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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
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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
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
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
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
Let’s Make a Book with Roberta Lavadour
Students will use the movement of their bodies to create marks on a sheet of paper. Following step-by-step instructions, they will use that paper to create an 8-page booklet, then explore the deconstructed marks, building on them to define objects, animals, and/or other forms and coloring them in.
Medium: Visual Arts
Line of Action with Jen Hernandez
Students will use a variety of materials and techniques to create artwork that has meaning. Students will understand and can explain how the meaning of an artwork is connected to individuals and communities. I can describe my creative process and its connection to my community.
Medium: Visual Arts
Line of Place with Jen Hernandez
Students will use a variety of materials and techniques to create artwork that communicates an idea. They will choose an idea to communicate that is unique to them or one that is collective and relates to a larger community. Students will create a composition by choosing between diverse options. They will choose safe ways to use materials and choose materials to make art that best communicate their ideas. Their work will be informed by the place they are from, which holds many stories, cultures and histories.
Medium: Visual Arts
Miró-Motions with Michele Haney
Students will observe and discuss meaning and mark making in Joan Miró's work and collaboratively create their own connections between emotions, lines and shapes. Then, students will individually create Miró inspired drawings.
Medium: Visual Arts
Observational Drawing with Rhiannon Leonard
Students will find shapes in their environment. Students will transform their bodies from a growing fiddlehead fern to a mature frond. Students will draw and design an art piece incorporating a fern.
Medium: Visual Arts
Observational Illustration with Jen Hernandez
They will choose safe ways to use materials and choose materials to make art that best communicate their ideas. Their work will be informed by the place they are from, which holds many stories, cultures and histories.
Medium: Visual Arts
Zine Making with Jen Hernandez
I can use paper and drawing tools to make a zine or mini book that tells a story. I can make things to communicate my ideas.
Medium: Visual Arts