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Helen Searle
born Burlington, VT 1830-died Jacksonville, IL 1884
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Want to learn more about the painting you found while clearing out the attic? For answers, be prepared for a little detective work.
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Regardless of the monetary value of your artwork, if it is personally meaningful, you should consider having the object conserved.
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This resource uses images from photographic surveys in 55 communities in 30 states across the United States as source documents to spark sustained inquiry.
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These 60-to-95-minute units pair thinking patterns with works of art to instill a thinking disposition transferable across classroom curriculum and into the wider world.
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Craftsman David “Dave” Drake, enslaved for most of his life, produced uncommonly large ceramic jars in 19th-century South Carolina adorned by his poetic verses
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SAAM educators highlight the collection with a new art-based card game
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