Color Walk — Open Studio: Quiz

Instructions: Answer all questions based on the resource "Color Walk" by Amy Sillman.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who created the "Color Walk" art-making activity?
A) Yola Monakhov
B) Amy Sillman
C) J. Paul Getty
D) John Berens

2. According to the activity, where should you NOT go during your color tour?
A) Grocery stores
B) A museum or gallery
C) Police departments
D) Beauty parlors

3. What is the FIRST example of an obvious use of color mentioned in the activity?
A) A pink jacket
B) An orange uniform
C) Red/green/yellow of traffic lights
D) Billboards

4. What are you told to bring along on your color tour?
A) A camera
B) A notebook
C) Paint supplies
D) A sketchbook of colors only

5. In what city was Amy Sillman born?
A) New York, New York
B) Chicago, Illinois
C) Detroit, Michigan
D) Anchorage, Alaska

6. Which of the following jobs did Amy Sillman NOT hold before becoming an artist, according to the text?
A) Worked in a cannery in Alaska
B) Worked in a silkscreen factory in Chicago
C) Taught Japanese language and literature
D) Studied Japanese language and literature at NYU

7. What suggested media types are listed for this activity?
A) Painting and drawing
B) Installation art and performance art
C) Photography and sculpture
D) Printmaking and ceramics

8. What levels is this activity suitable for?
A) Beginning level only
B) Intermediate and advanced levels only
C) Beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels
D) Advanced level only

Short-Answer Questions

9. After studying color out in the world and at a museum, what are you asked to invent, and give one example of such an intervention described in the text.

10. According to the artist biography, what larger issues does Sillman's work explore?

11. Describe, in your own words, two questions the activity asks you to consider while observing color in your town.

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Answer Key

1. B) Amy Sillman
2. B) A museum or gallery
3. C) Red/green/yellow of traffic lights
4. B) A notebook
5. C) Detroit, Michigan
6. C) Taught Japanese language and literature (she studied it, per option D)
7. B) Installation art and performance art
8. C) Beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels

1. You are asked to invent interventions that can be done with color alone. Example: wearing or using color on your own body for a day in an unexpected way, or making a colored object/flag to place in a public place to signal a mysterious color message.

1. Her work explores feminism, performativity, and humor.

1. Answers may vary but should reflect ideas from the text, such as: "What colors do you like?", "How are people adorning themselves with color?", "What kinds of colorful objects are there in the world?", "What is the meaning of a man in a pink jacket or a woman in a loud orange uniform?", or "Where do we censor color?"