Art Identity Unit
Lesson 2
The second lesson will facilitate exploration and research artists and artwork in identity as well as develop 3 concept ideas for a painting. Students will research 2-3 artists, techniques, and ideas they are interested in. As a result of their investigation, students will develop 3 concept ideas for a painting or small series of paintings.
Enduring Understandings/ Essential Questions
Enduring Understanding: Artists and designers shape investigations, following or breaking with traditions in pursuit of creative artmaking goals.
What conditions, attitudes, and behaviors support creativity and innovative thinking?
What factors prevent or encourage people to take creative risks?
How does collaboration expand the creative process?
Enduring Understanding: People develop ideas and understandings of society, culture, and history through their interactions with and analysis of art.
How does art help us understand the lives of people of different times, places, and cultures?
How is art used to impact the views of a society?
How does art preserve aspects of life?
Enduring Understanding: Individual aesthetic and empathetic awareness developed through engagement with art can lead to understanding and appreciation of self, others, the natural world, and constructed environments
How do life experiences influence the way you relate to art?
How does learning about art impact how we perceive the world?
What can we learn from our reponses to art?
National Core Art Standards
Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work
VA:Cr1.2.IIIa: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices, following or breaking established conventions, to plan the making of multiple works of art and design based on a theme, idea, or concept.
Anchor Standard 11: Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding and local contexts. VA:Cn11.1.IIIa: Appraise the impact of an artist or a group of artists on the beliefs, values, and behaviors of a society.
Anchor Standard 7: Perceive and analyze artistic work
VA:Re.7.1.IIIa: Analyze how responses to art develop over time based on knowledge of and experience with art and life
Lesson Objectives
In this lesson Students will: (1) research 2-3 artists in relation to Identity using the handout as a guide, (2) create 3 concept ideas for Final Painting in their sketchbook
Introduction
Distribute Artist Exploration handout (Attachment B) and review Sketchbook requirements( Attachment C).
Procedure
1. Distribute and go over Artist Exploration Handout (Attachment B). Students will choose at least one artist from the ones discussed in the Lesson 1 Presentation and at least one additional artist of their choosing relating to the topic of Identity. (2-3 artists total)
2. Student will record answers into sketchbook (write or print out in sketchbook). Should include pictures of pieces chosen and resources referenced.
3. Distribute and go over Sketchbook Requirements (Attachment C) and checklist.
4. Based on conversations with students offer suggestions of artists they might be interested in for their exploration.
5. After investigation/towards end hand-out rubric for final project so they can plan and create 3 concept ideas
Tools and Materials
Teacher
Distribute Artist Exploration handout (Attachment B), Sketchbook checklist & rubric (Attachment C) for students to during their research of artists.
Distribute Final Project Prompt/Rubric at the end of lesson (Attachment D)
Students
Sketchbook for research
Distribution and Clean-Up
Students are responsible for bringing their sketchbooks to every class. The teacher will distribute handouts at the beginning of class and they will also be available for download on the website.
Closure
Go over student exploration and the 3 concept drawings with students individually to check in on their level of understanding and that they are ready to continue to the final project.
Assessment
Formative Assessment: Sketchbook Check
Exploration of Artists
3 concept drawings for final
Note: There is a summative sketchbook check at the end of the unit.
Checks of sketchbook throughout unit are for the benefit of teacher and student for individual feedback and to ensure understanding of topic and/or lesson
Artists Studied
Kim Noble
Cindy Sherman
Andy Warhol
Stephen Hannock
Michael Reeder
Yinka Shonibare
Chuck Close
References
MoMA Learning. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/themes/investigating-identity/
National Visual Arts Standards at a Glance. (n.d.). State Education Agency Directors of Arts Education (SEADAE) on behalf of NCCAS