Ruth Asawa: The Artist Behind the Stamps
You may have noticed the U.S.P.S.’s stamps featuring Ruth Asawa’s sculptures. But just who is the artist behind the stamp?
Artist Spotlight: Yayoi Kusama
At 91, artist Yayoi Kusama has been creating artwork for several decades, and it’s about time everybody knew her name.
Another 8 Artists You’ll Want to Celebrate on International Women’s Day
In honor of International Women’s Day, the Art Docent Program once again spotlights eight female artists who deserve more time in the spotlight.
Discover Mary Blair’s Magical Concept Art
If we name a classic Disney film, odds are that a particular image from that film will come to mind. Alice and Wonderland might bring to mind a girl glancing up at a caterpillar smoking on a toadstool, while Peter Pan conjures up images of Peter flying through the sky, clashing swords with Captain Hook. […]
Artist Spotlight: Annie Leibovitz
Over the past two months, you’ve gotten to hear about a few of the artists included in our new units for the 2020 school year. (Robert Smithson and Constantin Brancusi, to be exact.) In the next installment of our summer series, we’re going to introduce you to an artist we’re sure you’ve heard of. Or, […]
Roberto Benavidez’s Art-Historical Piñatas Are Beyond Cool
What could possibly make piñatas even more fun? According to artist Roberto Benavidez, creating piñatas that reference art historical works. Benavidez, a Los-Angeles-based artist, started work on his Piñatas of Earthly Delights series in 2013. Each piñata in the series references a creature found in 16th-century Dutch artist Hieronymus Bosch’s tour de force of weirdness, The Garden of Earthly […]
Artist Spotlight: Robert Smithson & Spiral Jetty
As you might have read a few weeks ago, the Art Docent Program is introducing three new units, which will be ready in time for the 2019-2020 school year. In honor of these new units, we’ll be spotlighting a different artist from each unit throughout the summer. As we introduce our new 5th-grade Environmental Art […]
Artist Spotlight: Wendy Red Star
As part of our efforts to spotlight artists that are included in our new curriculum, this week, we’re exploring the artwork of Wendy Red Star. Red Star’s 2016 Coyote Decoy with Pendleton Blanket is featured in our new bonus 5th-6th grade Native American Art unit. In addition, we’d seen some of Red Star’s artwork on display at […]
Artist Spotlight: Ofelia Esparza
As you might know, we’re spotlighting several of the artists we’ve added to our new curriculum here on the blog (see more on how we’ve updated and diversified here). And we wanted to learn even more about Ofelia Esparza after featuring her 2018 artwork, Altar to el Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles (the […]
Artist Spotlight: Meet Edmonia Lewis
We wanted to spotlight several of the new artists we’ve added to our curriculum (see more on how we’ve updated and diversified here). And, after linking to an article about her on our Facebook page earlier this year, we wanted to start with Edmonia Lewis, one of the first commercially-successful African-American sculptors. Though parts of […]