START WITH ART: Kiss Me and You'll Kiss the 'Lasses

Welcome/welcome back! We're starting our day by examining the oil painting pictured below. Take a look at the artwork then read the questions to the students/children in your life and see how starting your day with art can ignite creativity and critical thinking!

Title: Kiss Me and You'll Kiss the 'Lasses

Artist: Lilly Martin Spencer

Date: 1856

Medium: Oil on panel

Dimensions: 76 x 63.3 cm

Start with Art Questions:

• Describe the food you see in the painting. What items have been gathered for the recipe? 

•  Based on what items have been gathered, what do you suppose the woman in the painting is making? 

• What do you think the title means? ('Lasses is short for molasses.)

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