Students are introduced to the work of American painter and printmaker Chuck Close and learn to apply math concepts and skills used by the artist to transfer photographic images to another working surface. Using photos of themselves, students will measure, grid, and reproduce their portrait as a painting or pencil rendering that may be finished later at home or in the classroom. Concepts such as ratio, percent, and area are reinforced. This is a four-part series consisting of an overview of the life and art of Chuck Close, two hands-on in-classroom sessions in which the museum presenter guides students through gridding their photographs and producing self-portraits, and a final discussion of the students' artwork and comprehension of math concepts.