In this lesson, students explored the art movement, cubism, while creating a two part project. For the first part of the project, students created a cubism inspired mask using paper mache building techniques. For the second part of the project, students created an abstract painting inspired by the shapes and colors used in their mask.
The Teen Arts Festival is in the books for 2016! The annual event is held every year at Union County College and welcomes middle school and high school students from the union county area. 75 OAS 7th and 8th grade students represented the school in various disciplines including fine arts, creative writing, orchestra, and chorus. Throughout the day, students have the opportunity to attend workshops to learn more about different types of arts. Below are pictures of the artwork that was represented at the event. Congratulations to Zoe T. and Charlotte M. for being selected for the county tour!
For this project, students will research a social issue that they feel passionate about. Students will then come up with a composition, in the style of Keith Haring, to best illustrate the message behind their chosen issue. Students will then write an artist statement that explains the importance of their social issue and why they are advocating for it. Students will stay true to Haring’s style by using bold lines and active figures in a poster format. 6th Grade has studied the work of contemporary artist, Kara Walker. Walker visually represents historical narratives to tell a story. She discusses topics such as identity, race, gender and adversity in her work. Walker installs life size silhouettes that employ effective body language to convey her story. Our students have created art in the style of Kara Walker. They aimed to express a specific scene from the novel Bridge to Terabithia, which they have just completed in their language arts classes. Students were excited to retell, reshape and reimagine the story through this group project. As an extension of this lesson, students created silhouette paintings that expressed a hobby they enjoy doing. As a class, we discussed the element of art, value, and created a monochromatic color schemes of the background. Students learned how to make tints and shades as they continued to develop their fine motor skills.
In this lesson, students painted an image from nature and focused on the patterns and colors, ultimately abstracting the image. Students disguised their hand in the painting by replicating a part of the painting onto their hand. Students referenced the Chinese artist, Liu Bolin, who is known as “The Invisible Man”. Bolin paints his body to match a background or place, thus camouflaging himself. Students developed their painting skills as they focus on color mixing and color theory. |
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