Summary: Teenagers will explore their identity on personal and cultural levels investigating and expressing an aspect of teen life through creative arts.
Description: Students research and explore and analyze various artists and styles. They will brainstorm teenage interests, values and issues collecting images that symbolize them. Online discussions involving students from different countries will explore national identities and common interests. They will combine ideas and images creating a mural that will convey meaning and represent aspects of their identity. For example, students would research contemporary artists, silhouettes and graffiti art. Using these as starting points the students will create art individually and in groups. The result may be a mural combining personal graffiti with silhouettes depicting teenagers. The artwork will be shared using the web, mail and project event.
- Facilitator(s): Stephen_MacKinnon
- Country: Canada
- Facilitator(s): Mary-Louise_Olajos
- Country: Canada
- Languages: English
- Student Age Level: 12-14, 15-18
- Contributions: Awareness and respect for other cultures, and knowledge of self and others.
- Outcomes:
Students will learn drawing techniques, gain knowledge of principles of design and symbolic meaning, learn ways to express concerns, concepts and creating awareness of self and others on an individual, local and international level, gain knowledge of contemporary artists Be able to identify style, content, and technique in the art works studied, and speculate on each artist’s intent, research Group work, and complete a Mural combining silhouettes and graffiti art.
- Related Links:
Project Discussion Forum
Project Media Album
Tagging My World Website