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Bearden Concept Map (concept map)

Bearden Concept Map (concept map)

Romare Bearden (artist)

Born in Charlotte in 1912, Bearden spent his childhood and adolescence in New York City’s Harlem–at the time of the Harlem Renaissance–and in Pittsburgh, with summer visits to North Carolina relatives. Through his parents, he encountered Harlem’s leading civic and cultural...

The Poetry of Jazz and the Blues with New Orleans: Ragging Home (quick tip)

Explore how the genres of the Blues and Jazz are embodied in the poetry of Langston Hughes

Resources for Parents: Addressing Bias, Racial Identity, and Inequity with Children (quick tip)

A compilation of resources for talking about issues related to bias, race, and inequity with children.

Writing About Art: Center Rotation Work (lesson plan)

Students will begin the week with a whole group discussion about a work of art led by the instructor. Then, students will individually make inferences, analyze, and write about the piece based on a selection of prompts. Lastly, students may follow up with the extension activity and create their own...

Creating a North Carolina Gallery (lesson plan)

Assuming the role of curators, student teams will create mini-exhibitions with wall labels for a new North Carolina Gallery at the North Carolina Museum of Art. Students will explore the concept of citizenship by creating criteria for an artist’s inclusion in the gallery.

New Orleans: Ragging Home (work of art)

This work is from a series entitled Of the Blues, in which Romare Beaden meditates upon the evolution of African American music from the street bands of New Orleans to the jazz clubs of Harlem. Freely working with collage and paint, the artist...