Museum workshop at MET-Nov. 2017

Maxine Greene Institute at The MET

Facilitators:  Holly Fairbank and John Toth

Metropolitan Museum of Art

  5th Ave at 82st St

November 17th, 5-7pm, 2017
Please join us for an engaging evening of art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art exploring the theme of "Relationships".   

We will meet at the main entrance by the octagonal Information booth at the main entrance.

Donation$5.00

For more information call:  917-776-9447
 

Relationships

Guiding Questions:
- What kinds of relationships are represented in the museum?
- How is it manifest in different cultural contexts?
-How can we engage in converstaions that speak to social justice for all?

Relationships - Ideas to explore:
- Human relationships
- Contrasts & commonalities
- Multiple dimensions & perspectives
- Yin / yang concept

Visual Elements / Design principles:
- Foreground / background
- Visual patterns, rhythm, repetition, layering
- Symmetrical / asymetrical
- Gesture
- Symbols
- Body language

Art works under consideration:
- America - Thomas Hart Benton - "America Today", mural
- Chinese Scholars Garden (Ming Dynasty)
- Zheng Xie  “Misty Bamboo on Distant Mt.”
- Africa - El Anatsui- "Between Earth & Heaven"

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