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Line, Color & Shape: Expression Through Abstraction with Kanani Miyamoto
Learning Target: I work collaboratively to express and generate ideas. I can share materials, help my peers and learn from my peers with new art skills.
Learning Summary: Students will explore abstract art by reflecting on their emotions and recent experiences. They will consider how abstract artists use line, color, and shape to convey feelings and create their own abstract representations of an exciting moment in their lives
Arts Standard: VA.1b.CR1.KCollaborative art making in response to problem
SEL Standard: Standard 2: Self-Management & Agency: Use management strategies to build personal and collective agency that lead to achieving goals and aspirations.
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Artist Information
- Artist: Kanani Miyamoto
- Location: Portland, OR
- Region: Northwest Oregon
- Art Medium: Visual Arts