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Heroic Portraits

Inspired by the large-scale portraits of Mickalene Thomas and Kehinde Wiley, our pre-kindergartners created their own heroic portraits, blending digital and hands-on artmaking techniques. We began our lesson by viewing Wiley’s paintings, that feature street-cast black New Yorkers in familiar Renaissance poses.

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