Project Gallery II - MIDDLE SCHOOL Art
With My Own Two Hands (8th Grade)
A Symbolic Self-Portrait
Project Description: This mini project will help us all get to know each other a little better. We will do a visual and written brainstorm to think about symbols that represent who we are. These images will be drawn in our hands as if we could disseminate this information about ourselves through a handshake or a high five.
Essential Question: What am I trying to communicate about myself to others through this piece?
A Symbolic Self-Portrait
Project Description: This mini project will help us all get to know each other a little better. We will do a visual and written brainstorm to think about symbols that represent who we are. These images will be drawn in our hands as if we could disseminate this information about ourselves through a handshake or a high five.
Essential Question: What am I trying to communicate about myself to others through this piece?
Fences (8th Grade)
An Immigration Study
Project Description: This is an integrated art and humanities project in which students will emerse themselves in questions around immigration. In humanities, students will we will explore the human face of immigration. Through interviews, literature circle readings, and field experiences, we will better understand the challenges and triumphs that all immigrant groups have faced. We will look at different perspectives on life in the United States from different immigrant groups. Students will learn about the history of various immigrant groups and explore how present day immigration influences our local community. In art, students will study the artist Kara Walker. They will explore silhouette art and the idea of immigrants being anonymous figures. Each student will create a silhouette of their own, but the individual silhouette tells a larger story. Stories are created by students, chosen by students, executed, displayed and exhibited publicly by students.
Essential Questions: How can art tell a story? What is immigration and how can we relate our immigration story to that of others?
An Immigration Study
Project Description: This is an integrated art and humanities project in which students will emerse themselves in questions around immigration. In humanities, students will we will explore the human face of immigration. Through interviews, literature circle readings, and field experiences, we will better understand the challenges and triumphs that all immigrant groups have faced. We will look at different perspectives on life in the United States from different immigrant groups. Students will learn about the history of various immigrant groups and explore how present day immigration influences our local community. In art, students will study the artist Kara Walker. They will explore silhouette art and the idea of immigrants being anonymous figures. Each student will create a silhouette of their own, but the individual silhouette tells a larger story. Stories are created by students, chosen by students, executed, displayed and exhibited publicly by students.
Essential Questions: How can art tell a story? What is immigration and how can we relate our immigration story to that of others?
The Footprints Project (6th Grade)
An Exhibition Project
Project Description: For exhibition, audience members will be lead to our exhibition space by enlarged symbolic footprints that the students will make in art. These symbolic portraits will represent each student and their carbon footprint. When they reach the end of this trail, they will enter a gift shop where they can browse our reclaimed gifts and learn about how to use common household items to create beautiful things. Audience members (in small groups) will then enter a room that represents what our current carbon footprint is and learn about their own footprints. They will then be lead to another room that represents what our footprints could look like if we took some steps towards improving our lifestyles and making small changes.
Essential Question: What legacy are we leaving behind on our planet?
An Exhibition Project
Project Description: For exhibition, audience members will be lead to our exhibition space by enlarged symbolic footprints that the students will make in art. These symbolic portraits will represent each student and their carbon footprint. When they reach the end of this trail, they will enter a gift shop where they can browse our reclaimed gifts and learn about how to use common household items to create beautiful things. Audience members (in small groups) will then enter a room that represents what our current carbon footprint is and learn about their own footprints. They will then be lead to another room that represents what our footprints could look like if we took some steps towards improving our lifestyles and making small changes.
Essential Question: What legacy are we leaving behind on our planet?
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It's Ok to be Different (6th Grade)
An Integrated Art, Humanities & Spanish Language Project
Inspired by Todd Parr’s, It’s Okay to Be Different
Project Description: Students will create large scale self portraits inspired by the artist and writer Todd Parr. In addition, they will do a short writing piece about their portrait. The writing will be focused on reaching a younger audience. Writing pieces will be translated into spanish. The paintings and writing will be put together in a Blurb book.
Essential Questions: What makes you unique and different?
An Integrated Art, Humanities & Spanish Language Project
Inspired by Todd Parr’s, It’s Okay to Be Different
Project Description: Students will create large scale self portraits inspired by the artist and writer Todd Parr. In addition, they will do a short writing piece about their portrait. The writing will be focused on reaching a younger audience. Writing pieces will be translated into spanish. The paintings and writing will be put together in a Blurb book.
Essential Questions: What makes you unique and different?