Stuart Davis based The Mellow Pad on an earlier piece of artwork and, like jazz, used improvisation to grow the artwork. • What shapes do you see? • What would this painting Stuart Davis sound like if it were music? 1892 – 1964, Philadelphia, PA Wassily Kandinsky Stuart Davis • How many letters can you find? Swing Landscape, 1938 1866 – 1944, Russia 1892 – 1964, Philadelphia, PA American Cubism Succession, 1935 The Mellow Pad, 1951 Stuart Davis’ artwork was inspired Biomorphic Abstraction American Cubism by the improvisational character Wassily Kandinsky was a Russian of jazz music. His use of color painter and art theorist for and shape was inspired by the whom music and color were Talk about art with notes and rhythm of the music. connected. He had a condition • What everyday objects do you called synesthesia, where he saw your child and help see in this painting? color when he heard music. He them develop critical • How does this make you feel? associated each music note with Why? an exact hue. thinking skills! • How would this painting • What does this painting sound sound if it were a piece like to you? of music? • Is the music slow or fast? Look at artwork with Joyful or somber? Neither? Joseph Catanzaro David Ralph your child and ask • How would you draw your Chicago, IL Born 1964, Red Bank, NJ these questions*: favorite song? Four Musicians Delta Blues Contemporary Cubism Geoformism 1. What’s going on in Joseph Catanzaro combines David Ralph spends a lot of Boaz Klachkin his love of music, cartoons, time thinking about the shapes this picture? Born 1953, Israel comic books, and play with and colors he will use to create String Orchestra, 1983 Pablo Picasso’s visual language his subject matter. Inspired by 2. What do you see that Modern Abstract Expressionism of Cubism. Guitarists, blues, and angles, arcs, and curves, he plays jazz are his favorite themes. with an idea until the perfect makes you say that? A classical and jazz musician, combination of color and palette • What is your favorite music? Boaz Klachkin expresses himself appears before him. through music, poetry, and • If you were going to paint your 3. What more can brings math and science into favorite music, what would it • What are your favorite colors? we find? much that he creates. look like? • What geometric shape would you use to draw a picture of • How many instruments can • How many musicians can a person? you find? you find? Just like talking about art, • If you were going to paint • What do you like most about • What instruments do you see? a band, how many people listening to and talking this painting? would you put in it? about music ignites all areas • What do you see? of children’s development. Music Asking questions about Chicago Sinfonietta is a professional orchestra dedicated to modeling Mind Exchange Music is a sound production company featuring what you are hearing and promoting diversity, inclusion, and both racial and cultural equity innovative and versatile post-audio, original music and music helps develop a greater in the arts through the universal language of symphonic music. Two supervision services for film, TV, and experiential live productions. of the featured compositions are from their album Project W. It is They produced several original songs inspired by artwork in Art Is appreciation for music. Chicago Sinfonietta’s initiative to highlight contemporary, diverse Instrumental including a piece for Dawn’s Chorus, Four Musicians, women composers through four commissioned works. and Delta Blues. Pablo Picasso 1881 – 1973, Spain Guitar, Sheet Music, and Glass, 1912 Synthetic Cubism Marcus Glenn Michael Del Valle James Marsh Picasso is thought to have • What clues can you find that Born 1968, Detroit, MI Born 1970, Chicago, IL Born 1946, England created over 50,000 works of identify this instrument? Waves of Music, 2008 Dawn Chorus, 2002 art throughout his life, working • What materials could you use Keys to the Soul, Orange, 2014 in several different styles. to create a picture of a guitar? Textured Collage Painting Mixed Media Illustration This print is an example of • What kind of instrument would Marcus Glenn paints right onto a Naperville Artist and DCM James Marsh is a highly abstract collage from the early you use in your artwork? board rather than canvas, which Member, Michael Del Valle acclaimed illustrator, designer, beginnings of Cubism. many artists use. Then he tears describes the process of making artist, and author. He paper and fabric to build up his art like putting together a collaborated on projects for The collage. Taking inspiration from puzzle. Each piece represents Beatles and Andy Warhol. Dawn God, humankind, and nature, a layer; each layer represents Chorus was featured as the cover Glenn believes that young artists a shape, a movement, an art for an Album published in should not allow creativity to be expression. The pieces are 2002 by the English pop and bottled up on the inside. bound together and highlighted post-rock band, Talk Talk. Susanne Clark by vibrant colors, enhancing the • How many birds can you find? New Zealand • How do you express your overall experience. creativity? • What instruments can you see? Adam’s Cello, 2009 • Why do you think Marcus • How many instruments can • If you were going to make an Modern Abstract Expressionism painted the keys coming off you find? animal out of an instrument, the piano? • What types of music do you what instrument would you Susanne Clark’s vision is Cello is a joyful reflection from • What music is the piano player think about when you look at use and what animal would to reduce suffering upon her Music Art series. this artwork? this planet and create well- playing? you create? • What makes you feel joyful? considered, uplifting, and authentic art and then have it go • What type of music would you out into the world to bring joy play with this instrument? Don Stewart studied medicine and pleasure to others. Adam’s • What would it sound like? until he discovered his surgical residency clashed with his creative side. Now he spends his time creating artwork full of Artist Unknown puns, sometimes taking as long as a year and a half to research Joe Henderson his subject. Linoleum print • How many instruments can Don Stewart Jeremy Kelty This linoprint is made by cutting an image into a you find in this drawing? block of linoleum, covering it in ink, and printing it Born 1959, Homewood, AL Portland, Oregon • How would this shoe sound onto paper or other material. Shoe Horns, 2000 when you walk? Discarded Keys #1 Ballpoint pen drawing Black and White Photograph • What instrument is the musician playing? How do you know? • What kind of music is this musician playing? Can you hear it? Is it • What instrument is this? happy or sad? Is the tempo Fast or slow? • Why do you think the artist This work was obtained from creative commons:wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Joe_Henderson_ shows only part of the Lino_Print.jpg/450px-Joe_Henderson_Lino_Print.jpg instrument in this photograph? • What kind of sound do you think this instrument makes? *Visual Thinking Strategies, 2019, https://vtshome.org.