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ART OUTSIDE developed for 11-15 year
olds, ideal group size 10-15 students A class that explores where art exists in our everyday environments, outside of art museums and galleries. How can we think critically about our surroundings and develop a voice within our everyday environment? Skills to be Covered: Environmental awareness, Media
Literacy, Critical Thinking/ Analyzation, Journaling/Sketchbook Keeping,
Creative Writing
Week 1: Class Introduction Present overview of class, themes and questions. Discussion: What is
traditional art (Painting, Sculpture, Photography)? What is nontraditional
art (comic books, zines, Activity: Class takes
an “art walk” and documents in sketch books and with shared
disposable cameras (if available). Students look Week 2: Found Art & Collage Discussion: History of Found Art and Collage, show examples (Marcel Duchamp, Robert Rauschenberg, and Hannah Hoch). Discuss how objects and images carry meaning. Activity: Using old
magazines, sketchbooks, scissors and glue, students make collage self
portraits. Focus on color, collage images and materials, and experimentation.
Finish up project at home to present next class. Week 3: Street Art Discussion: Brainstorm what types of art we can find in the street (murals, graffiti, posters). Debate/discuss whether graffiti is art or vandalism. Show examples (Diego Rivera, street poetry, Bansky). Activity: Students
think and write in their journals about their voice on the streets. How
do they feel, what do they want to say? Develop a poem, image or message.
Go to a public playground and create chalk “mini murals”. Week 4: Comics Discussion: What are the different types of comics (political, action, editorial, the funnies)? Show examples (Maus, Charlie Brown, Spiderman, the Boondocks, newspaper comics). Analyze comic techniques (use of boxes, black lines, cross hatching, thought bubbles, character development, pacing). Activity: Students
develop a short comic based on the theme “My Park in Summer”.
Character development, quick sketches to figure out story, final version
is on nice paper and presented next class. Week 5: Advertising Discussion: How does advertising affect us? What are the “subtexts” of advertisements? What questions can we ask to analyze and think critically about ads? What are common themes in advertisements? Show and analyze examples (magazine ads, Adbusters). Activity: Students
page through magazines and select an ad to analyze and discuss. Students
complete an ad analyzation worksheet and present their findings to the
class. Week 6: Zines Discussion: History of Zines and Self-Publishing. Brainstorm types of zines (music, poetry, political, food, fashion, youth issues) and look at a wide variety of zines. Activity: Students reflect on class and look back in their sketchbooks. Each student creates a page for a class collaborative zine, the theme is “Art Is...”. Student also learn a book binding technique and create small journals.
Please note this curriculum can be adjusted for a wide age range (ages 10-adult) and accomodate a small or larger time scale. The class was originally developed for Youth In Action at the ECO (Environmental Community Outreach) Center in the Mission District in San Francisco and taught over Summer 2002 to an awesome group of young artists. Also note this is a brief overview of the curriculum. Each class represents one week (two 1 1/2 hour workshops). The accompanying class materials (worksheets, handouts, etc.) are not included. Field trips were scheduled accordingly.
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