Live from the NCMA: A Conversation with Jaki Shelton Green (event)

Join the North Carolina Museum of Art for a live videoconference with North Carolina Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green celebrating Black History Month and storytelling through art and poetry.

While all grade levels are welcome to participate, this has been designed for grades 9–12 in Visual Art and English Language Arts. When you register in advance, you’ll receive a confirmation message giving you links to classroom resources and the link to the video conferencing event.

For more information about Digital Learning Day, visit http://digitallearningday.org/. This program is made possible by the NCMA Connects grant from the William R. Kenan Charitable Trust.

Forward by Jacob Lawrence (work of art)

A tempera painting of Harriet Tubman helping four enslaved people escape to freedom

Writing About Art (lesson plan)

Students will explore the interplay between words and images through a game and image and text pair examples....

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An oil painting of a night scene at the base of Mount Vesuvius. The volcano erupts in the background as lava flows into the town below. In the foreground people are running across a bridge, away from the volcano. On the right side of the painting, the surface of the moonlit ocean is scattered with boats.

When: Start: 02/28/2019 9:45 am; End: 02/28/2019 10:15 am
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free, registration required

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