Starting a Conversation About A Work of Art!

• Find a work of art that interests you. If you could take it home, where would you put it and why? 

• How would you describe it to someone you are talking to by cell phone? 

• What song or music would go best with this artwork? What title would you give it? 

• If you could give it as a gift to someone, to whom would you give it? 

• List three adjectives that best describe it. 

• Choose a shape in the artwork. Move your body into that shape. 

• Fill in the blanks: This artwork tastes like...; looks like...; smells like...; sounds like....  

• What does not make sense about it? Is there something that you don’t understand? 

• What company might use it for an advertising campaign? 

• What question(s) might you want to ask the artist who made it? 

• If you could change one thing about this artwork, what would it be? 

• Respond to this question: This artwork reminds me of.... What do you wonder about it? 

• What about this artwork surprises you? 

• What place does this artwork remind you of? 

• If the artwork appears to be telling a story, what will happen next? 

• If you could walk into the picture, what would you see? What would you smell? What would you hear? What could you touch? 

• Spend a minute looking closely at the artwork. Now turn around and try to name as many details about it as you can.