Links to Learning Elements

The links below take teachers and parents to specific areas within Meet Me at Midnight adventures. Summaries describe the curricular goals and topics addressed in each section.

SCULPTURE

[Coyote]
Defines sculpture as 3-dimensional art. Describes and illustrates the processes of adding and subtracting material to make sculpture.

• Media
  Discusses media used to make sculpture. Visitors play puzzle game with folk art figure "Marla."
  View "Marla" at the SAAM Web site.
• Technique
  Defines technique. Further describes additive process and using found objects. Visitors play artist match game with "Game Fish."
  View "Game Fish" at the SAAM Web site.
• Design
  Hand-made furniture can be sculpture. Defines and illustrates design elements including balance, rhythm, and proportion. Visitors play artist match game with "Double Rocking Chair."
  View "Double Rocking Chair" at the SAAM Web site.
• Purpose
  Some sculpture, such as a vessel, serves a useful purpose. Others can be purely decorative. Visitors play a puzzle game with SAAM folk art "Devil Jug."
  View "Devil Jug" at the SAAM Web site.
• Culture
  Defines culture as the background of an artist and influences on his/her work. Latino culture of American Southwest is illustrated in SAAM sculpture "Vaquero." "Equestrian" sculpture is defined. Visitors play artist match game with "Vaquero."
  View "Vaquero" at the SAAM Web site.

LANDSCAPE

[Headless Horseman]
Defines landscape and illustrates landscapes in several media—painting, photography, craft. Also shows an abstract landscape suggesting maps and topography.

• Media
  Describes art media that come from the earth—such as clay for pottery and pigments for paint. Defines and illustrates a cityscape. Visitors play puzzle game with a folk art painting that uses sand and mud, "Big City Skyline."
  View "Big City Skyline" at the SAAM Web site.
• Technique
  Defines technique. Describes the importance of place and the artistic technique of making marks on the land—or recording marks made by others. Visitors play artist match game with photograph "Petrified Forest, Arizona."
  View "Petrified Forest, Arizona" at the SAAM Web site.
• Design
  Defines design. Discusses and illustrates balance and rhythm using painting "Going to Church" by William H. Johnson. Visitors play a puzzle game.
  View "Going to Church" at the SAAM Web site.
• Purpose
  Some artists portray landscapes to promote environmental conservation. Visitors play artist match game for photograph "Konza Prairie."
  View "Konza Prarie" at the SAAM Web site.
• Culture
  Pueblo watercolor artist and his native symbols are described. Visitors play puzzle game with "Ram and Antelope" by Awa Tsireh.
  View "Ram and Antelope" at the SAAM Web site.

LIGHT

[Ballerina]
Light is required for vision and all art. Colors come from light waves of particular lengths, as illustrated in a rainbow. Artists mix paints to get various colors. Stained glass windows use light. Electrified sculpture uses light in yet another way.

• Media
  Media is defined. Photography captures light with machines and chemicals. Visitors play puzzle game with early photograph, "The Ohio Star Buggy."
  View "The Ohio Star Buggy" at the SAAM Web site.
• Technique
  Technique defined. Impressionist painters emphasized light and color. Visitors play artist match game with "The South Ledges, Appledore."
  View "The South Ledges, Appledore" at the SAAM Web site.
• Design
  Design defined. Elements of form and texture are described. Stained glass creates sense of texture and form when light shines through it. Visitors play puzzle game with "Peonies in the Wind" by John La Farge.
  View "Peonies in the Wind" at the SAAM Web site.
• Purpose
  Light is used for practical purposes in signage. Visitors play puzzle game with neon folk art "Monkey Trade Sign."
  View "Monkey Trade Sign" at the SAAM Web site.
• Culture
  Televisions use light to project images. Part of American culture, televisions are sometimes used in artwork. Visitors play artist match game with "Electronic Superhighway, Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii."
  View "Electronic Superhighway, Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii" at the SAAM Web site.