Lesson Plans - Subject: Visual & Performing Arts
The Art of Photo-Collage
In this one to two-session lesson, students will be introduced to the concept of photo-collage. Photo-collages allow students to combine different pictures into one new composition. Working with photographs that have been taken or found images, students will create photo-collages as a means of creative expression.
Grades: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Medium: Mixed Media, Photography
Related Subjects: English - Language Arts, Visual & Performing Arts
Time: 2 X 50 minute sessions
Think IT, Draw IT, Make IT: Cooperative Sculpture Making
In this one-session lesson, students will identify and describe characteristics of minimalist sculpture. Students will then work in groups to create an original minimalist sculpture, using careful written and mathematic documentation.
Grades: 4, 5, 6
Medium: Drawing, Sculpture
Related Subjects: English - Language Arts, Mathematics, Visual & Performing Arts
Time: 1 X 90 minute session
Three Dimensional Portrait
In this three-session portrait lesson, students will choose characters from a recently read novel and turn two-dimensional artworks into a three-dimensional portrait that can be viewed in the round.
Grades: 6, 7, 8
Medium: Drawing, Painting
Related Subjects: English - Language Arts, Visual & Performing Arts
Time: 3 X 50 minute sessions
Time - Art and Permanence
In this three-session lesson, the students will use natural and recycled objects arranged in a plastic container to create a gelatin cast of the objects and the negative space around them. The project includes the study and documentation of gelatin changes over time.
Grades: 4, 5, 6
Medium: Mixed Media, Sculpture
Related Subjects: English - Language Arts, Visual & Performing Arts
Time: 3 X 50 minute sessions
Transforming Space
Most people are familiar with artists using traditional materials to paint and sculpt with like oil paint, stone, and clay. However, many contemporary artists have been known to use unconventional art materials.
Grades: 4, 5, 6
Medium: Mixed Media
Related Subjects: English - Language Arts, Mathematics, Visual & Performing Arts
Time: 1 X 50 minute session
