Submitted by: Kate Duffy
School: Glen Allen High School
Summary
Students will demonstrate a comprehensive and sophisticated understanding of the relief printing process through the creation of an original 2 color reduction print depicting a historical figure that has advocated or was engaged in positive change. Before starting print making process, students will study artist and print maker, Käthe Kollwitz, an advocate for social justice who lived during the 20th c. in Germany. Students will look at examples of Kollwitz’s artwork identifying key components of composition and discussing the work’s ability to evoke an emotional response from the viewer. Next, students will brainstorm a list of characteristics and compose a class list of criteria (using activeengage-vote) to use when identifying and researching a rebel, radical, or revolutionary. The individuals that are identified and research will become the subject of the students’ original 2 color reduction print. Students will conclude the printmaking project by completing both a self and peer evaluation and participating in a student directed class critique.
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Approaching: Students will use a teacher provided site developed by MOMA as an introduction to print making. Students will research individual selected rebels, radicals, and revolutionaries using resources found both in the library and online to complete an Art ID in their sketchbook.
Developing: Students will discuss in small groups the characteristics that make a rebel, radical, or revolutionary. Students will then create a collaborative list of criteria to determine if an individual is a rebel, radical or revolutionary using ActivEngage. After all students have completed their original print, students will evaluate and discuss the art work in a student directed/teacher facilitated formal critique using the D.A.I.J. model.
Target: Print making is a tedious form of art making that takes patience, skill, and practice. Students will have to remain focus while both cutting their linoleum blocks and printing their image. Each step requires an understanding of the printmaking process. Students will come across issues while printing and will have to come up with solutions through trial and error. This project requires the student to constantly reflect on their process. The end goal is to acquire an edition of 5 perfect and identical prints.
Target: Students will create original works of art using the print making process. Their art will depict historical individuals who have contributed to society by making a positive change. After selecting their final piece of artwork, students must complete a self evaluation and participate in a formal class critique that is facilitated by the teacher. Student work will be displayed in a centralized location for the school community to view with the intent to evoke discussion or response from the audience.
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- Lesson Plan
- Art ID LIst
- Art Criticism PPT
- DAIJ Peer Evaluation
- Student Examples
- Kathe Kolliwitz Group Documents
- Printmaking Evaluation
