Artists in Process – Interconnected (resource)

Interconnected

How do you see yourself and others as both individuals and members of different, intersecting communities and systems?

Exploring themes of interconnectedness in works of art provides opportunities to engage with the complex relationship between the individual and the group.

Untitled by John Thomas Biggers (video)

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A painting of Black men, women, and children coming out of a shallow body of water. The people are framed by two monumental Black women holding a hair pick.

Interview with Louise "Ouizi" Jones (video)

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Artistic Insights: Senora Lynch (video)

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Screenshot of the video interview with Senora Lych

Lines That Link Humanity - El Anatsui (video)

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A giant, clothlike metal sculpture with yellow and silver-gray sections separated by multicolored vertical lines.

Elizabeth Matheson on Landscapes and People (video)

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Titus Brooks Heagins on "James 'Coco' Thompson" (video)

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Artist Interview: Beth Lipman (video)

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Artist Beth Lipman installing her work, Bride, as part of the 0 to 60 exhibition.

NC Artist Beverly McIver discusses her artistic process (video)

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Lien Truong on Historical Influences (video)

Lien Truong on Historical Influences

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Lien Truong

Anne Lemanski on Power in Art (video)

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Askew by Roxy Paine (work of art)

A silver tree-like sculpture on a grassy hill. The sculpture has a thick trunk and thin, barren branches. There is a white building and a blue sky in the background.

Egungun Masquerade Costume by Yoruba artists (work of art)

Yoruba Artist Egungun Masquerade Costume 20th Century Textile

Congregation by Ledelle Moe (work of art)

Ledelle Moe Congregation Sculpture

Constellations IX SE by Lina Iris Viktor (work of art)

A mixed-media art piece using textured gold to create stars, swirls, and other images on a black background.

Isla (Tierra Prometida) by Yoan Capote (work of art)

An image of green and black ocean waves beneath a gray, cloudy sky. The movement in the water is created with fishhooks.

High School: Tar Baby vs. St. Sebastian by Michael Richards (art card)

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A gold-painted, life-size resin cast of Michael Richard’s full body, dressed in a Tuskegee Airman uniform, with dozens of small airplanes crashing into his arms and torso. The sculpture is mounted on a black metal stand that makes it appear to be suspended in the air.

Convergence: Defenders Descend from Portal to Pueblo by Virgil Ortiz (work of art)

A ceramic sculpture against a gray-toned backdrop. The sculpture has a light beige base, with designs and figures painted in black and muted red-orange. The top of the sculpture is a bust of a man. His hair is up in buns with the sides of his head shaved bare, and he is wearing a cloak painted with stripes and squares. Flowing down from him on the base of the sculpture are 2D paintings and 3D protruding figures. These figures are a mix of men and women. They are dressed in different kinds of masks and helmets.

Acknowledgment: Indigenous Land, Pachamama, Story Circle by Marie Watt (work of art)

An image of a sculpture set against a gray-toned backdrop. The sculptural work features a stack of folded blankets made of bronze metal. The blankets are on top of a plinth made of wooden boards that are stacked in alternating directions. There are colorful pieces of wool blankets tucked in between the wooden boards. The blanket pieces are embroidered with words and phrases and have fringed edges.

Mrs. Hale as "Euphrosyne" by Kehinde Wiley (work of art)

A painting of a young Black man wearing a Harlem Globetrotters jersey and a Chicago White Sox hat. The background is a bold, red-and-blue diamond pattern with small, golden fleurs-de-lis designs.

Grade level: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Subject Areas: Visual Arts
Concepts: Interconnected, Interdependence