Get Creative: Textured Impressions
Work with lines and simple shapes to make a picture of a person, place, or thing that is important to the lives of people in your community.
Read About it
The Textured Impressions resource has been adapted from The Artist’s Studio at the Library, a collaboration between Chicago Public Library and the Art Institute of Chicago. Explore the below children’s books selected by Chicago Public Library (CPL) librarians to complement the study of Elizabeth Catlett and her art. Take a Closer Look at Catlett’s life and art in this additional resource.
Lift Every Voice and Sing
Written by James Weldon Johnson
Illustrated by Elizabeth Catlett
Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters
Written by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Illustrated by Stephen Alcorn
Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras
Written and Illustrated by Duncan Tonatiu
