American Acrostics: Milton Avery and John Sloan
Exhibitions & Events
To celebrate the last month of Made in the USA, we’ve asked Phillips staff to create acrostic poems for works in the exhibition. We’ll feature some of our favorite submissions over the next few weeks.
In this post, Specialist for School, Outreach, and Family Programs Andrea Kim Taylor tries to get inside the head of a young woman writing at a desk and William Spates, Museum Assistant, gets thoughtful about one of his favorite paintings.
Milton Avery, Girl Writing
Under the influence of inspiration
She stops to empty her mind
And struggles for expression
Andrea Kim Taylor, Specialist for School, Outreach and Family Programs
Milton Avery, Shells and Fishermen, 1941. Oil on canvas, 24 x 36 1/8 in. The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, Acquired 1943
John Sloan, Clown Making Up
Unfulfilled
Survivor
A lifetime of stories to share
William Spates, Museum Assistant
