Many contemporary artists connect their personal narratives with past cultural histories in their work, exploring unique ways of connecting these intertwined strands. Interdisciplinary artist Sharon Norwood achieves this by incorporating vintage or antique objects in her art, encouraging the viewer to contemplate new meanings for things valued in the past. Norwood examines issues of identity and perceptions of beauty in her art practice and uses curly line — a symbol for Black hair — to connect with the formal language of drawing and mark-making.
Art teachers share new and exciting art-making experiences in and outside the art room. Young students collaborate to paint a hanging cardboard butterfly installation, elementary students use everyday objects to create illuminating bookshelf dioramas, middle-school students use 3D-scanning technology to print lifelike portraits, high-school students address contemporary issues while creating in an outdoor classroom, and more.
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