MISSION REMOTE IS COMPLETE!

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(PSST… the answer was ART IS EVERYWHERE)

Next time you visit the Spencer Museum of Art, bring your PSST Secret Art Agent license to the Welcome Desk to receive your reward and your next mission! The Museum is free, but at this time reservations are strongly encouraged. It’s quick and easy to make a reservation at https://www.spencerart.ku.edu/plan-your-visit. (If you forget to bring your license when you visit, just ask for a copy at the Welcome Desk. If you don’t live near the Spencer, you can visit museums near you or explore museums around the world online and make your own reward stickers!)

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In the meantime, use your art skills to make your own reward or your own original art inspired by the works you saw during Mission Remote! Click the links to the Spencer Museum of Art’s online collection and explore awesome activities you can try at home.

Title: Inside/Outside, black and white woodcut print by artist Wanda Robertson, Spencer Museum of Art Collection — Description: Outside view through a window. In the interior space is a lounging figure at right reading a book. Cat is on top of the c…

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Artist: Wanda Robertson
Title: Inside / Outside
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XTRA ACTIVITY!

Draw the scene outside a window in your home.

Materials you’ll need: pencil and paper

Title: I don’t know what’s for supper – I haven’t had time to read the labels, watercolor and ink drawing by artist Richard Lindner, Spencer Museum of Art Collection — Description: Cartoon of a male figure returning home, finds female figure in kitc…

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Artist: Richard Lindner
Title: I don’t know what’s for supper – I haven’t had time to read the labels
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Collect some empty toilet paper or paper towel rolls and decorate them to look like a collection of groceries like the ones you see in the picture or what you want to eat today. Is it time for dinner yet? What are we having?

Materials you’ll need: empty toilet paper or paper towel rolls, pencils/markers/paints + brushes

Optional materials: glue or tape, plain, colored, or patterned paper

Title: Lockwood Living Room, Ledoux Street, Taos, watercolor and chalk artwork by artist Ward Lockwood, Spencer Museum of Art Collection — Description: a living room in the artist’s home, with chairs, a couch or bed, a rug hanging on the wall, a win…

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Ward Lockwood
Lockwood Living Room, Ledoux Street, Taos
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Draw or paint a picture of a room where you live. Don’t forget to include your family, friends, or furry pets!

Materials you’ll need: paper and pencil

Optional materials: chalk, watercolors, pastels, paints

Title: Self-portrait in a T.V. Set #1, watercolor painting by artist Janice Atkins, Spencer Museum of Art Collection — Description: Close-up, diagonal view of a television with an elderly woman on the television screen, a brightly colored bedroom is…

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Artist: Janice Atkins
Title: Self-portrait in a T.V. Set #1
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XTRA ACTIVITIES!

Draw yourself starring in your own TV show! Download a coloring page here from the Spencer Museum of Art’s “Color Our Collections” series.

Or make your own TV like the one in this artwork from a cardboard box and put on a show! Here’s a link with instructions on how to make your TV.

Materials you’ll need: Cardboard box, pencil, tape, scissors or blade (get a grown-up to help with the cutting, please.)

Optional materials: markers or paint to jazz up your creation

Title: Librairie Lutétia, line block (photomechanical relief print), pochoir by artist Robert Bonfils, Spencer Museum of Art Collection — Description: Two women seated by a window, next to a table with a lamp and package. One is knitting a pink sock…

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Artist: Robert Bonfils
Title: Librairie Lutétia
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Do you know anyone who likes to knit? Have you ever tried it yourself? Well, here’s something fun to do even if you’ve never knitted before — finger knitting! Watch this video to learn how:

Materials you’ll need: a ball of yarn, string, or cord, and a pair of scissors

Title: Two story house with a female figure on the first floor and a male figure on balcony, painting by artist Yves Michaud, Spencer Museum of Art Collection — Description: A two-story house on a plant-filled background. On the second floor balcony…

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Artist: Yves Michaud
Title: Two story house with a female figure on the first floor and a male figure on balcony
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XTRA ACTIVITY!

You know what’s fun to do with doors when you’re at home? Hide behind them! Get everyone together and play a game of hide-and-seek!

Materials: At least one willing participant to play with and the more the merrier!

Title: Origami (Paper folding), color woodcut print by artist Miyagawa Shuntei, Spencer Museum of Art Collection — Description: Color print of three girls seated in an interior and folding paper for origami. There is a boy seated outside with his ba…

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Artist: Miyagawa Shuntei
Title: Origami (Paper folding)
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Origami is the art of folding paper into shapes to look like something else. Here’s a link with instructions for making origami fish.

Materials you’ll need: paper and scissors
Optional materials: pencil, pen, crayons and chalk

Title: Still Life / Real Life, color screen print by artist Randy Bolton, Spencer Museum of Art Collection — Description: Image created in the shape of a flag or pennant. On the top left corner there is a scroll on the wall that says, “Still Life." …

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Artist: Randy Bolton

Title: Still Life / Real Life
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Title: Real Life / Still Life
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XTRA ACTIVITY!

Draw or paint a picture of yourself with something you really like. It might be a baseball, a favorite book or game, your pet hamster, or something you can see when you look outside.

Materials you’ll need: paper and pencil
Optional materials: chalk, watercolors, pastels, paints

Then, if you have access to a smartphone and with your parent’s permission, recreate your picture as a selfie and share your photo with your friends on Instagram using this hashtag:

#psstmission

Once you upload it, it will appear here for everyone to see and share:

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Title: Mother and Children, painting by artist Edith Stephane, Spencer Museum of Art Collection — Description: a mother and her two children stand between two pots containing yellow and orange flowers. There are pink curtains behind the figures.

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Artist: Edith Stephane
Title: Mother and Children
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Do you know where your family is originally from? Maybe you have distant cousins far, far away! Ask your parents or grandparents if you can. Write a story (real or imaginary) of what it must have been like to live where your great-great-great-great grandmother lived 100 years ago. What message do you think she’d want to give to you today?

Materials you’ll need: paper and pencil

Title: The Cliff Dweller and the Corn Maiden (Girl making pottery), painting by artist Fred Kabotie, Spencer Museum of Art Collection — Description: The image is of a woman handbuilding a pot. She kneels on one knee in front of four other pots and a…

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Artist: Fred Kabotie
Title: The Cliff Dweller and the Corn Maiden (Girl making pottery)
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Want to make a pot? Watch this short video to learn two easy ways to do it! (Be sure to wash your hands before and after you work with the clay.)

Materials you’ll need: make your own clay at home (click here for a recipe), a bowl of water, a sponge, and a hard surface that you can get dirty such as piece of wood or a cutting board

Optional materials: plastic knife, pencil, toothpicks

Title: Untitled (Girl in bedroom holding clarinet), photography by artist Mark Goodman, Spencer Museum of Art Collection — Description: Black-and-white image of a girl in bedroom holding a clarinet. She is sitting on a bed with a floral pattern. The…

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Artist: Mark Goodman
Title: Untitled (Girl in bedroom holding clarinet)
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XTRA ACTIVITY!

What would you like your room to be like? Would you have it all to yourself, or share it? Would you have posters, books, musical instruments? How would you arrange the furniture? What colors would you use? Make a MINIATURE VERSION of your dream room inside a cardboard box, with furniture and accessories made from paper, cardboard scraps, and other materials you have around the house. See here for ideas and inspiration:

Materials you’ll need: shoebox or cardboard box, colored paper, scissors, tape, glue

Optional materials: fabric scraps, felt, cotton balls, buttons, popsicle sticks, toothpicks, pipe cleaners, ribbon, crayons, etc.

Title: The More we are Different, the More we are the Same, color woodcut print by artist Barbara Mason, Spencer Museum of Art Collection — Description: Ten identical brown houses stacked in a pyramid formation. The only difference is that each hous…

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Artist: Barbara Mason
Title: The More we are Different, the More we are the Same
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XTRA ACTIVITY!

What is your favorite kind of music? Make up a song or a poem about the houses in this print, or work on it together with someone else. Then recite or perform it out loud!

Materials you’ll need: paper and pencil

Optional materials: musical instrument(s), maybe a backup beat like this one:

READING LIST

For more ideas, here’s a reading list for curious kids who enjoy puzzling predicaments and sticky situations!

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Book Scavenger (Book Scavenger series) by Jennifer Chamblis Bertman
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein
The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
The Maze of Bones (39 Clues series) by Rick Riordan
The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events series) by Lemony Snicket
Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett
The Name of This Book is Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch
Floors by Patrick Carmen
Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer by Kelly Jones
Dying to Meet You (42 Cemetery Road series) by Kate Klise
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Beth's Story, 1914 (Secrets of the Manor series) by Adele Whitby

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Or listen to these books for free at
https://stories.audible.com/start-listen

• The Equinox Curiosity Shop by D. J. MacHale

• Mission Unstoppable: The Genius Files, Book 1 by Dan Gutman