Curriculum: Art

Merging ancient and contemporary art, this lesson examines the significance of mask-making in the past and present. A great starting point to larger projects, or a fast exploration for the less patient.

Exploring gesture and movement using clay, this lesson was produced by a college student majoring in Art Education.

High School students from New York City take to the streets to express their opinions, both personal and political.

An introductory lesson to Relationship Sculptures, that explores personal relationships and how these dynamics can be communicated through art.

Learn about printmaking using Haring's imagery as a starting point.

Students examine and create clay sculptures based on a special relationship they have.

Students will make casts of their own symbols using clay and plaster.

Students will learn about Keith Haring's use of symbols by examining his bold, direct lines and images and create their own.

This 7th grade class designed a stage set for their local job convention. Using Haring's bold and colorful style, they created emblems of various different occupations on large, free standing wood boards that were placed around the stage.

After being introduced to selected pieces of Keith Haring's work, students brainstormed for words and concepts that they wished to illustrate in a Haring-esque style. Attention was given to color, composition, and how well the word was illustrated by the student-artists' depiction of it.

Students from this high school in Ohio painted a pickup truck inspired by Keith Haring's style.