Cakes Inspired by the Artist Wayne Thiebaud
Professions in Art Connection"The great thing about cake is it doesn't feel like work. You forget about work. Kids, adults, they all get the same look in their eye when they're decorating cakes... That's the magic right there."
Duff Goldman, Charm City Cakes
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National Core Arts Standards
Creating Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work. VA:Cr1.1.7a: Apply methods to overcome creative blocks. VA:Cr1.2.7a: Develop criteria to guide making a work of art or design to meet an identified goal. Enduring Understanding: Creativity and innovative thinking are essential life skills that can be developed. Essential Questions: 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? Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work. VA:Cr1.2.7a: Develop criteria to guide making a work of art or design to meet an identified goal. Enduring Understanding: Artists and designers shape artistic investigations, following or breaking with traditions in pursuit of creative art making goals. Essential Questions: How does knowing the contexts histories, and traditions of art forms help us create works of art and design? Why do artists follow or break from established traditions? How do artists determine what resources and criteria are needed to formulate artistic investigations? Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work. VA:Cr2.1.7a:Demonstrate persistence in developing skills with various materials, methods, and approaches in creating works of art or design. Enduring Understanding: Artists and designers experiment with forms, structures, materials, concepts, media, and art-making approaches Essential Questions: How do artists work? How do artists and designers determine whether a particular direction in their work is effective? How do artists and designers learn from trial and error? Anchor Standard 3: Refine and complete artistic work. VA:Cr2.1.7a: Reflect on and explain important information about personal artwork in an artist statement or another format. Enduring Understanding: Artist and designers develop excellence through practice and constructive critique, reflecting on, revising, and refining work over time. Essential Questions: What role does persistence play in revising, refining, and developing work? How do artists grow and become accomplished in art forms? How does collaboratively reflecting on a work help us experience it more completely? |
Mixed Media Dreamcatchers Inspired by the Lakota and Ojibwe People
Arts Integration Lesson
Audio: Ojibwe Legend of the Dreamcatcher
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Audio: Lakota Legend of the Dreamcatcher
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Baskets Inspired by the Seri People of Sonora, Mexico
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Independent Assignment: Pixelated Still Life
Paintings Inspired by Sonia Delaunay
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Visual Journal Page Assignments
Yayoi Kusama (Due )
Requirements for Visual Journal Page:
1. Background for page, representative of artist's style
2. Title: Yayoi Kusama (*stenciled)
3. Drawing of artist or photo
4. Artist life span (Year the artist was born)
5. Nationality (Country to which one belongs)
6. 4 Significant events in the artist's life
7. 5 or more symbols, pictures or images drawn or collaged on to the page that highlight or emphasize information about the artist
Resources:
Requirements for Visual Journal Page:
1. Background for page, representative of artist's style
2. Title: Yayoi Kusama (*stenciled)
3. Drawing of artist or photo
4. Artist life span (Year the artist was born)
5. Nationality (Country to which one belongs)
6. 4 Significant events in the artist's life
7. 5 or more symbols, pictures or images drawn or collaged on to the page that highlight or emphasize information about the artist
Resources: