Students will create artwork that reflects their unique interests and qualities using various materials.
Medium: Visual Arts | Grade: 2nd Grade
Arts, Care & Connection Learning Module Library
A partnership with Arts for Learning NW (ALNW) and the Oregon Department of Education
Art is Everywhere: Sketchbook/Scrapbooks with Elisabeth Herrera Very
Students will use a variety of non-traditional materials to create a sketchbook or scrapbook to explore their personal ideas. Students will continue to develop their unique point of view and identity as developing artists.
Medium: Visual Arts | Grade: 1st Grade
Artistic Forms & Structures: A Creative Exploration with Mia Bonilla
Students will explore and create paper sculptures, using various forms and structures to express their personal ideas and emotions.
Medium: Visual Arts | Grade: 5th Grade
Basquiat Crowns (Graffiti Art) with Michele Haney
Students will observe and discuss imagery in Basquiat work, write identity statements using sentence frames, and apply their learning through a drawing on paper.
Medium: Visual Arts | Grade: 5th Grade
Big Picture vs. Little Picture with Mika Martinez
Students will explore how what they see influences their initial perception of that moment, the people in or connected to what they see, and how that changes when more information is made available. By the end of the lesson, students will understand how an artist's choice impacts their thoughts and feelings about themselves and others.
Medium: Visual Arts | Grade: 5th Grade
Book Inspired Dance with Nicole McCall
Using things found in the world around them (a book), students will make observations and then improvise moves that feel connected to their source inspiration. Developing creativity in dance requires experimentation and exploration using a variety of sources as inspiration for movement to represent personal and/or symbolic meaning.
Break It Down- Drawing with Shapes with Kristi Riedel
Students will learn to break down complex drawings into familiar shapes and discuss applying this technique in other areas of problem-solving.
Medium: Visual Arts | Grade: Kindergarten
Character Creation with Julia Cuppy
Students will use the "3 Bs" - Breath, Brain, and Body - to create an imagined character that interacts with an environment.
Medium: Theatre | Grade: Kindergarten
Character Expression with Tony Fuemmeler
Through games, observation, drawing, and discussion, students will name a number of emotions and find ways these feeling can be expressed and understood in their body and the bodies of others. They will further develop their ideas by creating an imagined character in their body.
Clorotipia: Imprimiendo con Sol y Hojas (Chlorotype: Printing with Sun and Leaves) with Christi Zorrilla & Gonzalo Benavente
Students will explore the artistic process using only drawing, sunlight and tree leaves. Students will learn to select and use materials safely and effectively, choosing those that best communicate their ideas.
Medium: Visual Arts | Grade: 4th Grade
Collaborative Paper Making with Romana Sena
Students will work together to create recycled paper using their past work from the classroom.
Medium: Visual Arts | Grade: 4th Grade
Collage with Erica Edwards
I can create a collage that reflects how I see myself and the world around me. Students will learn how to create a collage that reflects how they see themselves and the world around them. They will explore different materials, colors, and images to represent their personal identities, emotions, and experiences. By combining these elements, students will visually communicate their thoughts, feelings, and perspectives on their surroundings. This project will encourage creativity and self-expression, helping them reflect on their identities and how they interact with the world.
Medium: Visual Arts | Grade: 3rd Grade
Color Magic with Kawika Kalama
Students will create dioramas of reused materials to showcase one of their sacred spaces. Students will develop, explain, and investigate opportunities to be curious, open-minded, and think critically across situations and environments. They will identify a feeling or emotion associated with a place that is sacred to them or a larger community they are a part of. Students will then identify, define, and recognize the choices and contributions in promoting personal, family, and community well-being.
Medium: Visual Arts | Grade: 4th Grade
Color Magic with Will Paradis
Students will learn the different color making possibilities there are using only the primary colors and white. Students will learn how they can use color mixing to create ideas and stories for paintings.
Medium: Visual Arts | Grade: 2nd Grade
Colorful Emotions with Mia Bonilla
Through the use of colorful shapes and expressive art-making, kindergarten students in our class develop important socio-emotional skills. By exploring emotions through creativity, children strengthen their social awareness and build meaningful connections with their peers and themselves. This activity serves as a foundation for lifelong emotional well-being and interpersonal relationships.
Medium: Visual Arts | Grade: Kindergarten
Construye Un Cuento (Build a Story) with Valentina Ortiz
Students will identify with the character of the story through basic research and body movements. There will be a closing reflection about how important it is that a person has unique authentic stories, how it is crucial to listen to other persons´ unique stories, and how listening to our different versions brings us together as a community.
Contando Y Sintiendo Sin Palabras with Luciana Proaño
Students willl learn to feel comfortable in their body regardless of what they are expressing.
Medium: Dance | Grade: Kindergarten
Crafting Community Through Storytelling with Orion Bradshaw
Students will investigate, self-reflect, and share their personal stories in various ways - while also practicing deep listening, observation, and collaboration processes to create and share a variety of stories about individual and communal identities, culture, interests, and concerns.
