ARAS Education

Our last but definitely not least Pioneer Teen project to share is Siena’s! Her symbol was...

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Pioneer Teen Basil’s symbol was beetle! Here is their final project and artist...

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Pioneer Teen Leanna’s symbol was tomb! Here is her artist statement:TombLeanna GomezMy symbol...

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Teen Rokaya spent her two weeks researching the symbols love/relationships/heart!Here is her artist...

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Pioneer Teen Alecia’s symbol was Hats. Her artist statement is below:Tower of HatsThroughout...

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Pioneer Teen Ishrat’s symbol was home!Here is their artist statement:HomeIshrat JahanOut of...

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Our first Pioneer Teen project that we will feature is Cedar, who returned to the program this year...

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Reflecting on our visit to the Rosemarie Beck Foundation with resident artist Georgia McGovern is...

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Welcome to ARAS Education! The collections of ARAS explore human creative expression through signs and symbols, archetypes and images of art and historical objects that span across cultures, geography and time. ARAS offers a unique opportunity to connect with symbols in art and culture through research. Students discover the world through images by exploring these ideas in both the ancient and contemporary world. The Archive includes 17,000 images of art from all over the world and from all epochs of human history, accompanied by scholarly commentary. ARAS Education will post updates about our educational programming and events, as well as share resources for educators.

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This reflection is from Pioneer Teen Leanna, talking about our trip to the Noguchi Museum in...

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Here is our blog post from Pioneer Teen Alecia about our trip to the folk art museum:“On...

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This is a reflection on our last field trip to the Morgan Library from Basil:“This Thursday...

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Here is a reflection on from Pioneer Teen Siena:“Today, we went to the Met Cloisters and saw...

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Here is a post from our Pioneer Teen Associate Cedar!“Today was our third day if the Pioneer...

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For ARAS Pioneer Teens 2023’s first day, our teens were found by their symbols under the...

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I’m Zephan, I’m an intern at ARAS, and I’m very interested in symbols, dreams, consciousness, and art that portrays those things. I feel like dreams can act as a sort of portal into the unc...

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Here are some highlights of the past six months of the ARAS Pioneer Teen Internship. Some of our activities have included free draws (including the exquisite corpses above) and free writing to fr...

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This is a blog post from one of our interns Cedar, who took part in our Pioneer Teen program this past summer: “The symbol, star, caught my attention because of how prevalent starts are in our...

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Here is a post from our intern Ethan! “Harp (Or musical instruments in general, but I focused on harps) The nobles of Ancient Egypt so deeply saw the importance of the harp (benet) that they ...

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PIONEER TEENS DAY SIX Going to the Lilac was a really great experience, I’ve never received the opportunity to see an exhibition displayed in a ship. The artwork was beautiful and was a great...

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