Visit Three: NEW WAYS OF SEEING

Some works of art are innovative because the artist uses everyday things and encourages us to see them in a new or different way. Artist Joan Miró arranged objects he found around his studio to create the sculpture Caress of a Bird, and artist James Turrell uses light to change the way we see the sky in Tending, (Blue).

TRY THIS AT HOME: Ordinary to Extraordinary

You can turn things you find around the house into inspiration for drawings.
First, look for things around the house that are smaller than a sheet of paper, such as scissors, bottles, or keys.
Next, set one or more of your objects on a sheet of paper and trace around it with a pencil.
Finally, draw on and around the outline to turn it into something new! Show your drawing to a friend or family member and see if they can guess what you traced.

PHOTOS




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About to enter James Turrell's Skyspace, Tending, (Blue)


Looking up at the sky in Tending, (Blue)


Creating a human timeline of artist Joan Miró's life


Creating found-object collages based on the work of Joan Miró

















Making self portraits out of air-dry clay




Tending, (Blue) looked very different after dark!