<p>Get to know <strong>Loïs Mailou Jones</strong> (1905-1998), an influential American artist, designer, and educator. Over her 75 year artistic career she designed fabrics, painted the world around her, assembled collages, and created bold paintings about African American history and culture. Jones taught thousands of student artists at Howard University and inspired many generations of black artists.</p>

<p>Have you ever imagined what it would be like to step inside a sparkling diamond? Get to know Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian an Iranian artist known for creating glittering, geometric mosaics of mirror, metal, and glass. As an artist, Farmanfarmaian made art that reflected the two countries that she lived in: Iran and the United States.<br></p> <p dir="ltr"><em><strong></strong><strong>Get to Know Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian </strong>is a part of HIRSHHORN KIDS <strong>We Speak: The Art of Becoming</strong> and <strong>About the Artist</strong> series. About the Artist biographies are designed for kids under age 12. Modern and contemporary artists' lives reflect recent human history ​and events. Sharing these life stories and artworks can help kids see their own potential and better understand the world and their place in it. It is our goal to inspire future generations of artists, makers​, and creative problem solvers—sharing artists stories is one way Hirshhorn KIDS realize this goal.</em><br></p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Use it in the classroom to teach:</strong><br></p> <p dir="ltr">Art classroom: Mosaics, Geometric Shapes</p> <p dir="ltr">Language Arts classroom: Biography<br></p> <p dir="ltr">Social Studies classroom: 20th century, Iran</p>