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D.S. Kinsel and Quaishawn Whitlock

D.S. Kinsel is an award-winning artist, creative entrepreneur, and agitator based in Pittsburgh. He joins Quaishawn Whitlock, Artist Educator at The Warhol and frequent collaborator, for a dynamic conversation exploring Jean-Michel Basquiat’s…

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Jean-Michel Basquiat stands smiling on a street in New York.

Acetate Collage

In this activity, you will learn how Andy Warhol combined photography, collage, silkscreening, and drawing to create a more “collaged” look and feel in some of his commissioned portraits in…

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Close-up of a man's hands holding paper ready to make a collage.

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Sarah Huny Young on Basquiat, the Black Body, and Truth-Telling in Art

Sarah Huny Young is an award-winning visual artist and cultural producer based in Pittsburgh. She joins Petra Floyd, Artist Educator at The Warhol, for a critical conversation exploring Andy Warhol’s Polaroid…

Time Capsules

This instructional video explores the making of one of Andy Warhol’s Time Capsules. During the latter part of his life, Warhol created over 600 Time Capsules by collecting and storing…

This image depicts Andy Warhol's time capsules as they are displayed in the Warhol archives. Neat rows of brown cardboard boxes, all the same size, are lined up on metal shelves. On some of the boxes, tape is visible, or there is writing in black sharpie noting the date that the time capsule was sealed.

Shadow Painting

Warhol’s colorful, abstract Shadow paintings from the 1970s are the inspiration for this simple art activity. Using a task lamp and objects around the house, we cast and trace shadows, then…

A woman outlines a shadow using a black marker.

Gold Leafing

Andy Warhol often used gold leaf and other gilding materials to apply shiny, metallic surfaces and embellishments to his works of the 1950s. This video explores Warhol’s exposure to the…

Hands shown demonstrating how to use gold leafing material.

Vintage Valentines

Show your love this Valentine’s Day by making vintage valentines in the style of Andy Warhol, using his drawing and rubber stamping process. In this short video, you will also…

greeting card with two children holding a sign that reads stop stringing me along, be my valentine

Making It: Stamping and Wrapping Paper

This short video from the museum’s learning department offers a simple demonstration on how to make fun and festive wrapping paper inspired by Warhol’s stamping technique, adapted for home use…

View from above of desk with scissors and cardboard.

Julia’s Flowers

This short video from the museum’s Learning and Public Engagement Team offers a simple demonstration on how to make flower crafts in the spirit of Julia Warhola, Andy Warhol’s mother,…

Can of soup with flowers made from cray paper sprouting from the top.

Mail Art and Artist Trading Cards

Connect and collaborate with projects inspired by Warhol’s creative correspondence with fellow artist and friend, Ray Johnson. Mail art, Johnson’s artistic practice, began in the 1950s and used the postal service as a way to engage…

View from above showing a desk with pencils, markers, paper.

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