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Special Exhibition Resource Guides for Teachers

EXHIBITION DESCRIPTION	RESOURCE GUIDE
Car Culture: Art and the Automobile April 27 - August 11, 2013	VIEW GUIDE
Mirrored Images: Realism in the 19th and 20th Centuries December 8, 2012 - March 24, 2013	VIEW GUIDE
Absorbed by Color: Art in the 20th Century August 18 - December 2, 2012	VIEW GUIDE
Long Island Biennial April 28 - August 12, 2012	VIEW GUIDE
Coming of Age in America: The Photography of Joseph Szabo January 14 - March 25, 2012	VIEW GUIDE
Ripped: The Allure of Collage October 29, 2011 - January 8, 2012	VIEW GUIDE
Earth Matters July 30 - October 23, 2011	VIEW GUIDE
Edward Weston: Life Work May 7 - July 24, 2011	VIEW GUIDE
Identity Crisis Authenticity, Attribution and Appropriation January 15, 2011 - March 27, 2011	VIEW GUIDE
Rock On! Masterworks of Rock Photography October 2, 2010 - January 9, 2011	VIEW GUIDE
The Heckscher at 90: Then and Now May 8 - July 18, 2010	VIEW GUIDE
Arcadia/Suburbia: Architecture on Long Island, 1930-2010 January 16 - April 11, 2010	VIEW GUIDE
Long Island Moderns: Artists on the North Shore from Edward Steichen to Cindy Sherman October 3, 2009 - January 10, 2010	VIEW Print-friendly version VIEW Projection-friendly version
The Luminous Landscapes of April Gornik May 2 - July 5, 2009	VIEW Print-friendly version VIEW Projection-friendly version
Robert Rauschenberg and His Contemporaries: Recent Prints from Universal Limited Art Editions January 10 - April 5, 2009	VIEW Print-friendly version VIEW Projection-friendly version
Mythic Landscapes of America November 15, 2008 - January 4, 2009	VIEW Print-friendly version VIEW Projection-friendly version
Michal Rovner: Video, Sculpture, Installation June 28 - November 9, 2008	VIEW Print-friendly version VIEW Projection-friendly version
To Infinity and Beyond: Mathematics in Contemporary Art April 19 - June 22, 2008	VIEW Print-friendly version VIEW Projection-friendly version
Ansel Adams and Edwin Land: Art, Science and Invention, Photographs from the Polaroid Corporation March 31 - June 24, 2007	VIEW Print-friendly version VIEW Projection-friendly version
Picturing Long Island: Abstract, Figurative and Historical Art February 3 - March 25, 2007	VIEW Print-friendly version VIEW Projection-friendly version
East Coast/West Coast and Beyond: Colin Campbell Cooper, American Impressionist November 14, 2006 - January 28, 2007	VIEW Print-friendly version VIEW Projection-friendly version
Jacob Lawrence: Three Series of Prints Art August 19 - November 5, 2006	VIEW Print-friendly version VIEW Projection-friendly version

Eyes on Art: A Collection Interpretation Game
This hands-on curatorial game for grades 6 through 12 utilizes collaborative learning as students curate their own exhibitions using images of works in the Museum’s Permanent Collection! Full-color laminated cards bring artwork dating from the 16th through the 20th century to life, illuminating the Museum’s role as an interdisciplinary resource. Bring this fun-filled game into your classroom. Games are available for borrowing. Please call 631.351.3214 for loan information.
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Educator Slide Packets

Focusing on various past special exhibitions, these educator packets are designed for all grade levels K through 12. Packets include slides, background information on artists, related vocabulary, historical context, timelines, suggestions for classroom activities and discussion. A $25.00 refundable deposit is required to borrow packets. Call 631.351.3214 to order.
Packets currently available include the following:

• William H. Johnson: A Retrospective from the National Museum of American Art
• Studio Museum in Harlem: Twenty-five Years of African American Art
• Dale Chihuly: Seaforms
• Visions of a Changing America: Depression Era Prints from the Collection of Herschel and Fern Cohen
• Modern American Realism: The Sara Roby Foundation Collection from the National Museum of American Art
• Shaping a Generation: The Art and Artists of Betty Parsons
• Coney Island to Caumsett: The Photographic Journey of N. Jay Jaffee, 1947-1997
• Millennium Messages
• Walter O. Evans Collection of African American Art
• Hans Namuth: Portraits
• Aaron Copland's America
• Land, Sea and Sky: Jane Wilson's Long Island
• Spirit of the Mask
• Light, Color, Spirit: Esteban Vicente
• Robert Henri and His Influence
• The Photography of Alfred Stieglitz: Georgia O'Keeffe's Enduring Legacy
• The Unexpected: Artists' Ceramics of the 20th Century
• Treasures from El Museo del Barrio
• Rags to Riches: 25 Years of Paper Art from Dieu Donné Papermill
• Louise Nevelson: Selections from the Farnsworth Art Museum
• Genetic Expressions: Art After DNA
• Graphic Masters: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
• The Golden Age of American Impressionism
• Red Grooms: Selections from the Graphic Work
• American Studio Glass: A Survey of the Movement
• A Century of Collecting
• Feast the Eye, Fool the Eye
• A New Narrative: Warhol, Stella, Fitzpatrick, Marden