Using works of art for visual literacy: A few examples

University museums staff and docents have used these three public works of art in visual literacy sessions with a variety of audiences:

 

Metal sculpture on building roof at sunset

G-Nomes (four figures) (1991), by Andrew Leicester, location: roof corners of Molecular Biology Building. Submitted image.

Audiences:

Industrial design

Animal science

World languages and cultures

Music

Chemical and biological engineering

Army ROTC

English

Botany

Apparel, events and hospitality management

Chemistry

Journalism

University Honors program

Visual arts and culture

Agronomy

Plant pathology

Biochemistry

 

 

Metal layered (green and gray) sculpture hangs from atrium ceili

Floating World (2014), by Ralph Helmick, location: Biorenewables Complex atrium. Submitted image.

Audiences:

Agricultural and biosystems engineering

Computer science

Apparel, events and hospitality management

English

Music

University Honors program

Animal science

Agronomy

Journalism

Visual arts and culture

Industrial design

History

 

 

Grant Wood painting, farm couple behind plow

"Breaking the Prairie Sod" (1937), by Grant Wood, location: Rotunda, Parks Library. Submitted image.

Audiences:

Visual arts and culture

Music

Honors

Residence department

Agricultural and biosystems engineering

Botany

Anthropology

Textiles and clothing

Apparel, events and hospitality management

Horticulture

English

Natural resource ecology and management

Materials sciences and engineering

Journalism

Army ROTC

Animal science

History

Agronomy

Agronomy Extension

Physics and astronomy

Statistics

Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities

University library

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

College of Veterinary Medicine

Ivy College of Business