START WITH ART: Winter Pool

We START WITH ART each morning with our kids (Jenna's kids are 6 and 10, Janet's is 9). 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. We find this little exercise each morning ignites creativity and sparks critical thinking. 

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! Let's START WITH ART!

Title: Winter Pool

Artist: Robert Rauschenberg

Date: 1959

Medium: Combine painting: oil, paper, fabric, wood, metal, sandpaper, tape, printed paper, printed reproductions, handheld bellows, and found painting, on two canvases, with ladder

Dimensions: 229.9 × 151.1 × 10.2 cm

Start with Art Questions:

• Why might this artwork be named Winter Pool? 

• Robert Rauschenberg called these artworks "Combines." Why? 

• Describe the shapes you see. How do the shapes on the canvas and the actual ladder work together compositionally? 

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