Art Across the USA
Learn about United States art history, explore artists from each of the 50 states, and create your own art inspired by their work.

To start class, students will learn about an artist, a style of art, or a group of artists that comes from that state. This will be done largely though a slide show while asking students about what they see.  During this portion, each learner is given an opportunity to talk. The  artists we cover will range from art of the Native Americans, artists during the revolutionary and civil war, art of the 20th century, and contemporary artists. We will be sure to cover artists that are women and people of color.

Next, we will make artwork of our own inspired by that week's artist. Some weeks will be done through directed drawing, but students are encouraged to make any changes they want to their work to make it unique to them. Other weeks learners will be given a drawing prompt based off of the artist work. Students will be asked questions about their work as they create to encourage plenty of interaction. In the last 5-10 minutes of class each learner will share their artwork. Some students will need time outside of class to finish their artwork.

State, artist, and art medium used for upcoming weeks:

1/15-	Wyoming		Conrad Schwiering		painting
1/22-	New York		Mika Tajima				watercolor painting
1/29-	Indiana			Robert Clark				drawing
2/5-	Arkansas		Lisa Krannichfeld			mixed media
2/12-	Utah			Jann Haworth			drawing
2/19-	Maine			Dholv Ipcar				watercolor painting
2/26-	New Hampshire	Dan Dailey				paper collage
3/4-	Texas			James Surls				drawing
3/11-	Idaho			Rose Frank				paper collage
3/18-	Oregon			Sally Haley				drawing
3/25-	North Carolina	Minnie Evens				drawing
4/1-		Ohio			Don Drumm				tinfoil mixed media
4/8-	Connecticut		Sol Lewitt				drawing
4/15-	Colorado		Jordan Casteel			drawing
4/22-	Maryland		Stephen Towns			paper collage
4/29-	New Jersey		Paul Stankard			drawing
5/6-	Nebraska		Sheila Hicks				fiber arts mixed media (pom poms, cotton balls, yarn and string, fabric scraps) 
5/13-	Alaska			Rie Muñoz				drawing
5/20-	No Class 
5/27-	No Class
6/3-	No Class
6/10-	No Class
6/17-	Tennessee		Hatch Show Prints
6/24-	Alabama			Gee's Bend Quilters		paper collage and drawing
7/1-		Oklahoma		Benjamin Harjo Jr.			drawing
7/8-		Iowa			Ray Sorensen				painting on rocks
7/15-	Kansas			Stan Herd				mixed media
7/22-	Pennsylvania		Roberto Lugo			drawing
7/29-	Washington		Dale Chihuly				paper sculpture
8/5-	Ohio			Don Drumm				tinfoil mixed media
-	Louisiana		George Rodrigue			painting
-	Kentucky 		John James Audubon		drawing
-	New Mexico		Maria Martinez			watercolor painting
-	Arizona			Ellsworth and Emery Kolb	drawing
-	Wisconsin		Dr. Evermor				paper sculpture
-	Illinois			Judy Chicago				drawing
-	Missouri			Victor Wang				drawing
-	West Virgina		Charlie Harper			drawing
-	Rhode Island		Shepard Fairey			painting
-	Michigan 		Patricia Polacco			drawing
-	Vermont			Stephen Huneck			drawing
-	Delaware		Edward L Loper Sr.		painting