James Baldwin was a famous artist and civil rights activist. Beauford Delaney met the famous writer and when he was more than 20 years younger. They were both African Americans and sons of southern ministers and they formed a close friendship for the rest of their lives. Delaney gained the …
The following painting is called “The Library” Jacob Lawrence, the artist, made the colors very bright and the books are the colors in the room. They are cheerful and make people want to read them. Jacob was born and raised in Atlantic City. He moved to NYC when he was …
Laurel Burch was a self-taught American artist from San Francisco. She suffered from osteoporosis throughout her life, a rare disease that makes bones fragile, and therefore very easy to break. Because of her disease, she spent a lot of time in the hospital, where she made much of her art. …
Yayoi Kusama Exhibition, Image by Lizzy Shaanan Pikiwiki Israel, (CC BY 2.5), via Wikimedia Commons Image created by Maritza Lohman for Art Sphere Inc. Yayoi Kusama, born in Japan in 1928, is a multimedia artist who does performances, writes poetry, and creates installations, sculptures, and paintings. Throughout these varying mediums, …
The Fourth of July, also known as Independence Day for America, celebrates the Declaration of Independence that separated the colonies from England on July 4th, 1776. The Declaration of Independence is what led to the United States of America, and was signed by the “Founding Fathers” such as Benjamin Franklin …
Do you want to make your own cuddly, fuzzy caterpillar? This lesson uses the nursery rhyme “Little Arabella Miller” as a prompt to learn more about the life cycle of caterpillars and butterflies. Here are the lyrics to “Little Arabella Miller”. (To the tune of “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”) Little …
Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter who lived from 1907-1954. She began painting at age 18, while recovering from an almost fatal bus accident. She has a relatively small collection of work, many of which are self-portraits. Kahlo painted her own reality, and many of her paintings reflect her struggles …
Image created by Maritza Lohman, for Art Sphere Inc. Alma Thomas was an African American woman born in 1891 in Georgia, and she moved to Washington D.C. later in life. In 1924, she became Howard University’s first fine arts graduate and the first African American with a fine arts degree. …
