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Elizabeth Murray Shape

This document provides art activities for children ages 4 and up that involve exploring shapes. It describes looking closely at a painting by Elizabeth Murray and discussing the shapes, sounds they may make, and what they could be named. It then suggests an activity where children cut out shapes from paper, add color, and arrange them in a collage composition. The document encourages exploring one shape in more depth through a linked video and discussing the resulting artwork.

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Elizabeth Murray Shape

This document provides art activities for children ages 4 and up that involve exploring shapes. It describes looking closely at a painting by Elizabeth Murray and discussing the shapes, sounds they may make, and what they could be named. It then suggests an activity where children cut out shapes from paper, add color, and arrange them in a collage composition. The document encourages exploring one shape in more depth through a linked video and discussing the resulting artwork.

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Artful Activities

for Early Learners


These activities for children ages four and Make a shape composition
up can be done with teachers, parents, and
caregivers at home or in a classroom.
Materials: several sheets of colored paper;
scissors; glue or tape; colored pencils,
Look closely markers, or crayons

- What do you notice about this painting? 1. Use scissors to cut out four or more
- Choose one shape or section. Trace the unique shapes.
outline with your finger in the air. 2. Add colors or designs to your shapes.
- What sound might this shape make? What 3. Play with joining and arranging your
made you think of that sound? shapes in different ways. Once you find
- What would you name this shape? an arrangement you like, glue or tape
your shapes onto a background paper.
4. Show your shape collage to a friend or
family member (in person or virtually).
Learn more Ask them what they notice about your
shapes and the ways you combined
Elizabeth Murray titled this painting Do the them. What would they name your
Dance, after a song she listened to while shapes? Can they imagine sounds your
making this artwork. It’s made up of many shapes might make?
smaller shaped canvases that are put
together like a puzzle. Murray said, “For a
couple of years I’ve been working with
cutting out shapes and kind of glomming Explore more
them together. You know like making a
zigzag shape and sort of a rectangular Looking for more ways to experiment with
shape and a circular bloopy fat cloudy shape? Check out this video
shape…and they are cartoony and blumpy (youtu.be/JJw8N2JmZLo) for inspiration
and rounded and sort of wacky.” on how to make an artwork using just one
shape.

Volkswagen of America is proud to be MoMA’s lead Image: Elizabeth Murray. Do the Dance. 2005. Oil on canvas
partner of education. on wood. Gift of Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, Agnes
Gund, and Arne Glimcher. © 2020 Estate of Elizabeth
Family Programs are made possible by the Samuel Murray/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
and Ronnie Heyman Family Endowment Fund.

Generous funding is provided by Brett and Daniel


Sundheim. Additional support is provided by the
Annual Education Fund.

School and Teacher Programs are generously supported


by the Carroll and Milton Petrie Education Program
Endowment, the William Randolph Hearst Endowment
Fund, and the Mimi and Peter Haas Endowment Fund
for Elementary School Programs.

Additional funding is provided by the Ducommun


and Gross Family Foundation and by the Annual
Education Fund.

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