Folk Art -- Issue 30 -- July 22-28
This week's standards: Students identify works of art as belonging to particular cultures, times and places. (Visual Arts) Students understand how an artist’s experiences influence the development of specific artworks. (Visual Arts)
Activities:
- Create a different setting for a newspaper photo. Cut out a person from a photograph in the newspaper. Paste the person on a blank piece of paper. Now draw a new scene around the person. Write a sentence telling about your new picture.
- Make lists of unusual items that folk artists might use to create sculptures. Look in the newspaper to find objects in three different categories: hardware, food, sports equipment. Cut out pictures of items and paste each set on a separate piece of paper. Now give your papers to family members or friends and challenge them to draw a picture using the items.
- Look at the weather map in today's newspaper. What areas of the country might face thunderstorms? What areas will be safe?
- Look at the different art in today’s Mini Page. What materials were used by folk artists to create (a) animals, (b) people and (c) transportation?
- Use resource books and the Internet to learn more about folk artists. Select one artist to investigate. Use these questions to guide your research: What was the artist’s regular job or career? What materials does the artist like to use? What subjects does the artist like to portray? How did the artist get started? Where is the artist’s work on display?
(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)
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