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Calder in Motion Bibliography

Recommended reading related to artist Alexander Calder.

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English

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for researchers, for school and educators

Drawing from Nature Bibliography

Recommended poetry and instructional texts for sculptural art-making techniques inspired by and utilizing nature.

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English

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grades K-5

Teaching with Graphic Novels Bibliography

Recommended reading for integrating illustration, storytelling, and graphic arts into life and classrooms.

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English

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grades 6-8, grades 9-12, for school and educators

Emotions and Art Lesson Bibliography

Enhance lessons on empathy with reading and online resources that connect art and emotions for many ages and teaching contexts. Aligned with Washington State Social-Emotional Learning Standards, National Visual Arts Standards.

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grades K-5, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, for school and educators, for researchers

Dawoud Bey & Carrie Mae Weems: In Dialogue Bibliography

Recommended reading about artists Dawoud Bey and Carrie Mae Weems. "In Dialogue" was an exhibition of works by these significant photo-based contemporary American artists.

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English

Seattle Art Museum

for researchers, adult

Race & Social Justice Lesson Bibliography

Discover books and online resources for learning and teaching about race and social justice.

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English

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grades K-5, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, for school and educators, for researchers

Modern & Contemporary Art Bibliography

Recommended reading for students and educators to unpack deeper understandings of modern art and how it relates to contemporary issues.

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English

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grades K-5, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, for school and educators

Amoako Boafo Bibliography

Recommended reading to become more familiar with the themes and references in "Amoako Boafo: Soul of Black Folks," the debut solo museum exhibition of this influential Ghanaian artist.

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English

Seattle Art Museum

adult, for researchers

DĂ­a de los Muertos Bibliography

Recommended reading for learning and teaching about the Day of the Dead and the history, culture, and art of Mexico.

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English

Seattle Art Museum, classroom, home

grades K-5, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, for school and educators

Seattle Asian Art Museum Lesson Bibliography

Learn more about Asian art with readings and online resource suggestions for students and teachers.

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English

Seattle Asian Art Museum, classroom, home

grades K-5, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, for school and educators, for researchers

Hokusai: Inspiration and Influence Bibliography

Recommended reading related to artist Katsushika Hokusai.

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English

Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Asian Art Museum, home

for researchers, for school and educators

Lunar New Year Bibliography

Recommended reading for kids on the customs, traditions, food, and symbols related to the Lunar New Year.

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English

Seattle Asian Art Museum, classroom, home

grades K-5, grades 6-8, preschool, for school and educators

Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic Bibliography

Recommended reading related to artist Kehinde Wiley.

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English

Seattle Art Museum, home

for researchers, for school and educators

Northwest Coast Native Art Bibliography

Recommended reading related to SAM's collection of Northwest Coast Native Art.

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English

Seattle Art Museum, home

for researchers, for school and educators

Jaune Quick-to-See-Smith Bibliography

Recommended reading for learning about one of the most innovative and powerful artists of her generation, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (b. 1940, citizen of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation).

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English

Seattle Art Museum

for researchers, for school and educators

Shirin Neshat: Tooba Bibliography

Recommended reading related to artist Shirin Neshat.

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English

Seattle Asian Art Museum, Seattle Art Museum, home

for researchers, for school and educators

Artistic Choices Bibliography

Recommended reading including advice and interviews with artists to motivate the artistically inclined and burgeoning artists.

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English

Seattle Art Museum, classroom, home

for school and educators, grades 6-8, grades 9-12

Anida Yoeu Ali Bibliography

Recommended reading for learning about Tacoma-based international artist Anida Yoeu Ali's solo exhibition, "Hybrid Skin, Mythical Presence."

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English

Seattle Asian Art Museum, Seattle Art Museum

for researchers, for school and educators

Perspective in Art Bibliography

Recommended reading related to teaching and learning about the role of math in art to create perspective.

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English

Seattle Art Museum, classroom, home

grades 6-8, grades 9-12, for school and educators

Ikat: A World of Compelling Cloth​ Bibliography

Recommended reading related to the Ikat exhibition at Seattle Art Museum.

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English

Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Asian Art Museum, home

for researchers, for school and educators

Yirrkala: Art from Australia’s Top End Bibliography

Learn more about the art and artists of Australia's north coast. "Yirrkala: Art from Australia’s Top End" exhibits art from SAM's collection that meditates on environmental cycles and our connections to them.

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English

Seattle Art Museum

adult, for researchers

Poke in the Eye Bibliography

Recommended reading for learning about the art of the West Coast counterculture.

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English

Seattle Art Museum

for researchers, for school and educators

The Art of Symmetry Bibliography

Recommended reading for learning and teaching about patterns, shapes, and math in art.

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English

Seattle Art Museum, classroom, home

grades 6-8, grades 9-12, for school and educators

Beyond the Mountain Bibliography

Recommended reading about contemporary Chinese artists on the classical forms.

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English

Seattle Asian Art Museum

for researchers, for school and educators

Arts Integration Bibliography

Recommended reading for integrating art into life and education.

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English

Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Olympic Sculpture Park, classroom, home

grades K-5, grades 6-8, grades 9-12

Renegade Edo and Paris Bibliography

Recommended reading on how art helps reveal challenges to the status quo from the rising middle classes in Edo-period (1603–1868) Japan and fin-de-siècle Paris. "Renegade Edo and Paris: Japanese Prints and Toulouse-Lautrec" highlighted the shared subversive hedonism that underlies both Japanese prints and Toulouse-Lautrec’s work.

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English

Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Asian Art Museum

for researchers, adult

Alberto Giacometti Bibliography

Recommended reading to learn more about Giacometti's major achievements during the postwar years including sculpture, painting, and drawing.

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English

Seattle Art Museum

adult, for researchers
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