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Home>Learn>Teachers>School Field Trips>Exploring Identity through Modern Art

# Exploring Identity through Modern Art

Grades 6 through 12

**We are no longer accepting requests for winter/spring field trips.**

**We will offer a selection of in-person and virtual field trips (using Zoom) for Fall 2024.**

**Request for fall field trips (September 30 – December 6, 2024) will be accepted from August 1 – November 1, 2024.**

How do artists draw on memories and experiences to create art that reflects their identities? How does an artist’s connection to place spark inspiration? Through guided looking, sketching, and writing activities, students will consider how artists explore identity through their art.

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George Bellows, *New York*, 1911, oil on canvas, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1986.72.1

Looking and Learning Skills

During four or five field trip stops, students engage in activities that foster conversations around works of art, such as careful looking and creative writing exercises. These activities promote the following skills:
                    - Making careful observations using evidence from the works of art.
                    - Formulating questions and connections that demonstrate curiosity and engagement.
                    - Exploring multiple viewpoints within the student group.
                    - Using one’s own perspective to contribute to the discussion.
                    - Developing and articulating new ideas about modern art and identity.  

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**In-Person Field Trip Information**

Group Size: Up to 90 studentsLength: 75 minutesMeeting Location: East Building Atrium

**Virtual Field Trip Information**

Length: 75 minutes

**Important Scheduling Information**

Field trips must be scheduled at least four weeks in advance. Groups must contain at least 15 students.

Once your field trip has been scheduled, you will receive an email confirmation within ten business days.

**Title I Bus Stipends**

Funding for the cost of bus transportation is available for Title I schools that participate in our docent-led school field trips. For more information, please get in touch with Deirdre Palmer at [email protected] or (202) 842-6880, or use the application form.

## Examples of Works Featured on this Field Trip

Joan Miró, *The Farm*, 1921-1922, oil on canvas, Gift of Mary Hemingway, 1987.18.1

David Alfaro Siqueiros, *Self-Portrait*, 1948, oil on hardboard, Andrew W. Mellon Fund, 1970.29.1

George Bellows, *New York*, 1911, oil on canvas, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1986.72.1

Pablo Picasso, *Family of Saltimbanques*, 1905, oil on canvas, Chester Dale Collection, 1963.10.190

## Additional National Gallery Resources

Art Since 1950

Uncovering America

Classroom Poster
The Farm (La masía)
This bilingual poster of *The Farm* by Spanish artist Joan Miró is designed to be a primary source for you to display and use in your classroom. We hope this poster will generate rich conversations, probing questions, and great ideas among your students, which you can support and develop using the information and activities provided on the back of the poster. The poster also offers opportunities to develop content knowledge about a Spanish modern artist, his artistic process, and the idea of identity expressed through art.
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