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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. Signs of Everyday Life The Whitney Museum of American Art 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. Making Masks Gonzalo Fuenmayor, Keith Haring/SVA Scholarship Recipient 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. Haring Lampshades Martin Richerzhagen These students from Germany participated in a competition to design Haring-inspired lampshades. A Haring Production Martin Richerzhagen 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. A Haring Event Nancy Williams & Marilyn Morgan This school in New Jersey hosted a "Dine with Your Child" afternoon, complete with Haring-inspired hallway decorations and home-made tee-shirts. LIVE OUT LOUD celebrates PRIDE WEEK at Washington Irving High School Leo Preziosi, Jr. High School students in the YMCA Teen Action Program at Washington Irving collaborated with Live Out Loud and professional artists, to celebrate the end of their PRIDE week by using art to express their ideas. Sign Language 1 The Whitney Museum of American Art Students explore signs and vocabulary linked to the work of Keith Haring. The Story of Red and Blue- ART The Keith Haring Foundation This spontaneous explorative project allows students of all ages to open up and make free associations with positive results. Designing a Bus Stop Martin Richerzhagen This lesson, sent in by an 8th grade class took their art outside, and painted bus shelters throughout the city of Zell in Germany. One is inspired by our favorite artist, Keith Haring. Haring Placemats Martin Richerzhagen Sent in by a school in Germany, this class created the perfect Haring-style table settings. Posters with a Message I Lea Basile Lazarus Offering students the possibilities to express their thoughts and concerns, this project outlines a structure to help students make public posters with important messages in a bold and straightforward manner, similar to some of the work Haring did during his lifetime 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. Colour Vera Teschow Keith Haring's art places a lot of impact on shape and colour. This lesson enables learners to see the imact of colour within an artwork. Hip Hop, Skip, and Jump The Whitney Museum of American Art This program was designed to be a take-home activity for children in conjunction with the exhibition of Keith Haring's work at the Whitney Museum in New York City. Keith Haring Inspired Drawing & Sculpture Children's Village Boys from Children's Village learn about Keith Haring's work, and make their own drawings and sculptures inspired by his style and sensibility. Drawings & Collage Valerie Kerwin Sent in by the YMCA in Sarasota, FLorida, this lesson explores the use of multiple figures in the medium of collage. Posters for a Charity Wan Ling Li, Keith Haring/SVA Scholarship Recipient This insightful lesson combines ethics with art, allowing students to consider the social and political climate they live in, and to take positive action by creating posters that inspire awareness and change. Lady Liberty Maura Walsh This wonderful project celebrates freedom and Keith Haring at the same time, while helping students to understand what makes this country so unique and special. Haring All Over Jennifer Pendergast & Ms. Bessie A lesson that focuses on pattern and design through line and color. The teacher, a fellow Haring fan, used many of the images on our site to inspire her students. The finished products were photographed and made into a book. It's All in the Line! David Butler Inspired by Keith Haring's line, these middle school students from Texas created very colorful art filled with all different kinds of line. Take Colour to the Street Maarten Vranckx Pupils make paintings on big wooden panels that are placed on the sidewalk. Mural to Music 1 The Whitney Museum of American Art Ask your students to make a collaborative mural drawing to music, using their invented sign language, their imagination, and their responses to the music. Line & Expression - 3D Art Gallery of Ontario An activity provided by the Art Gallery of Ontario designed to help students understand meanings and representations of symbols and to synthesize 2-dimentional imagery into 3-dimensional forms. Haring In Motion Magnets Christie Crittenden Students paint a Haring portrait in motion and then transfer the image onto a shrink film magnet. Pop Shop 1 - Symbol Making The Keith Haring Foundation Students will learn about Keith Haring's use of symbols by examining his bold, direct lines and images and create their own. Symbols & Signs Art Gallery of Ontario An activity provided by the Art Gallery of Ontario, this lesson seeks to help children identify and express their emotions through lines and symbols, just as Keith Haring did. Haring Art Truck Meeghan Humphrey Students from this high school in Ohio painted a pickup truck inspired by Keith Haring's style. Gesture Drawing Sarah Laing Gesture drawings, inspired by Keith Haring. To introduce students to the artwork of Keith haring. To expose them to the Art Term "Gesture". Book of Little Things Lea Basile Lazarus Although initially used as an adjunct to a larger scale lesson, this activity provides much potential when used with Keith Haring's book, NINA'S BOOK OF LITTLE THINGS, which allows for interactive visual and conceptual activities. Small Kathy Kaiser Using Keith Haring's book, BIG, Children will write and illustrate all the words they know for the word small. Painted Chairs Martin Richerzhagen This lesson, sent in by a class in Germany, is a great project to help brighten up any classroom by painting the furniture, Haring-style. Figures, Joints and Movement unknown Design a painting composition using the linear style of Keith Haring to create figures showing movement and how they bend. Keith Haring?s clean, simple, linear style will be assimilated as well as the use of his bright colors as students discuss the human body?s joints enabling movement. Designing Objects The Katonah Museum of Art Using a project framework similar to that of Keith Haring's, children can explore the possibilities of designing a personally customized watch, bicycle, and car, using the templates provided. Ten Kathy Kaiser Using Keith Haring's book, TEN as a starting point, children will learn to quantify and visually depict numbers. A Poster for Leistungsschau 2006 Martin Richerzhagen A 10th grade in Germany designed Haring-inspired posters to promote a local exhibition. Tabletop Graffiti Mural Valerie Kerwin When an art teacher from a YMCA in Florida decided to clean up her shabby tables and teach her students about graffiti art, she decided to combine the projects and revive the tables with art! A strong emphasis on collaboration and cooperation led to a classroom full of personalized furniture. Marbling a la Haring Erin Tapley Using the process of paper marbling, this teacher has found a way to help students deconstruct and compose their own abstract compositions. Clay Alphabet Sculpture Scenes Dan Deslaurier A fun and informative introduction to the art of Keith Haring and an opportunity for students to sculpt their own clay letters! Haring Mobiles Tina McDermott This lesson was sent to us by a school in New Jersey whose students designed and constructed their own Haring-inspired hanging mobiles. A great extension to lessons involving the figure and movement. Keith Haring and Aborignal Art David Butler Inspired by both Haring's line and the artwork of the indigenous people of Australia, Aborigines, the students from this school in Texas created distinctly patterned portraits using markers and paint. Window Mural Kimber Garrett A teacher's account of her "Nutcracker Mural" done in the style of Keith Haring's characters in a local storefront window. Line and Expression - 2D Art Gallery of Ontario An activity provided by the Art Gallery of Ontario designed to teach children about Keith Haring's art, specifically his art-making methods and his use of line and shape to create a symbolic language. A Book About Heart Lara McBride An explorative lesson that stimulates language skills while aiding in the development of social and emotional awareness. Children Respond to Keith Haring's Work City Gallery Wellington Using the Keith Haring exhibition as a starting point in their Education and Outreach programming, City Gallery helped children be inspired by and respond to Haring's work. Mural to Music 2 The Whitney Museum of American Art Ask your students to make a collaborative mural drawing to music, using their invented sign language, music, using their invented sign language, music logos, imagination, and their responses to the music. 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. Banners with a Message II Lea Basile Lazarus Using the "Posters with a Message" Lesson as a starting point, this project allows students to exhibit their work publicly and address the related concerns of presentation and observation. Haring's Heroes Sara Schickle Kirker Elementary school students from Arkansas create a collaborative, large-scale project inspired by Keith Haring's subway art.