| 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. |
| Add a Page to Love |
Jennifer Pendergast & Ms. Bessie |
Using Keith Haring's book, LOVE, as a stepping stone, students are asked to create their own page to express love while challenging their use of color. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Chalk Drawings |
Chan Bliss |
Students from an elementary school in Tampa, Florida visited an exhibition of Keith Haring's work at the local Tampa Museum of Art and then made their own Haring-inspired work! |
| 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. |
| Drawing Movement |
Jeri Turtle |
This local New York City school used Keith Haring's art to inspire a lesson on expressing movement in drawing. |
| Pop Art People |
Jennifer Pendergast & Ms. Bessie |
A lesson especially designed for younger children to help them understand body proportion and construction. |
| 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. |
| Subway Art |
Megan McDonald |
A great starting point for a large scale project, this lesson uses simple materials, and optimizes their boldness and beauty. Inspired by Haring's early graffiti work in the subways of NYC, these students took off with their own innovative and creative ideas. |
| LESSON 1 - Lines: Invisible Journeys |
Kellie Rilla, Keith Haring/SVA Scholarship Recipient |
THIS LESSON USES THE NYC BLUEPRINT LEARNING STANDARDS.
This lesson is part one of a three lesson unit designed to teach young students (first or second grade) about various types of line, and texture. This lesson places emphasis on the movement students use to create lines by having them create visual roadmaps and follow them with gesture. The magic of their gesture will be reinforced as their invisible journeys are revealed to them through the technique of wax resist. |
| 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. |
| Coloring Books |
Kathy Kaiser |
An interactive project designed to carry students through our special coloring book section on our web site. |
| A Book About Heart |
Lara McBride |
An explorative lesson that stimulates language skills while aiding in the development of social and emotional awareness. |
| 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. |
| LESSON 2 - Pattern and Shading |
Kellie Rilla, Keith Haring/SVA Scholarship Recipient |
THIS LESSON USES THE NYC BLUEPRINT LEARNING STANDARDS.
This lesson is part two of a three lesson unit designed to teach young students (first or second grade) about various types of line, and pattern . Students will build upon their previous knowledge of line to develop an awareness of pattern and shading. |
| LESSON 3 - Texture: Wild Things |
Kellie Rilla, Keith Haring/SVA Scholarship Recipient |
THIS LESSON USES THE NYC BLUEPRINT LEARNING STANDARDS.
This lesson is part one of a three lesson unit designed to teach young students (first or second grade) about various types of line, and pattern. This lesson allows children to learn how illustrators apply their knowledge of line and shading techniques to denote texture. |
