All stories
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de Youngsters Studio: Finding Still Lifes
Let’s look for still lifes as they exist in our homes.
By Raphael Noz, senior teaching artist
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Playing with Food (for Art and Science)
Our paper conservation team set up a screen-printing station to investigate prints Ed Ruscha made with foods, including Heinz Baked Beans and caviar.
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Sit-Ins, Marches, Funerals, and Violent Clashes
How Danny Lyon put his images to work for social causes, including the civil rights movement, in the early 1960s.
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See Our Summer of Love Mural by APEXER
Meet APEXER, a street artist and San Francisco native whose murals have colored the city.
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de Youngsters Studio: Me and Frida
Make a self-portrait inspired by Frida Kahlo’s symbolism and create an “album” of portraits of you and Frida Kahlo or of you and people you admire.
By Raphael Noz, Senior Teaching Artist
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de Youngsters Studio: Landscape Art Making Inspired by "California Spring"
Reflect on the landscapes around you and create your own with watercolor paints or gouache.
By Jill McLennan, Teaching Artist
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de Youngsters Studio: Fun in the Sculpture Garden
Experiment with materials and consider how best to display sculptures in this diorama activity.
By Hannah Freeman, Senior Teaching Artist
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de Youngsters Studio: Imaginative Hats Inspired by Nick Cave’s Soundsuits
Create a hat that explores ways of making and combining found materials.
By Jen Kindell, Teaching Artist
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de Youngsters Studio: Cloud Paintings Inspired by Looking at the Sky
Explore painting techniques to capture what you notice about the sky.
By Raphael Noz, Teaching Artist
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de Youngsters Studio: Spirit Board Art Making Inspired by New Guinea Collection
Create your own spirit board to honor a person or an aspect of the natural world.
By Jill McLennan, Senior Teaching Artist
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de Youngsters Studio: Ex-Votos, A Mexican Tradition of Special Narrative Paintings
Create a thank you or gratitude painting, inspired by the ex-votos Frida Kahlo collected.
By Raphael Noz, Senior Teaching Artist
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Summer Art Camp at Home: Shaping Stories
We are bringing Summer Art Camp to you. The de Young’s team of teaching artists has created a variety of art projects in long and short videos for this week’s Summer Art Camp: Shaping Stories.
