Hope Flags
Drawing inspiration from traditional Tibetan prayer flags, students will create their own flags symbolizing their hopes and dreams for their community. The significance of the flags in Tibetan culture will be explored through a flag-making performance task. Using the paste resist batik technique, students will explore how to create effects of texture on a 2D surface with paint.
Ad-Kids: Advertisement Posters
In this lesson, students will imagine they are art directors at an advertising agency. Their goal is to create an advertising poster that promotes a local business in their neighborhood. Students will create posters that have strong visual impact and are effectively persuasive. Using reductive printmaking as the medium, students will consider how to best compose their posters through color selection, text formatting, and use of shape, form, pattern and space.
Gee's Bend Quilt
Students will explore the significance of quilts made by women in Gee’s Bend, Alabama in African American history through visual aids and literature about this community. Using multicolor paper, students will create quilt squares showing complementary colors and geometric shapes. Final squares will be assembled into a collective quilt. The lesson will be followed up with the book Stitchin’ and Pullin’: A Gee’s Bend Quilt.