This resource provides a menu of self-directed art-making challenges, each of which relates to a work of art in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts collection. Give your students voice and choice as they investigate authentic works of art and work to develop a visual language, convey complex ideas, and solve problems creatively.    

Students will learn about stop-motion, animation, GIF art. Students will look at contemporary artists who create artistic stop-motion GIFs. Students will then design their own stop-motion GIFs based on an aspect of their personal identities.