Category Archives: Art Docent

Art docent volunteer program

Art Docent Program – Self Portraits, 4/20/2017

Posted on April 20, 2017 by Maker Block

Henri Matisse, Self-Portrait in a Striped T-shirt, 1906

Vincent van Gogh, Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat, 1887

Frida Kahlo, Self-portrait, 1940

Rembrandt van Rijn, Self-Portrait, 1660

Pablo Picasso, Self-Portrait, 1907

Pablo Picasso, Self-Portrait, 1901

M.C. Escher, Hand with Reflecting Sphere (Self-Portrait in Spherical Mirror), 1935

Gustave Courbet, Le Desperere, 1845

Marc Chagall, Self-Portrait with Seven Digits, 1913

Easy self portraits for kids

Art Docent Program – Square One Art Project, 2/16/2017

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Maker Block

“Hearts” Jasper Johns

“The Fall of Icarus (La Chute d’Icare)” Henri Matisse

“The Horse, the Rider, and the Clown (1943-4)” Henri Matisse

“The cat with red fish” Henri Matisse

“Potted Jade” David Hockney

“Going Up Garrowby Hill (2000)” David Hockney

“iPad Sunflower” David Hockney

“Guest House Wall” David Hockney

Art Docent Program – Tessellations, 10/13/2016

Posted on October 13, 2016 by Maker Block

“Verbum” Maurits Cornelis “M.C.” Escher

Metamorphosis II

Floor Mosaic excavated in Olinthos Greece

Tessellation at The Alhambra, Granada, Andalusia, Spain

Bricks

Bathroom

Bathroom tiles (Remember the Greek tiling?)

Quilting

Day and Night

Flying Fish

Seahorse

Relativity

Shells and Starfish

Beetle

Curly Elephants

Oo Roos – Rotational Tessellation

Two Roos – Translational Tessellation

Nifty Octopuses

Dragon Tessellation

Great Wave off Kanagawa – from Hokusai’s series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji

Art Docent Program – Textures and Patterns, 09/22/2016

Posted on September 22, 2016 by Maker Block

“House in Arles” Vincent van Gogh

“Purple Robe” Henri Matisse

“Man with Helmet” Rembrandt van Rijn

“Verbum” Maurits Cornelis “M.C.” Escher

“Sunflower Quilting Bee at Arles” Faith Ringgold

“Vendedora” Diego Rivera