Asian Art Museum Art Speak teaching artist, Adrienne Skye Roberts, discusses the inspiration behind her work with the Art Speak interns and her own art.

Grade Levels

College and Beyond, High School (9-12), Middle School (6-8)
Regions

The Diaspora
Academic Topics

Artists & Identity, Looking at Art
Academic Subjects

Performing Arts, Visual Arts

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GRADE LEVEL: Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12), College and Beyond

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Create an Abstract Dreamscape

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Pen a Pantoum

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GRADE LEVEL: Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12), College and Beyond

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Samurai: Design Your Own Symbol

The imagery on a samurai’s armor expresses that samurai’s identity and source of inspiration or empowerment. Is there an image you connect with most?

GRADE LEVEL: Elementary School (4-5), Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12)

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Ancient China: Design Your Own Bronze Vessel

If you were to design a bronze vessel for a friend who has done something important for you, what shape would you make it? How would you decorate it? Would you use designs like the ones on the bronze vessels in the museum? What would you inscribe on it?

GRADE LEVEL: Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12)

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