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Duration: 1 - 2 Classes
Small
Using Keith Haring's book, BIG, Children will write and illustrate all the words they know for the word small.
Morphs
This lesson, similar to our Flip-Book lesson, is designed for children to explore movements and perform them as the different characters in Haring's work, emphasizing transitional poses and personal expression.
Flip Books
This lesson, similar to our Morphs lesson, is designed for children to examine the visual quality of movement in Haring's work, emphasizing sequence and time.
Bio
Along with defining Keith's goals and strategies for his life as an artist, children will consider their own aspirations and strategies necessary to attain their goals.
Drawing Movement
This local New York City school used Keith Haring's art to inspire a lesson on expressing movement in drawing.
Pop Art People
A lesson especially designed for younger children to help them understand body proportion and construction.
Marbling a la Haring
Using the process of paper marbling, this teacher has found a way to help students deconstruct and compose their own abstract compositions.
3D Paper-Edge Figure Sculptures
A fun and informative introduction to the art of Keith Haring and an opportunity for students to design and build their own paper figure sculptures!
Haring Mural
Illinois 3rd Graders learned about Keith Haring and then created a mural together, with Haring as our inspiration.
Creating a Personal Symbol
After studying the work of Keith Haring, these high school students created their own personal symbols on woodblocks. The symbols were then printed on to an item of clothing and incorporated into a banner.
Line & Expression – 3D
An activity provided by the Art Gallery of Ontario designed to help students understand meanings and representations of symbols and to synthesize 2-dimensional imagery into 3-dimensional forms
Signs of Everyday Life
Keith Haring was interested in how signs are used in many different cultures, from Egyptian hieroglyphics to contemporary advertising on the city streets. He often signed his artwork with a "radiant baby" sign instead of his name. This lesson seeks to explore the signs around us, and to create our own.