Following are some suggestions for providing closure to this resource.

• Revisit the activity in the first section that explored the question “What is art?” and review the students’ definitions. Ask the class if they still agree with their initial definition of art. If not, how would they revise it?

• Do you agree with the statement “Everything is art?" Why or why not? Organize a class debate around this topic.

• What roles do the following people play in deciding why something is art:

      an artist
      a museum curator
      an art historian
      an art critic
      an art viewer/audience

• Review all the images again, then ask students to select artworks based on the following criteria:
     
      Which artwork(s) do you like the most?
      Which are the most interesting?
      Which are the most challenging?

Discuss how each of these questions led to different types of choices.

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