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AAM Mad Libs Art & Ale Edition
Creatively fill in the list on the next page with whatever words you like, then transfer your list to the blanks in the story. Finally, read the story from start to finish and enjoy your silly creation!
Market
In this scene from the Great Depression, a street vendor selling melons, pears, and other fruit contends with a dissatisfied customer.
Torremolinos, Spain
In this mysterious image, a lone figure draped in a flowing white garment seems to press into the wind as an ocean wave breaks in the background. Her bent pose is unusual and it is unclear why she has her hands clasped behind her head. Is she injured? Is she trying to take off her dress?
AAM Mad Libs
You can play AAM mad libs with your friends or by yourself. Here’s howto play: Creatively fill in the list on the next page with whatever words youlike, then transfer your list to the blanks in the story. Finally, read the storyfrom start to finish and enjoy your silly creation! Be sure not to peek at thestory until you’ve chosen all of the words to complete it. Helpful Reminders! Adjective: Describes things or peopleExamples: crazy, short, annoying, messy, fluffy, brave Noun: Person, place, or thingExamples:
Studio Interior with Flowers on Bench
Joseph O’Sickey believed “The subject doesn’t matter… what the artist brings to it is the important thing.”
Crépuscule : An Ode to Dusk
This painting by French artist Gaston La Touche is an ode to dusk (“crépuscule” in French) and its subtle beauty of color and light.
To Uncertainty
Honoré Guilbeau had early aspirations as a dancer, but soon after enrolling in classes at the Art Institute of Chicago, she shifted her focus to printmaking. Her thoughts were never far from dancing however, and she often featured dancers and theater scenes in her works. In this print, the three dancers and their movements appear somewhat enigmatic. Their forms seem to emerge from the same core, yet they have separate upper bodies. Or, the figures could all represent the same dancer at different moments in
AAM Mad Libs
You can play AAM mad libs with your friends or by yourself. Here’s howto play: Creatively fill in the list on the next page with whatever words youlike, then transfer your list to the blanks in the story. Finally, read the storyfrom start to finish and enjoy your silly creation! Be sure not to peek at thestory until you’ve chosen all of the words to complete it. Helpful Reminders! Adjective: Describes things or peopleExamples: crazy, short, annoying, messy, fluffy, brave Noun: Person, place, or thingExamples:
Landscape with Yellow Clouds
A longtime favorite across Northeast Ohio, William Sommer absorbed ideas from Cubism and other modern European art movements, adapting them to his distinctly Midwestern subject matter of farm scenes, landscapes, and portraits. Sommer painted this landscape shortly after he visited New York City for the groundbreaking Armory Show of modern art in 1913. It was there that he saw innovative works by artists like Paul Cézanne and Vincent van Gogh. He was especially enthralled by the work of French painter Henri Matisse, whose bold and
Retrospective, La Wilson
Wilson’s largest and most complex assemblage, Retrospective summarizes and celebrates the many different types of objects that she incorporated into her work over the course of more than fifty years.
