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Teaching Tools
Discover a variety of resources for educators to help expand arts learning in the classroom or at your educational institution.
- Download the object-based worksheet.
- Object-Based Teaching Video
- Collection: Search the Phoenix Art Museum Collection.
Art Guides for Educators
Our Art Guides for Educators help you and your students explore artworks more closely from the comfort of your classroom. Guides can be printed or projected digitally. Each guide includes:
- A high-quality reproduction of an artwork from the collection of Phoenix Art Museum
- Artist information
- Lesson ideas
- Complementary resources, including close-up views, fun facts about the artwork, links to curator and installation videos, and artist interviews
Maya Lin, Pin River: Colorado River
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IMAGE CREDIT
Maya Ying Lin, Pin River, Colorado River (Río de alfileres, río Colorado), 2010. Metal pins in the wall. Museum purchase with funds provided by Contemporary Forum (ArtPick 2010).
Hội An Hoard
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IMAGE CREDIT
Unknown, Blue and white jar (Jarra azul y blanco), 15th-16th century. Porcelain. Museum purchase.
![Girolamo Genga, Madonna Enthroned with Christ Child and Saints Pantaleon, Joseph, Prisca (?) and Anthony Abbott (La Virgen coronada con el niño Jesús y los santos Pantaleón, José, Prisca [?] y San Antonio Abad), c. 1515. Oil on poplar panel. Gift of Mrs. Pauline Howell, Mrs. Edwin Q. Barbey and Friends of the Museum, by exchange.](https://phxart.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/1996_254_ST1_2-e1576867171354.jpg)
Girolamo Genga, Madonna Enthroned with Christ Child and Saints Pantaleon, Joseph, Prisca, and Anthony Abbott
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IMAGE CREDIT
Girolamo Genga, Madonna Enthroned with Christ Child and Saints Pantaleon, Joseph, Prisca (?) and Anthony Abbott (La Virgen coronada con el niño Jesús y los santos Pantaleón, José, Prisca [?] y San Antonio Abad), c. 1515. Oil on poplar panel. Gift of Mrs. Pauline Howell, Mrs. Edwin Q. Barbey and Friends of the Museum, by exchange.
Annie Lopez, The Almost Real History of Art in Phoenix
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IMAGE CREDIT
Annie Lopez, The Almost Real History of Art in Phoenix, 2007. Cyanotype. Museum purchase with funds provided by Eva and Eric Jungerman Family Endowment.
Philip C. Curtis, Entrance with Light Bulb
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IMAGE CREDIT
Philip C. Curtis, Entrance with Light Bulb (Vestíbulo con bombilla), 1964. Oil on panel. Gift of Martha Dannerbeck.
Kehinde Wiley, Marechal Floriano Peixoto (from The World Stage: Brazil Series)
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IMAGE CREDIT
Kehinde Wiley, Marechal Floriano Peixoto (from The World Stage: Brazil Series), 2009. Museum purchase with funds provided by Contemporary Forum in honor of the Museum’s 50th Anniversary.
Faith Ringgold, The Bitter Nest, Part 1: Love in the School Yard
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IMAGE CREDIT
Faith Ringgold, The Bitter Nest, Part 1: Love in the School Yard (El nido amargo, Parte 1: amor en el patio de recreo), 1988. Acrylic on canvas and fabric. Museum purchase with funds provided by Contemporary Forum, Stanley and Mikki Weithorn, Consortium of Black Organizations and Others for the Arts; Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Lorenz Anderman, Mr. and Mrs. David K. Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Neuberger by exchange.
![Jean-Léon Gérôme, Pollice Verso (Thumbs Down) (Pollice Verso [Con el pulgar al revés]), 1872. Oil on canvas. Museum purchase.](https://phxart.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/1968_52_CP2_o2.jpg)
Jean-Léon Gérôme, Pollice Verso (Thumbs Down)
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IMAGE CREDIT
Jean-Léon Gérôme, Pollice Verso (Thumbs Down) (Pollice Verso [Con el pulgar al revés]), 1872. Oil on canvas. Museum purchase.
Bactrian Camel and Groom
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IMAGE CREDIT
Unknown, Bactrian camel (Camello bactriano), Tang dynasty. White pottery with pigment traces. Asian Arts Council purchase with funds provided by Susan and Eliot Black.
Don’t see what you’re looking for? It may not be in our collection. For resources about artworks outside of our collection, contact the education department of the museum where the object is held, or search for other educational resources online.
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