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Teach Do Ho Suh’s Fabric Installations to Your K-12 Students w/ Poetry & Visual Notetaking (Ep. 6)

Lindsey McGinnis | July 17, 2025

Check out how to bring the artist Do Ho Suh to your K-12 art classroom! Start with a brief crash course of background information about the artist and their artwork. Do Ho Suh, born in South Korea, builds elaborate recreations of past residences with hand-stitched fabric. His installations explore the blurred boundaries between cultures, homes, and memories.

Take a look at practical and engaging ways to bring Do Ho Suh to your elementary and secondary art students. Joe prompts students to consider what home means to them to illustrate their dream home. Harris guides students in a personal exploration of home to compose a short poem and try visual notetaking.

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Lindsey McGinnis

Lindsey McGinnis is AOE’s Media Content Manager and a former high school art educator. She is passionate about equipping art teachers to be successful in their classrooms and firmly believes that art is the best place for students to explore and process the challenging topics and concepts around them.

Teach Do Ho Suh’s Fabric Installations to Your K-12 Students w/ Poetry & Visual Notetaking (Ep. 6)

Lindsey McGinnis

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