START WITH ART: The Balcony

This takes us less than five minutes each morning and tends to be re-visited later in the day at the dinner table or during our evening reading sessions. 

Here's how to #STARTWITHART:

Step one: Take a look at the artwork below

Step two: Read the questions below the picture of the art to the students/children in your life

Step three: See how starting your day with art can ignite creativity and critical thinking! 

It's that easy!

Title: The Balcony

Artist: Edouard Manet

Date: 1868

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 170 cm × 124 cm 

Start with Art Questions:

• What objects do you see on the balcony in Edouard Manet's painting "The Balcony," and what do you think they might symbolize?

• If you could step into the painting, what sounds do you think you might hear from the scene on the balcony?

• Imagine you're one of the people on the balcony. What do you think you might be talking about or thinking about as you overlook the street below?

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