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5 Women Artists of Color with Learning Activities

Today, I am again joining the Women’s History Month series on Multicultural Kid Blogs with a guest post on MKB–5 Women Artists of Color.

In my post, I cover 5 incredible women artists of color: Augusta Savage, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Carmen Lomas Garza, Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, and Yayoi Kusama.

The Art Curator for Kids - 5 Women Artist of Color

Each entry has images of the artwork or a video of the artist talking about her work.

I also include activity suggestions and lesson ideas for each artist.

Head over to Multicultural Kid Blogs to learn more and see more from this series.

Women's History Month Series on Multicultural Kid Blogs

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20 Great Artworks to Look at with Young Kids

Great Artworks to Look at with Young KidsI’ve been thinking a lot lately about how to help parents talk about works of art with their toddlers and preschoolers. To help you get comfortable talking about art with your kids, I’ve put together a list of 20 artworks that work well with toddlers and preschoolers.

My two-year-old sat on my lap while I was finding the artworks, so many of these are Zuzu-approved! 🙂  These are in no order, but the first one was Zuzu’s favorite!

I’ve included the pictures below (or a link to them if they are copyrighted).

  1. Henri Rousseau, The Dream, 1910, The Museum of Modern Art, New York

    Henri Rousseau, The Dream, 1910, The Museum of Modern Art, New York

  2. Edward Hicks, The Peaceable Kingdom (1826), National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

    Edward Hicks, The Peaceable Kingdom (1826), National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC