCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2015.16
Included in Economic Inequality Issues lesson

Asher Brown Durand(1796 - 1886)Kindred Spirits, 1849Oil on canvasCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2010.106
Included in Environmental Issues lesson

Self-Portrait with Fish and Cat by Joan Brown

Joan Brown (1938 - 1990)Self-Portrait with Fish and Cat, 1970Oil enamel on boardCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2015.20
Included in Gender Expectations lesson

What We Want, What We Need by Jeffrey Gibson

Jeffrey Gibson (Mississippi Band of Choctaw and Cherokee, born 1972)What We Want, What We Need, 2014Found punching bag, glass beads, artificial sinew, copper jingles, nylon fringe, and steel chainCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2015.13
Included in Indigenous Peoples' Perspectives lesson

Untitled (S.557, Wall-Mounted Tied Wire, Closed Center Twelve-Petaled Form Based on Nature) by Ruth Asawa

Ruth Asawa (1926 - 2013)Untitled (S.557, Wall-Mounted Tied Wire, Closed Center Twelve-Petaled Form Based on Nature), ca. 1965-1970Bronze wireCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2011.39
Included in Japanese Internment Perspectives lesson

Keith Haring (1958 - 1990)Two-Headed Figure, 1986Polyurethane paint on aluminumCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Made possible by Sybil Robson Orr and Matthew Orr, 2012.496
Included in LGBTQ+ Perspectives lesson

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