1. Art Speaks! http://artspeaks.wikispaces.com/ 2011-2012 Program Highlights http://artspeaks.wikispaces.com/ T.H. Harris Middle School, Metairie, Louisiana Cindy Streva and Ruth Brewington Language Arts Read 180 Grades 7-8

2. Artist: Andy Warhol (1928–1987) Title: Untitled (Birmingham, Alabama), (from the portfolio Ten Works x Ten Painters) 1964, serigraph, 20 x 24 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase © 1964 Wadsworth Atheneum, 1965.37.2E Kyle C’s Podcast http://tinyurl.com/kyle-c-harrismiddle http://tinyurl.com/kyle-c-harrismiddle

3. Reflection Kyle is in gifted art program and he brought a unique viewpoint to this this project. He connected strongly with this artwork and its content. The emotional impact that the work had on him is evident in his podcast.

4. Project Components http://harriscivilrights2012.wikispaces.com/ Lecture by Leona Tate, one of the McDonogh 3 Field trip to historic civil rights sites in New Orleans Creation of collages by students based on their chosen artwork Creation of Historypin.com tour of the sites students visited Creation of podcast using Voicethread

5. Impact Seeing students enthusiastic, as well as their fantastic results reinforced our belief in the importance of having arts as an integral part of the curriculum. The project fostered a sense of community among the students by allowing them to see their commonality, rather than their differences.

6. Resources Wiki – for saving student work http://harriscivilrights2012.wikispaces.com/http://harriscivilrights2012.wikispaces.com/ Historypin - Combining archival and current photos to create digital tour http://www.historypin.com/channels/view/8533147/ http://www.historypin.com/channels/view/8533147/ Clusty.com – For research, able to narrow and collate information to remain focused, http://search.yippy.com/http://search.yippy.com/ Smithsonian Oh Freedom! Website http://africanamericanart.si.edu/http://africanamericanart.si.edu/ Smithsonian American Art Museum Website http://americanart.si.edu/http://americanart.si.edu/ Picasa for uploading and sharing student’s photos https://plus.google.com/photos/107844725866547983229/albums/5714190732394100993 https://plus.google.com/photos/107844725866547983229/albums/5710642925065048865 https://plus.google.com/photos/107844725866547983229/albums/5710642191356520561 https://plus.google.com/photos/107844725866547983229/albums/5710503766259305057 Voicethread for creation of podcasts http://voicethread.com/http://voicethread.com/ Art Speaks is supported with internal Smithsonian Institution funds from the Youth Access Grants Program