Abstraction & Ourselves: Education Resources

Welcome! This resource page provides artist information, themes, discussion prompts, videos, readings, and wall texts related to the exhibition.

Abstraction & Ourselves is organized by Jill Ahlberg Yohe, the CAT’s Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art. The exhibition was made possible by generous loans and support from Art Bridges. We also thank Bockley Gallery and the Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Exhibition page
Docent portal
CAT library catalogue

Discover more about each artwork. Click on an image below to see exhibition texts and additional resources.

  • Edith Carlson

  • Claire Falkenstein

  • Claire Falkenstein

  • Helen Frankenthaler

  • Dyani White Hawk

  • Petr Hora

  • Jin Jeong

  • Rita Letendre

  • Stanislav Libensky and Jaroslava Brychtova

  • Stanislav Libensky and Jaroslava Brychtova

  • Stanislav Libensky and Jaroslava Brychtova

  • Thando Ntobela

  • Georgia O’Keeffe

  • Howardena Pindell

  • Vladimir Prochazka

  • Roberta Silva

  • Joan Snyder

  • Patricia Treib

  • Steven J. Yazzie

  • Udo Zembok

  • Udo Zembok

  • Toots Zynsky

Watch

Stanislav Libensky & Jaroslava Brychtova - Voices of Contemporary Glass 
Corning Museum of Glass

Helen Frankenthaler in her studio, 1967 | From the Vaults 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Joan Snyder, Roxy Red Fugue 
Smarthistory

Kirk Varnedoe on Abstract Art, 1950s–2000s, Part 1
National Gallery of Art Talks

The Library

Did you know the CAT Library is free and open to the public? It offers a focused collection of books and periodicals that support the ideas and practices explored through CAT’s programming.

For each exhibition, we highlight a selection of books that expand on its themes, artists, and contexts. Search by artist name or keywords, and browse the collection in person or online by following the link below.

Library catalogue
  • Red book cover featuring a woman from behind with long dark hair wearing jeans and a white shirt reaching above her head.

    Ana Mendieta: Earth Body

    Olga Viso

  • A book cover with a light blue border and an image of hands painting flowers.

    Re/sisters: A Lens on Gender and Ecology

    Alona Pardo (Editor)

  • A dark blue book cover with the image of a house, red text at top says "Spirit" and below "House".

    Spirit House

    Veronica Roberts (Foreword by), Aleesa Pitchamarn Alexander (Editor), Pao Houa Her (Text by), Tuan Andrew Nguyen (Text by), Maia Cruz Palileo (Text by), Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Text by), Catalina Ouyang (Text by), Kathryn Cua (Text by), Tai Thy (Text by)

Group of people talking and observing artwork inside an art gallery with blue walls.

Docent Portal

Resources are available to support classroom learning before and after your visit, including exhibition guides, discussion prompts, and curriculum connections.

Docent Portal

Featured at top: Stanislav Libensky and Jaroslava Brychtova, Blue Concretion, 1966, glass and armature, 97 1/2 x 80 x 36 1/4 in. Collection of Cafesjian Art Trust Museum. 2025.160.8. 

Images of artworks are reproduced for educational and non-commercial purposes. Copyright remains with the artist, estate, or respective rights holder.