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Students responded to one or more of the objects below from the White House and related collections for the "This Art Is Your Art" competition.

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RESPONSE QUESTIONS:

--What does this work reveal about its time, and what does it reveal about America today?
--Connect this painting to another work in a different medium. (Consider thinking broadly! Literature, music, architecture, film, dance…)
--Does this artist, this painting, or its subject matter challenge conventions? Why or why not?
--How does this work speak to a personal experience?
--Create a story describing what happened just before or just after the moment reflected in this painting.
--Why do you think it is important that this work is in the White House Collection?

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