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Conversations About Art |
| Art Criticism Activites for the Classroom |
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Conversations About Art |
| Art Criticism Activites for the Classroom |
| Overview | Activity #1 | Activity #2 | Activity #3 |
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Teaching
Guide Menu Why is that art?
That’s ugly. That’s weird. That looks stupid. This
is
how some of our students respond when discussing artwork? How do we
find
resources and activities that will interest and engage middle school
students
into conversations about artwork? This Curriculum Web has been designed
to help
art teachers create art criticism lessons to encourage students to
start using
and understanding the language of art through the use of internet
resources,
art museums, art games, and multimedia technology. To give art
teachers ideas on how they can help students use the
language of art through the process of art criticism. Understanding why we consider things art is important for the teachers and students. Students should understand how to use the art criticism process to talk about famous artworks or their own to help them look beyond the surface and think about what the entire piece art may encompass. Having that dialogue with students about their art will create new learning opportunities. The activities provided in this curriculum web will give the teachers ideas on how to engage the students into conversations about art using the process of art criticism. Incorporating technology into the curriculum web follows the NETS for Teachers standards for implementing and facilitating the use of technology into the classroom. The activities in the curriculum web were also created with the ISBE Learning Standards for Art in mind.
My
general goal is to help teachers promote and
encourage conversations about art with their students by providing art
criticism ideas for lessons. This curriculum web is intended for Learners
who are middle school art teachers looking for ways to encourage
discussion and conversation into their classroom through art criticism.
Teachers should be
familiar with elements and principles of design and the
art criticism process. They should have basic computer skills such as file
organization, saving files into
different formats, using a web browser to search for and collect
information
and images. Lesson One: The Language of Art Upon completion of this curriculum web, teachers will be able to:
Teachers will develop and delivler lesson plans based on the following activities. Activity #1: The
Language of Art In this activity you will create a lesson that introduces the students to the 4 steps of Art Criticism. For each step of the Art Critiquing process you will construct mini-lessons that will help explain each step throughly. Refer to Activity 2 for lesson ideas. Activity
#3: Critique Cube Culminating Activity:
Art Critiquing through VoiceThread
When developing our art curriculum in our school, my fellow collegues ask about creating engaging lesson to promote the use of the art criticism process. We want our students to learn how to properly look and talk about art, whether it be a famous work of art or their own. After
each activity the Learners will complete a reflection form that will
evaluate and give suggestions for the each of the activities. A feedback form
is also provided for any general comments about the Curriculum Web.
Articulation- Web Site to help teachers and students to learn how to look at art using the art elements, principles of design and the art critiquing process. Artist Toolkit- Exploring the elements and principlesArtcyclopedia- an internet guide to help search for art A Timeline of Art History- web site created by the Metropolitan Museum of Art to help search thorugh a time period or region for artist and their artwork. The Getty- Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago- Art Museum WebMuseumParis- Paul Cezanne Exhibit; Medieval art; famous paintings exhibit; a small tour of Paris Guggenheim Musuem- Art Museum in New York The Met- Art Museum MoMa- Museum of Modern Art An Art teacher's guide to using the internet
ArtLex- Online
Dictionary for visual art terminology Glossary
of Art Terms in the Visual Arts |