Charles Burchfield loved symbols and pictograms – though he didn’t always call them that. As Curator and Burchfield Scholar, Nancy Weekly coined as his audio-pictograms or his famous Conventions of Abstract Thought. These symbols appear in many of Burchfield’s works to describe or suggest a thought, idea, feeling, or even an object. Our education team created this activity for you to play with the question – what symbols would you use to create a self-portrait? Learn to use commonly known symbols to create a new meaning or come up with wild and new symbols of your own!