Categories
- Curriculum: Art | Art Criticism | Language Arts
- Age/Grade: Elementary 1 | Elementary 2 | Elementary 3 | Middle School | Above 14
- Subject: Analysis and Theory | Exhibition
- Materials: Mixed Media
- Institution: Riverbed Media
- Location: New York, New York
- Duration: 1 Class
Description
Usually lessons take a class through a project, this lesson takes a class through reflection and display, a great complement to any activity.
Objective
Children will design a bulletin board of pictures created by themselves.
Resources
See the way other classes have exhibited their Haring-inspired art work
Materials
Small bulletin board
Student artwork
Procedure
Select a small bulletin board on which to feature a child of the week.
Make and post a schedule in which each child gets one week to display their own artwork.
Child chooses and lays out selection of artwork for the bulletin board.
Extensions
Introduce the field of Curating and discuss different ways of creating themes when exhibiting art.
Introductory lesson in Curating
Discuss how selecting and organizing work affects the impression other people get when looking at it.
Seee how many different impressions you can come up with by choosing and organizing work differently.