A Poem is Worth a Thousand Pictures

In this section, post your ACROSTIC or FREE VERSE Poem-- based on your Adopted-Work-of-Art.

Compose an accompanying poem inspired by your adopted art work on a separate sheet of paper. Afterwards, read it to a friend so they (and you) can hear how it sounds, edit it (check for spelling & grammar errors), and post it here in this section.

Here's my acrostic poem (based on my Adopted Work of Art):

ETHEL SCULL
Thirty-six times
Head shot, head shot, head shot... 100 to be exact
Every one, every single one, Andy
Loved

Scary at times, playful at others
Constant flash of the bulb in her eyes
Used sunglasses to put an end to those lingering spots. Ethel
Liked thirty-six of her pics, he put'em in a painting, but Andy, he
Loved them all, loved them all.

This work of art is a part of Whitney's Gallery and entitled: Desire, Despair by Jack Pierson, 1996.

Compare & Contrast

your Adopted Work of Art with another work from the Learning@Whitney Gallery... Consider each piece's effect on you, the mood or meaning of each work, the media used, and the palette, patterns, possible influences, and the personal style of these two artists.

This photo, by Robert Mapplethorpe, is in Whitney's Collection. It's called Ken Moody and Robert Sherman, from 1984.

You gotta LISTEN

Go to the Learning @ Whitney website's Teen homepage.
Click on the LISTEN icon.
Find your work of art, and click on it.
Listen to your audio clip.

Afterwards, Respond to it’s suggestions and instructions in complete sentences using the comment button below.
Remember: In order for this to work properly, everyone must participate; you are part of a Whitney Museum study.

The above work is part of the Whitney's collection; it's a work by Barbara Kruger, entitled: I Will No Longer be Seen and Not Heard, from 1985.

Here is your place to be heard. And the Whitney online staff will listen. They (and I) would like you to keep track of any technical problems that you may encounter at the Learning @ Whitney website.
So, for example, if you clicked on a 'button' and the place (or area) of the website that it took you to, wasn't what you expected, or just didn't work at all, here's the place to SOUND OFF and be heard.

Additionally, if you read someone else's comments and you have advice for them, or have experienced something similar, let them know HERE.

This is an ongoing conversation between all of us, and we might learn something from YOU.

Thank you in advance for all you do!

Adopt-a-Work-of-Art

Hey, that was easy. Your art-adoption process at the Learning @ Whitney website went very well. Congratulations!

You'll recall my 'adopt-a-work-of-art' piece that was created by our old friend, Andy Warhol, pictured above. Hopefully you will also remember that I showed you Ethel Scull 36 Times and played an audio clip about it, from Whitney's online collection the other day.

You know, I had never seen this Warhol painting before. I've been thinking about it alot.

I remembered being at Disneyland in California, when I was just a kid. My mother made my sister and I get into one of those booths with Disney hats and sunglasses on, and take all these silly pictures. I was so embarrassed.

I tried to imagine how Ethel must have felt, sitting there in that photo booth, way back in 1963. She was taking all these pictures in different poses, while Andy Warhol was directing her as to what to do. That must have been so weird for her. I just know it would have been that way for me.

By now, you should have taken a couple of peeks at your adopted Whitney selection. If you haven't, go and do that now. Click on it. Enlarge it. Spend a few minutes with it.

Take a close, lingering look at it. Get to know it better. I'll wait.

Okay. Now, do the following:

1) Describe what you saw in your image.

2) Tell us what types of feelings or thoughts you were getting from your work of art.

Add your responses here onto this blog. Start by stating the name of your piece and the artist who created it. Everyone must respond-- in full sentences, please.