| Swimming Pool Mural in Alf |
Martin Richerzhagen |
This lucky school in Germany was asked to decorate the hallways of a local community swimming pool. Using Keith Haring's art as inspiration, 15 students set out to fill the walls with colorful, bold, and fun designs along the theme of swimming. |
| Symbol Printing |
Deirdre Kenna, Keith Haring/SVA Scholarship Recipient |
Using Haring's Subway drawings as a starting point, New York City high school student will create prints of their own personal symbols. |
| 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. |
| Symbols to Sculptures |
Art Gallery of Ontario |
Designed by the Museum Educators at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, Canada, this lesson encourages students to consider shapes as a construct for symbol making. The project proposes a transformation from 2-dimensional drawings to synthesized, 3-dimensional forms.
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| 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. |
| Take Colour to the Street |
Maarten Vranckx |
Pupils make paintings on big wooden panels that are placed on the sidewalk. |
| 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. |
| Ten |
Kathy Kaiser |
Using Keith Haring's book, TEN as a starting point, children will learn to quantify and visually depict numbers. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
