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Gallery Hunt: Ryan McGinness

Gallery Hunt: Ryan McGinness

  • Collection: African Art, African American Art, 21st-Century Art, Ancient Art, Art Deco & Art Nouveau, English Silver, European Art, Mid to Late 20th-Century Art, Pre-Columbian Art
  • Culture/Region: Africa, America, Egypt, Europe, India, Rome, South Asia
  • Subject Area: Fine Arts
  • Grade Level: pre K-12, college, adult, family

Between 2008 and 2009, Ryan McGinness created two hundred icons inspired by art in VMFA’s collection. He then manipulated them in various ways to make several larger works of art. In this Gallery Hunt are eight of these icons. Search the galleries to connect each one to its VMFA counterpart. Once you do, try to uncover the symbols within.

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Take and Make: A Melodrama for One Actor

Take and Make: A Melodrama for One Actor

  • Subject Area: English, Theatre Arts
  • Grade Level: k-6

A Melodrama for One ActorFor thousands of years, humans have made art to tell stories — from an illustration of a hunt on a cave wall, to a documentary photograph of a current event. But art is just one way to tell a story! Oral storytelling, writing, and acting can also convey the tales of our lives from the simplest of experiences to complex explorations of the unknown.

Melodramas are dramatic plays that feature exaggerated emotions and predictable characters. In this melodrama for one actor, you will be the star of Must Pay the Rent as you play three different characters using only one prop.

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Artist Video: James Prosek

Artist Video: James Prosek

  • Collection: contemporary-art
  • Culture/Region: America
  • Subject Area: Visual Arts

Artist James Prosek visited VMFA in January 2013. In this video clip showing footage of the artists at work along with images of his other watercolors, James discusses his favorite animal, the Brook Trout.

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Gallery Hunt: Celebre El Arte De Perú—¡Sonidos De Perú!

Gallery Hunt: Celebre El Arte De Perú—¡Sonidos De Perú!

  • Collection: Ancient American Art, Pre-Columbian Art
  • Culture/Region: America
  • Subject Area: Spanish, Visual Arts
  • Grade Level: K-12, college, adult

La música es una parte importante de la cultura peruana—desde en la vida cotidiana hasta en las celebraciones especiales y ceremonias. ¡Busca por las galerías de arte precolombino de VMFA en el segundo piso a fin de descubrir objetos e instrumentos ceremoniales!

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Gallery Hunt: Celebrate the Art of Peru – Sounds of Peru!

Gallery Hunt: Celebrate the Art of Peru – Sounds of Peru!

  • Collection: Ancient American Art, Pre-Columbian Art
  • Culture/Region: America
  • Subject Area: Spanish, Visual Arts
  • Grade Level: K-12, college, adult, family

Music is an important part of Peruvian culture—from daily life to special celebrations and ceremonies. Search through the VMFA Pre-Columbian Art Galleries on Level 2 to discover ceremonial instruments and objects!

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Art Audio Clips: An Extraordinary Musical Dog

Art Audio Clips: An Extraordinary Musical Dog

  • Collection: European Art
  • Culture/Region: Europe
  • Subject Area: Music, Visual Arts
  • Grade Level: K-12, College, Adult, Familes

Listen to and sing along with Kid Pan Alley’s original song “Living in a Musical”, inspired by Reinagle’s An Extraordinary Musical Dog!

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Art Audio Clips: Pastoral Landscape

Art Audio Clips: Pastoral Landscape

  • Collection: European Art
  • Culture/Region: Europe
  • Subject Area: Visual Arts
  • Grade Level: K-12, College, Adult, Families

Whether wild beast, treasured pet, or otherworldly creature, animals have captivated artists for thousands of years.

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Art Audio Clips: Flying Fish

Art Audio Clips: Flying Fish

  • Collection: 21st-Century Art
  • Culture/Region: America
  • Subject Area: Music, Visual Arts
  • Grade Level: K-12, College, Adult, Families

Listen to and sing along with Kid Pan Alley’s original song “I’ve Got a Lot to Learn Before I Can Be Me”, inspired by James Prosek’s Flying Fish!

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Art Audio Files: Thomas Dawson and His Family

Art Audio Files: Thomas Dawson and His Family

  • Collection: European Art
  • Culture/Region: Europe
  • Subject Area: Visual Arts
  • Grade Level: K-12, College, Adult, Families

Greyhounds have a long history of sporting achievement. Listen to an excerpt from Ovid’s Metamorphoses describing these dogs involvement in the sport of coursing.

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