As you scrolled through the virtual exhibition of A Choice of Weapons, you might have noticed some activity prompts. Here are those prompts again for you to do with your friends, family, and loved ones!
Share your responses and art with us on Instagram and Facebook using the hashtag #theMathome!
Interview someone in your household, or call up a friend or loved one and ask them these questions, too. Draw how you see love in your life.
The word resilience means toughness and strength. Can you think of three examples of resilience? Draw how you see resilience in your life.
Think of someone who brings you hope. Send them a note or a text telling them so! Draw how you see hope in your life.
Close your eyes and take three deep breaths. Draw how you see faith in your life.
Jamel Shabazz has created a coloring book based on his book Back in the Days. These pages are fun for all ages! Share your finished product with us on Instagram and Facebook!
Using this self-guided activity packet, people of all ages can process the images and concepts represented in A Choice of Weapons, Honor and Dignity: The Visions of Gordon Parks and Jamel Shabazz.
The M’s collection is full of exciting and unique pieces, which you can learn about and put your own spin on with this “Color the Collection” coloring book!
At Family Day in February, the M welcomed Alan Page to read two of his children’s book as part of a celebration and exploration of honor and dignity.
He read Grandpa Alan’s Sugar Shack and Alan and his Perfectly Pointy Impossibly Perpendicular Pinky. Both are great additions to your home library!
Also, be sure to check out this children’s book about Gordon Parks, Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America.
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