Nancy Holt (April 5, 1938 – February 8, 2014) was an American artist most known for her public sculpture, installation art, concrete poetry, and land art. Throughout her career, Holt also produced ...

69 Gansevoort Street, 1938. Photography by Sol Libsohn (1914-2001) for Federal Art Project. Museum of the City of New York. 43.131.6.180 Pier 52, North River, 1951. Irma and Paul Milstein Division of ...

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith’s Trade Canoe for the North Pole is populated with images of palm trees, buffalo, and rubber ducks, among others, which ominously remind viewers of the effects of people's ...

After receiving her masters degree in education from Tufts University, Kendra moved to New York City to take advantage of the rich and diverse cultural resources offered to educators. She teaches at a ...

Iris is a high school Spanish teacher at Grace Church School. A native New Yorker and graduate of Teachers College, Iris has dedicated her career to working with youth in New York City's public ...

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith often begins her art “with a very general idea, like maps.” She likes “to use maps because maps can tell stories.” The artist’s decades-long interest in maps began in response ...

Lisa Alvarado is an artist and musical performer born in San Antonio, Texas, and based in Chicago. Alvarado studied at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her work is concerned with the ...

Artists explore different ways of experiencing and interpreting the world around them. Some artists experiment with materials and approaches, while others may draw our attention to important social ...

Whitney educators often integrate information about the art and artist during an inquiry-based discussion. We integrate information that is relevant and meaningful to the discussion while still ...

We often cease to notice the particulars of places that we see or visit daily. Art is a tool that can help us to perceive or observe our environments differently. By being careful observers of their ...

Puerto Rico is an “unincorporated territory”—in other words, a colony—meaning that it belongs to the United States but is not part of it. Puerto Ricans are granted some rights as U.S. citizens and not ...

This is Farida's sixth year co-teaching a first grade classroom at a public school in Manhattan. She loves to find new and fun ways to express herself through art, bringing that excitement and passion ...