The Shape of Our Caregiver
Caley Cook
Moline Elementary-Riverview Gardens School District
�8th Year of Teaching
Bachelor's of Science in Art Education and a minor in Spanish from SEMO
Master’s of Learning, Teaching and Curriculum with an emphasis in Art Education from Mizzou
Student Artistic Investigation Examples and Artist Statements
Student Artistic Investigation Examples and Artist Statements
Objectives and Standards
1. Students will create a meaningful artwork about a caregiver of their choice after completing an artistic investigation about their caregiver.
2. Students will observe and discuss the work of Tschabalala Self and Henri Matisse.
3. Students will participate in a VTS discussion.
4. Students will demonstrate quality craftsmanship while creating their artwork about a caregiver.
5.Students will discuss the meaning of their work and their artistic choices with an artist statement.
1. VA:Cr1A..5 Combine ideas to generate an innovative idea for art-making.
2. VA:Cr3A.5 Create artist statements using art vocabulary to describe personal choices in artmaking.
3. VA:CrB.5 Demonstrate quality craftsmanship through care for and use of materials, tools, and equipment.
�4. VA:Re.7A.5 Compare one's own interpretation of a work of art with the interpretation of others.
5. VA:Cn10.1.5a Apply formal and conceptual vocabularies of art and design to view surroundings in new ways through art-making.
What Is Assessed
Artist Investigation�Cr1.15a |
Abstract Monoprint (Background) Cr2B.5 |
Collograph Print�Cr2B.5 |
Shape�Cr1.15a |
Completed Artwork |
Artist Statement Cr3A.5�Cn10A.5 |
Responding to an Artwork�Re7A.5 |
VTS�Re7A.5 |
Vocabulary
Symbol�Layer�Craftsmanship�Collage
Overlap
Organic Shapes
Geometric Shapes�Artist Investigation�Collagraph�
Printmaking�Monoprint�Collagraph Plate�Brayer�Ink�Proof�Transfer
Lesson Plan Sequence
Day 1: VTS, Project Introduction and Vocabulary Review
Day 2: Shapes and Venn Diagram
Day 3: Artist Investigation
Day 4 and 5: Finish Artist Investigation, Draw Objects, Cut Out Objects, Assemble and Make Collagraph Plate:
Day 6: Monoprint Day
Day 7: Another Monoprint Day If Needed�Day 8: Printing Day
Day 9: Artist Statement
Day 1�VTS
I can be apart of a discussion about an artwork.
Day 2
I can compare and contrast two artworks by two artists.
Venn Diagram
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2.
Henri Matisse, Le Lanceur De Couteaux, 1947, The Menil Collection.
Henri Matisse
Information about Matisse is from Art of Education
Henri Matisse, La Gerbe, 1953. Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Tschabalala Self, Racer, 2018. Thierry Goldberg Gallery
Tschabalala Self, BB, 2019. Pillar Corrias.
Tschablala Self is 33 years old and is from New York. She explores the significance of the traditional images of the black female body in contemporary culture. She uses simple line drawings and shapes. She is working as an artist and her work is shown all over the world.
Day 3
I can complete an artist investigation in order to combine ideas to create art.
I can create an original artwork that represents a caregiver.
Symbols
A symbol is recognizable object that stands for something or represents something.
Essentially, we are creating a symbol to represent a caregiver.
Teacher Example
Day 4-8
Artist Investigation
Identify four items to draw
Draw, cut out, assemble, trace, and create collagraph plate
Monoprint
Collagraph Print
Day 9
Artist Statement
An artist statement is an opportunity for an artist to explain what their artwork means. They can also talk about what they were thinking when they created their artwork.
I can create an artist statement that describes my personal choices in artmaking.
Your Artist Statement
Who did you pick?
Why is this person important in your life?
What color(s) did you use in your painting? Why?
What objects did you draw and why?
The caregiver I selected was _______________________.
I picked this person because ____________________________. I used ________ for my monoprint because ______________________. The objects I drew that made up my shape were _________________________________________.
I picked these objects because____________________.
The caregiver I selected was my aunt.
I picked this person because she has always been
supportive of me. She is always willing to pick up the phone when I call. I
used bright colors because bright colors are her
favorite. She really loves purple, so I made sure to include purple in my mono print.
The objects I drew that made up my shape were _my little pony, change, a book, and a flower.�
I picked these objects because we have an inside joke
with My Little Pony. She is particular like paying with exact change, and she is thoughtful when she sends books and flowers.