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Juana Medina is an author and illustrator born and raised in Colombia and now lives in the United States. She writes children’s books, including “Juana and Lucas,” and illustrates many other children’s books. Today, make an illustration inspired by Juana Medina’s illustration series “Lettuce Have Fun.” In this series, she …
Los Tres Grandes, or The Big Three, were three Mexican men who were very important to Mexican Muralism, an art movement in Mexico in the 1920s. Mexican Muralism began after the Mexican Revolution when the people of Mexico fought back against dictator Porfirio Diaz. The rules of the latter were …
The many ways to make dreamcatchers: MATERIALS: Paper Plates Scissors Hole-puncher Paper Twine or String Markers, crayons, or colored pencils Feathers (two for each plate) Glue (optional) Pictures of Indigenous Peoples in the Americas Pictographs (for reference) Instructions: Prepare the supplies Cut a circle out of the middle of a …
Travel the world with ASI! Download the handouts below to make a suitcase and passport! You can also color the packing list and fill in the state handout! To make the suitcase, follow the instructions on the suitcase handout. You can use your own piece of paper or print out …
Nampeyo was an Indigenous American artist who sculpted and painted pots. She was born in 1859 and lived on the Hopi Reservation in Arizona. Her Tewa name was Num-pa-yu, which means “snake that does not bite”. Her grandmother taught her how to make pots and the artwork she created is …
Print out the handout below to make your own post card! You could draw a memory from your favorite vacation, copy a postcard you already have, invent your own place, or draw somewhere you want to visit! On the left side write a message. This could be a description from …
Adriana Varejão is a Brazilian artist who is most famous for her azulejos, or glazed tiles used in Spanish and Portuguese architecture. Her tile paintings and installations are very large. Most of her work is inspired by what colonizers introduced into Brazilian society, like the tiles themselves and the blue …
Shantell Martin is a Black artist born in London who is famous for her large scale black and white drawings. She uses black pens on white surfaces creating faces, stick figures, words, objects and gestural lines on canvas, walls, shoes, pots, bottles, clothes and more. Her art is unique, busy …
