30 Second Look Strategy: Learning to Look with the National Portrait Gallery
30 Second Look Strategy: Learning to Look with the National Portrait Gallery
In this collection, we look at portraiture through the lens of the 30 second look strategy. This looking strategy allows participants 30 seconds to look at a portrait, and then turn away from the portrait and have a conversation about what they saw. This activity challenges participants to first look on their own and then have a collaborative conversation with their peers.
Visually rich portraits, with both objects and setting, are most effective when using this strategy.
Included in this collection are examples of portraits National Portrait Gallery educators have had success with when faciltiating the 30 second look while teaching in the galleries: George Washington, Men of Progress, Shimomura Crossing the Delaware
