inspired by the Addison

Connections, classroom projects, and inspiration from the Addison Gallery of American Art's exhibitions and collections. How will the Addison inspire you? Located on the campus of Phillips Academy in Andover, MA, the Addison Gallery of American Art is open to the public and admission is always free. www.addisongallery.org #InspiredByTheAddison CONTACT EDUCATION: For Phillips Academy related inquiries, please email Jamie Kaplowitz at [email protected]. For other inquiries including public, community, and adult groups, please email Christine Jee at [email protected].

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Doherty Middle School orchestra students improvising #SolLeWitt's Wall Drawing # 46. Press play to hear their version of evenly dispersed, vertical, not-straight lines. (at Addison Gallery of American Art)

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As a part of their unit on letters and mail, preschool students learned about the postcards sent from Sol Lewitt to Eva Hesse (currently on view @AddisonGalleryofAmericanArt) and made a giant postcard with words and images representing their favorite things about their preschool experiences.

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US History students explore photography from the Great Depression as primary source documents. How do these images shape our understanding of lives and communities during this time period? 

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ESL students writing dialogues between a character from one photograph and a character from another. Based on the details in each image, what might this dialogue be about? What would each character say? What do you see in each image that makes you think that?

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How can an understanding of similar triangles and ratios help us to examine the underlying structure of math concepts behind perspective drawing?

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“It’s like they’re hurtling toward the market crash on a roller coaster, and they can’t get off.” #PhillipsAcademy #SummerSession Economics students analyzing Louis Lozowick’s “Painting sketch No. 2 - New York” from 1922, through the lens of historical context. [#AddisonGalleryofAmericanArt, gift of Jacob and Ruth Kainen] (at Addison Gallery of American Art)

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Comparing the simple shapes that his code has produced to John McLaughlin's "Y-1958" before animating his work through JavaScript. @phillipsacademy #summersession computer programming students are finding creative ways to see the #AddisonGallery's collection! (at Addison Gallery of American Art)

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Middle school students from #AndoverBreadLoaf at the #LawrenceHistoryCenter's summer program reacting photographs from On The Scene: 20th Century Street Photography. (at Addison Gallery of American Art)

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8th graders from the Wetherbee School in Lawrence taking advantage of the beautiful weather with a post-gallery group share on the lawn. Each student wrote a creative short story with the artwork in Light/Dark, White/Black serving as inspiration. (at Addison Gallery of American Art)

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"I think he picks colors from his imagination." "It feels like a smile." - Marblehead kindergarteners on #AlfredMaurer and #fauvism.

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What visual information do scientists look for when documenting and representing flora and fauna? How can you tell upon careful observation of images? What visual information do artists look for? Where and when might the two overlap?

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“I had originally thought of that image as being about how we try to create harmony with nature, but they used it to talk about making up for the way we have already harmed nature. I hadn’t thought of it that way before.”

- Biology students reflecting on how a curating activity helped them to find new perspectives on landscapes.

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Equilibre, coup de pinceau, contraste, couleur, texture, motif…. The sounds of French classes exploring the new exhibition "Alfred Maurer: At the Vanguard of Modernism" (at Addison Gallery of American Art)

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Biology students explore depictions of man’s relationship with or potential impact on nature. How do these depictions evolve? Is it glorified? Cautioned? What does a healthy relationship between man and nature look like?

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Exploring the power of visual images to alter public opinion. How would you caption Stanley Forman's 1976 photograph, documenting violence erupting at a protest against busing to desegregate the Boston public schools?

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"We're going to deconstruct and reconstruct your selfie." Spending #NonSibiDay in the galleries and making art with all of our favorite people from @phillipsacademy, @bgclawrence, and @elevated_thought. #InspiredByEllenGallagher #InspiredByDeluxe (at Addison Gallery of American Art)

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Experimenting with Realist, Fauvist, and Cubist portraits inspired by the Modernist painting of Alfred Maurer.