Resources and Programs for Educators

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START a conversation about art! Through a generous grant from Art Bridges, students and teachers in SAMA’s START school partnership program have the opportunity to engage with American art. By watching these videos, students will make observations and create interdisciplinary connections. Every grade level has a different theme, storybook, and connection to one of the three artworks on loan from Art Bridges.

"I Got the Rhythm" read by: Naomi Sumthin2Say

Teaching Artist: Joy Jimenez

START a conversation about art! Through a generous grant from Art Bridges, students and teachers in SAMA’s START school partnership program have the opportunity to engage with American art. By watching these videos, students will make observations and create interdisciplinary connections. Every grade level has a different theme, storybook, and connection to one of the three artworks on loan from Art Bridges.

"Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes" read by: Darrell Pittman

Teaching Artist: Joy Jimenez

START a conversation about art! Through a generous grant from Art Bridges, students and teachers in SAMA’s START school partnership program have the opportunity to engage with American art. By watching these videos, students will make observations and create interdisciplinary connections. Every grade level has a different theme, storybook, and connection to one of the three artworks on loan from Art Bridges.

"Jump at the Sun: The True Life Tale of Unstoppable Storycatcher Zora Neale Hurston" read by: Six Gawd

Teaching Artist: Joy Jimenez

START a conversation about art! Through a generous grant from Art Bridges, students and teachers in SAMA’s START school partnership program have the opportunity to engage with American art. By watching these videos, students will make observations and create interdisciplinary connections. Every grade level has a different theme, storybook, and connection to one of the three artworks on loan from Art Bridges.

"Harlem's Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills" read by: Tausha Jackson

Teaching Artist: Joy Jimenez

START a conversation about art! Through a generous grant from Art Bridges, students and teachers in SAMA’s START school partnership program have the opportunity to engage with American art. By watching these videos, students will make observations and create interdisciplinary connections. Every grade level has a different theme, storybook, and connection to one of the three artworks on loan from Art Bridges. "Harlem Renaissance Party" read by: Darrell Pittman

START a conversation about art! Through a generous grant from Art Bridges, students and teachers in SAMA’s START school partnership program have the opportunity to engage with American art. By watching these videos, students will make observations and create interdisciplinary connections. Every grade level has a different theme, storybook, and connection to one of the three artworks on loan from Art Bridges. "

Sugar Hill" read by: Naomi Sumthin2Say

START a conversation about art! Through a generous grant from Art Bridges, students and teachers in SAMA’s START school partnership program have the opportunity to engage with American art. By watching these videos, students will make observations and create interdisciplinary connections. Every grade level has a different theme, storybook, and connection to one of the three artworks on loan from Art Bridges.

"Harlem Stomp! A Cultural History of the Harlem Renaissance"

START a conversation about art! Through a generous grant from Art Bridges, students and teachers in SAMA’s START school partnership program have the opportunity to engage with American art. By watching these videos, students will make observations and create interdisciplinary connections. Every grade level has a different theme, storybook, and connection to one of the three artworks on loan from Art Bridges.

"Poetry for Young People: Maya Angelou"