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Over the next two years, Seeing America will grow to include 100 videos, 18 essays, quizzes, discussion questions and lesson plans.
Alice Aycock, Low Building with Dirt Roof (For Mary)
A work of non-functional architecture, Aycock’s structure evokes personal memories and associations to the ancient past.
Rafael Tufiño, La Plena
Originally made as a backdrop for the 1957 film La Plena, this mural celebrates the people and music of Puerto Rico.
Rafael Tufiño, Goyita
A portrait of the artist's mother, Goyita symbolizes the resilience of Puerto Rico.
Alma Thomas, Lunar Rendezvous—Circle of Flowers
Thomas takes inspiration from both the 1969 moon landing and her backyard garden
Sari Dienes, Star Circle
A plaster cast of a manhole cover from the streets of Manhattan is a testament to this artist's experimental use of materials
Harry Fonseca, Two Coyotes with Flags
Cartoonish coyotes play on Fonseca's overlapping identities as queer, American, and Indigenous.
Brummett Echohawk, An Island of Redbuds on the Cimarron
Light and color take center stage in this soul illustration of the Oklahoma landscape where Echohawk and his family have lived for generations.
Hedda Sterne, Number 3—1957
Stripes of industrial spray paint on this canvas recall the industrial city and undersides of highways
Norman Lewis, Untitled
Lewis leaves behind the figure for abstracted fragments at the end of World War II
Sam Gilliam, Purpled (Chasers Series)
Sam Gilliam trespasses the distinction between painting and sculpture
Gee’s bend, quilting over generations
Gee's Bend quilts challenge notions of what is — and what is not — modern art
