Artist: David Hammons
Date: 1978
Medium: Sculpture, Sculptures
Size: actual 38 x 56 inches
Institution: Walker Art Center
Accession #: 1995.24

Haiku - write a short 3-verse haiku that describes the music. (Remember that a haiku has 5 syllables in the first line, 7 in the second line, and 5 in the third line!)

Artist: Follower of Jan Brueghel the Elder
Date: after 1600
Medium: Paintings, Painting
Size: 6 15/16 x 10 3/16 in. (17.62 x 25.88 cm)14 1/2 x 17 5/8 in. (36.83 x 44.77 cm) (outer frame)
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Accession #: 2006.123

Setting - the time, place, and environment of a story. Imagine yourself as a verb for this piece. What action or actions do you feel as you listen? Try to act or draw what you are feeling throughout this piece of music.

Artist: Afro Basaldella
Date: 1955
Medium: Paintings, Painting
Size: 35 1/2 x 47 3/8 in. (90.17 x 120.33 cm) (canvas)36 5/8 x 48 3/8 x 1 3/16 in. (93.03 x 122.87 x 3.02 cm) (outer frame)
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Accession #: 57.49

Mood- Describe the atmosphere or state of mind of yourself while listening to this piece of music. Draw or describe the mood this music puts you in. 

Artist: Henri Martin
Date: late 19th-early 20th century
Medium: Paintings, Painting
Size: 17 x 13 7/8 in. (43.18 x 35.24 cm) (sight)
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Accession #: 98.258

Tone- What the author or narrator thinks or feels about a piece of work.  What do you think the composer felt when he or she wrote this piece?

Artist: Joan Mitchell
Date: 1977
Medium: Paintings
Size: unframed 110 x 157.5 x inches
Institution: Walker Art Center
Accession #: 1989.61.1-.2

Theme- What did this piece of music teach you as a listener?  Were you able to hear anything that you could relate to?

Artist: Hans Platschek
Date: 1958
Medium: Paintings, Painting
Size: 46 1/4 x 35 3/4 x 1 in. (117.5 x 90.8 x 2.5 cm)
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Accession #: 59.23

Cause and Effect  - While listening to this piece of music, you are being part of the “cause” draw the effect  of what the music made them feel when they finished. 

Artist: Robert Motherwell
Date: 1965
Medium: Drawings and Watercolors, Drawings
Size: actual 9 x 11 inches
Institution: Walker Art Center
Accession #: 1996.143

Plot Map - hearing all sounds up to the crescendo or "climax" then the falling action. Sometimes in a text, we can almost "feel" ourselves becoming absorbed into the text. How does the music progress through the piece? How does it change? Can you identify a beginning, middle, and end?

Artist: Philip Guston
Date: 1959
Medium: Paintings, Painting
Size: 22 3/16 x 29 5/8 in. (56.3 x 75.3 cm)
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Accession #: 2004.220.3

Summarizing - Please share how you could explain this piece of music in just a few (3-5) short sentences.

Artist: Wellington Lee
Date: 1963
Medium: Photographs, Photograph
Size: 19 13/16 x 15 3/4 in. (50.32 x 40.01 cm) (image, trimmed)19 13/16 x 15 3/4 in. (50.32 x 40.01 cm) (mount)
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Accession #: 93.35.23

Character Traits - Use adjectives to describe the music. How does it make you feel? Hint: We describe people with very similar adjectivies!