| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Overcoming Oppression |
Deirdre Kenna, Keith Haring/SVA Scholarship Recipient |
This lesson allows students to explore ways that artists have expressed feelings of oppression, and provides students with a voice to express themes of empowerment as a response. |
| 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. |
| 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" |
| Pendants |
Heather Zinkosky |
A lesson that allows students to design a symbol and challenges them to transform their designs into sculpture & wearable art. |
| Pictures |
Kathy Kaiser |
Usually lessons take a class through a project, this lesson takes a class through reflection and display, a great complement to any activity. |
| Pieces of Peace |
Cindy Williams |
Middle School students from St. Petersburg, Florida, were asked to draw a picture inspired by the work of Keith Haring. The pictures represent world issues that affect their lives. The pictures were later combined to make a 6 foot painted puzzle, and put on display at the Florida Holocaust Museum. |
