Galleries on the Go–DUNCANSON

Fulfills these requirements:

Visual Art, Historical, Cultural and Social Contexts Standard, Benchmark C, Indicator 4 for Grade 6
Investigate the roles and relationships between artists and patrons and explain the effect on the creation of works of art.

Visual Art, Historical, Cultural and Social Contexts Standard, Benchmark A, Indicator 1 for Grade 8
Explain how social, cultural and political factors affect what artists, architects or designers create.

Social Studies, People in Societies Standard, Benchmark C, Indicator 2 for Grade 8
Interaction—Describe and explain the social, economic and political effects of institutionalized racism and institutionalized discrimination.

Program Description
Classroom: Discover the art and life of African American landscape artist Robert S. Duncanson (1821–1872).
Field Trip: Encounter the eight landscape murals Duncanson painted about 1850.
Studio: Paint a mini-mural of your own on plaster.

Galleries on the Go is made possible with the generous support of the
Docents of the Taft Museum of Art

Fine Arts Fund Partner
Frisch’s Restaurants