| Paper Sculpture Habitats |
Marie Antonelli, Keith Haring/SVA Scholarship Recipient |
THIS LESSON USES THE NYC BLUEPRINT LEARNING STANDARDS.
Elementary students design their own mix and matched animals, using a lesson framework that emphasizes transformation, then they create an entire ecosystem for them using 3-dimensional collage materials.
This lesson accompanies the following additional lessons:
"Clay for Fun"
"Cranimals in 3D"
"Creating a Cranimal" |
| Mixing Up Magic |
Kellie Rilla, Keith Haring/SVA Scholarship Recipient |
THIS LESSON USES THE NYC BLUEPRINT LEARNING STANDARDS.
This lesson is designed to allow students to experiment with the roles of scientists and graphic designers. Students will design a magic potion. The lesson gives students a chance to practice math and science skills such as mixing and measuring while learning about color, and design. |
| Keith Haring – New Wave Aztec |
Guggenheim Museum |
After exploring The Aztec Empire and an exhibition of original works by artist Keith Haring at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, students from throughout New York City created their own digital animations in Flash MX inspired by the works on view at the museum. |
| Research and Remedies |
Kellie Rilla, Keith Haring/SVA Scholarship Recipient |
THIS LESSON USES THE NYC BLUEPRINT LEARNING STANDARDS.
What if a cure existed for: AIDS? Hunger? Poverty? Racism? Pollution? Corruption?
What would it look like? How can knowledge or understanding function as a cure? |
| Fine Art to Animation with Keith Haring |
Ben Tegeler & Jen Deets |
These 5th Graders studied Keith Haring and the significance of his life and art on our world. After exploring elements of line and color through drawing; they then created their own morphes in the computer lab using VSEÂ’s Animation Maker. |
| Sign Language 2 (Found Object Sculpture) |
The Whitney Museum of American Art |
Sign Language 2 picks up where Sign Language 1 leaves off, helping students to develop their symbol three-dimensionally. |
| Flip Books |
Kathy Kaiser |
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. |
| Haring Inspired CD Covers |
Wan Ling Li, Keith Haring/SVA Scholarship Recipient |
Integrating art and music, this cohesive lesson seeks to teach students the fundementals of graphic design by creating their own Haring-inspired CD Covers. |
| Crayon Rubbing Flip Book |
Kellie Rilla, Keith Haring/SVA Scholarship Recipient |
THIS LESSON USES THE NYC BLUEPRINT LEARNING STANDARDS.
This flip book lesson is designed to make learning about animation a more tactile, fun experience for young learners by eliminating tracing and bringing the line to life. Students will use their hands to gradually bend and reshape a line (floral wire), while recording this experience using crayon rubbings. The sequential crayon rubbings will become frames for their flip book.
This lesson is originally designed to accompany a math lesson about closed shapes, giving students an experience with the formation of flat sides, curves, and angles. |
| The 1980s Series - Music |
The Keith Haring Foundation |
During the 1980s, music, dance, fashion, and art experienced a boom of energy and innovation. It was also during the 80s that Haring came into prominence and produced most of his signature work. This series of lessons seeks to explore the cultural and creative phenomenons of the 1980s for the youth of today. The Music lesson gives students the opportunity to create music videos using their favorite songs, implementing the use of story boards and set design. |
| Virtual Figure Sculptures |
Dan Deslaurier |
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 and envision them anywhere they want! |
| Coloring Books |
Kathy Kaiser |
An interactive project designed to carry students through our special coloring book section on our web site. |
| Subway Drawings & Semiotics |
Wan Ling Li, Keith Haring/SVA Scholarship Recipient |
Using Haring's Subway Drawings as a starting point, this project emphasizes the use of personal icons and symbols through traditional drawing as well as computer-generated graphics. |
| Teaching to Standards |
Mary Stokrocki & Marcia Buckpitt |
A joint effort between the University of Arizona's Education division and a local public school summer program, this lesson explores how some Apache students responded to Keith Haring's art using their computers as art-making tools. |
| HaringKids Guide |
Norma Burrowes |
An interactive worksheet program that will help students explore HaringKids on their own. |
| Morphs |
Kathy Kaiser |
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. |
| Keith Haring Animations |
Mark McCloskey |
Year 5 & 6 students from this school in the UK created their own computer animations. |