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Exploring Line and Shape

Lesson 4

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Shapes: Close Looking

This artwork was created by �Julie Mehretu.

What shapes do you see? Draw them with your finger.

“I see______.”

What do they remind you of?

“It reminds me of______.”

What makes you say that?

Julie Mehretu, Stadia II, 2004, Carnegie Museum of Art

(Detail, full image on cover.)

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Shapes: Writing

What color are the shapes?

“I see a ___ triangle and a red ___.”

Red Circle

Blue Square

Green Triangle

Orange Rectangle

Yellow …..

Black …..

Julie Mehretu, Stadia II, 2004, Carnegie Museum of Art

(Detail, full image on cover.)

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Shapes: Sketchbook

Use the drawing of the shapes you found in your house and �create a new drawing by arranging these shapes in a new way.

Additional Resource:�View more artwork by Julie Mehretu on the Carnegie Museum of Art website:�https://collection.cmoa.org/objects/3229aff9-ee40-4ef0-9789-106221a25892

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Remote Arts Learning Partnership

Module One �

Studio in a School NYC Team

Julie Applebaum, Senior Director

Remote Arts Learning Partnership Project DIrector

Writing Team Project Team

Belinda Blum Bryan Melillo Belinda Blum Nicola Giardina Sassy Kohlmeyer

Cynthia Chen Traci Talasco Andrea Burgay Katherine Huala Paul Urevitch

Graphic Design

Don Giordano

NYC Department of Education OASP Team

Karen Rosner, Director of Visual Arts

Amber Lodman, Arts Program Manager Kaitlin Trammell, Remote Arts Learning Partnership Project Coordinator

NYC Department of Education Visual Arts Teacher Team

Maria Bonilla Susan Bricker Amie Robinson Lara Tyson

These educational materials were created through a partnership with Studio in a School NYC and The New York City Department of Education Office of Arts and Special Projects (OASP) and made possible by the generosity of The New York Community Trust.