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Interactives

The following resources contain interactive or media-rich assets that can easily be used by educators in the classroom. Students can learn by viewing media or taking part in various online activities.




Superhighway Scholars

Superhighway Scholars
In this activity, inspired by Nam June Paik's video-sculpture of the United States, students are encouraged to create collages that represent their state, write about their experience, and submit their work to the site for display!


del Corazon

¡del Corazón!
Watch video interviews with Latino artists in this media-rich bilingual Web site. It also offers a "zoomify" feature that allows you to closely examine artworks.


Meet Me at Midnight

Meet Me at Midnight
The Root Monster, a mischievous folk art sculpture, has mixed-up artworks at SAAM. Young students learn art concepts as they solve mysteries and set the museum right.


Catlin Classroom

Catlin Classroom
Gather around the campfire to hear interviews with scholars, Native American leaders and more in this interactive site about George Catlin's quest to document tribes of the Great Plains.


Bottlecaps to Brushes

Bottlecaps to Brushes
Cappy, a folk art giraffe, guides young children through art activities for school or home.


Edmonia Lewis's Cleopatra

Cleopatra: Lost and Found
Tour an Edmonia Lewis exhibition that highlights historical, biblical, and literary figures in sculpture.


Henry Tanner

Henry O. Tanner
Explore an interactive timeline that tells the story of Tanner's life and work. Then see if you can identify paintings by Tanner in our game.


Panoramas

Panoramas
Investigate landscape art from SAAM and museums in Canada and Mexico. The education section offers interactive ways to master concepts such as linear perspective, contrast, patterns, and more.


Cottingham

Robert Cottingham
Multimedia interviews with the artist take visitors through Robert Cottingham's influences, experimentation, and travel in search of subjects.


Singular Impressions

Monotypes
Watch in-depth videos that describe the monotype process.


American Kaleidoscope

American Kaleidoscope
Take a virtual tour featuring works by contemporary artists. Explore audio interviews with those artists as well.


White House Collection of American Crafts

White House Craft
Discover the White House craft collection with video footage of former First Lady Hillary Clinton, curator Michael Monroe, museum director Elizabeth Broun, and the artists themselves.


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Speaking of Pictures: My Children by Abbot Handerson Thayer
Roll over this heroic painting to reveal meaning and insight.


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Speaking of Pictures: Charles Burchfield's Orion in December
Using your mouse, discover details about the watercolor Orion in December.


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Speaking of Pictures: John Singer Sargent's Elizabeth Winthrop Chanler (Mrs. John Jay Chapman)
Roll over parts of this painted portrait to reveal interesting facts and background information.


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Speaking of Pictures: Thomas LeClear's Interior with Portraits
Find this image's "hot spots" to gain insight and background.


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Speaking of Pictures: John Quidor's The Headless Horseman Pursuing Ichabod Crane
Roll over this artwork to read excerpts from the famous Halloween tale.


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Restoration of an Artwork
Watch a video of paintings conservator Ann Creager. In it she describes restoring William H. Johnson's Portrait of a Man.


SAAM Podcasts from the Renwick

Student Podcasts
Find inspiration in a collaboration between The Holton-Arms School and SAAM's Education Office. Listen to student podcasts describing artworks in our Renwick Gallery.


SCEMS

More Smithsonian Resources
Locate more materials with this Smithsonian-wide list.


Luce Media

Luce Center Media Archive
Locate media files, artist interviews and more from the Luce Center for American Art.




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