Subject: Performance: Lessons

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. On the Move The Whitney Museum of American Art To explore students' perceptions of movement and how it can be expressed in images. Make a visual diary of how you move throughout the day. Dancing Silhouettes Monique Ducroux After a dance lesson about statues, these youngsters looked at Keith Haring pictures and drew their own silhouettes on the asphalt outside their school. 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. Snapshots Kathy Kaiser Inspired by work Haring explored throughout his life, this project asks students to photograph one another and reflect upon what they see both externally and internally. The 1980s Series - Fashion 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 Fashion lesson allows students to transform old clothes, model them and reflect on the process while having fun and being creative. Hip Hop Dance Cut-Outs Heidi Shelton Emphasizing collaboration, this teacher brought in music that Keith Haring worked to when he was making art and helped her students create a mural using it as inspiration. Introduction to Keith Haring Wan Ling Li, Keith Haring/SVA Scholarship Recipient This interactive lesson helps inspire those students who seek to understand their world through music, dance, fashion and popular culture. A totally hip and fun project with extensive teacher notes to follow. Street Art Project Kevin McGroary A low-budget, exciting way to explore the function and creative process of public art while gaining a deeper understanding of Haring's work. Keith Haring Lesson Series Marion Rutten Children from the Netherlands explore a unit on Keith Haring, including Tee-shirt stamping and collaborative, mural-sized drawings. Character Traits in Fables Lisa Kelley-Connor Fourth and Fifth grade Special Education students wrote fables, created a subway mural, dance freeze cut outs, illustrations and sculptures of their characters, wrote a song and choreographed a dance for each character, and designed a web page of their work on the project. The 1980s Series - Breakdancing 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 Breakdancing lesson, in particular, allows students to translate Haring's celebrated images of dancing people into choreographed breakdancing routines. Kindergarten Mural Lauren Burg Small groups of students danced to music in the hallway, while tracing their bodies in movement poses on colored paper. They were cut out, glued onto one large sheet of paper, and outlined in black paint to brighten up our school hallway. Graffiti Project Jasmine Pasch, Jane Gledhill, and Ian Stewart A combined dance/visual art week long project, accompanied with live music and ending with a sharing, for students on the autistic spectrum. Pop Art People Jennifer Pendergast & Ms. Bessie A lesson especially designed for younger children to help them understand body proportion and construction.