START WITH ART: Dusk in the Rushes (Alexandria Bay)

Welcome/welcome back! We're starting our day by examining oil painting pictured below. Take a look at the artwork then read the questions to the students/children in your life and see how starting your day with art can ignite creativity and critical thinking!

Title: Dusk in the Rushes (Alexandria Bay)

Artist: George Inness

Date: 1880

Medium: Oil on wood panel

Dimensions: 50.8 x 40.64 cm

Start with Art Questions:

• What do the colors (and the title!) tell you about the time of day? 

• What do you suppose the people in the boat are doing? 

• If you were in the painting, what sounds might you hear? What do you think you might smell? 

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