Grade Nine Art
Students will focus on seven major components: Record, Investigate, Communicate, Articulate/Evaluate, Components, Relationships, and Organizations.
Children’s early experiences shape what they imagine to be possible. Study after study has shown the value of exposing children with positive role models. Representation, including in the hours spent consuming media within the classroom, shape what they imagine to be possible for people who look like them, live where they live, or come from where they came from. Simply put, kids determine what they can be based on the examples around them. Therefore, we highly recommend you take 2-5 minutes everyday in your art class to introduce artists of colour. We've made this easy for you by creating a presentation that you can use with a slide a day to showcase a new artist of diverse background. You could do this on a daily, weekly, bi-weekly or during a certain month. You could also make your own presentation and encourage this representation.
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7 -12 Artists of Colour by Canadian Cultural Mosaic Foundation
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7 -12 Artists of Colour Part 2 by Canadian Cultural Mosaic Foundation
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Artists of colour to introduce to your class related to the Alberta curriculum
Record
Hitofude-ryu (technique)
Hitofude-ryu is a traditional way of painting in Japan. It is the practice of painting the torso of a dragon in a single stroke.
Record
Hitofude-ryu (technique)
Hitofude-ryu is a traditional way of painting in Japan. It is the practice of painting the torso of a dragon in a single stroke.
- Curriculum connection:
- 1.3 Objects alone and in composition - Suggested use:
- Watch and discuss the type of art in the video and how personal experience and culture impacts the type of art being created
- Students can research the importance of dragons in Japanese culture - Accessibility:
- Accessible for nonverbal and hard of hearing
- Additional accommodations required for visually impaired students
Anaoyok Alookee; Mona Rebecca
Explore the Glenbow Museum Indigenous Studies collections area to look at some materials that are either used in or inspired-by the summer season. This video examines clothing and textiles worn in the tundra.
Explore the Glenbow Museum Indigenous Studies collections area to look at some materials that are either used in or inspired-by the summer season. This video examines clothing and textiles worn in the tundra.
- Curriculum connection:
- 1.3 Objects alone and in composition - Suggested use:
- Introduction to Indigenous art
- Students can research different forms of Indigenous art - Accessibility:
- Accessible for nonverbal and hard of hearing
- Additional accommodations required for visually impaired students
Investigate
Tumadi Patri
This video highlights Tumadi Patri, a contemporary batik artist. He explains the process of waxing, dyeing and washin fabrics to create his designs. Includes a short biography in the description and a link to his works.
Tumadi Patri
This video highlights Tumadi Patri, a contemporary batik artist. He explains the process of waxing, dyeing and washin fabrics to create his designs. Includes a short biography in the description and a link to his works.
- Curriculum connection:
- 2.3 Employ and arrange elements and principles to make compositions - Suggested use:
- Students can research batik art and its traditional meaning and materials
- Create their own piece of batik art using these traditional methods - Accessibility:
- Accessible for nonverbal and hard of hearing
- Additional accommodations required for visually impaired students
Jesús Rafael Soto
Jesús Rafael Soto was a Venezuelan op and kinetic artist, a sculptor and a painter. Many of Soto's works were in unstable forms, challenging a viewer’s perception of color, line, movement, and space. In the late 1950s, Soto became involved with the artist group Zero, embracing ideas of mechanization and industrialization.
Jesús Rafael Soto was a Venezuelan op and kinetic artist, a sculptor and a painter. Many of Soto's works were in unstable forms, challenging a viewer’s perception of color, line, movement, and space. In the late 1950s, Soto became involved with the artist group Zero, embracing ideas of mechanization and industrialization.
- Art Samples:
- View samples - Curriculum connection:
- 2.3 Employ and arrange elements and principles to make compositions - Suggested use:
- Students could take inspiration from Soto and design their own piece with lines and colour being the focus - Accessibility:
- Accessible for nonverbal and hard of hearing
- Additional accommodations required for visually impaired students
Tang Ling-Nah
Ling-Nah prefers charcoal to pencil and pen as it can produce a great variety of tonal values from the very light to the very dark. She uses it to create extreme contrast between light and shadows in her drawings. According to Ling-Nah, she loves the challenge of creating the darkest black. She adds that charcoal’s impermanent nature also relates to her fascination with transitional spaces as well.
Ling-Nah prefers charcoal to pencil and pen as it can produce a great variety of tonal values from the very light to the very dark. She uses it to create extreme contrast between light and shadows in her drawings. According to Ling-Nah, she loves the challenge of creating the darkest black. She adds that charcoal’s impermanent nature also relates to her fascination with transitional spaces as well.
- Curriculum connection:
- 2.3 Employ and arrange elements and principles to make compositions - Suggested use:
- Introduction to use of charcoal, use to sketch a place that is important to them - Accessibility:
- Accessible for nonverbal and hard of hearing
- Additional accommodations required for visually impaired students
Communicate
Chakaia Booker
Join Moss Arts Center Exhibitions Program Manager Meggin Hicklin for a virtual exploration of the work of Chakaia Booker, a nationally acclaimed sculptor featured in the center's spring 2020 exhibition, "Fierce Women."
Chakaia Booker
Join Moss Arts Center Exhibitions Program Manager Meggin Hicklin for a virtual exploration of the work of Chakaia Booker, a nationally acclaimed sculptor featured in the center's spring 2020 exhibition, "Fierce Women."
- Curriculum connection:
- 3.3 Use expressiveness in use of elements - Suggested use:
- Watch and discuss the type of art in the video and how personal experience and culture impacts the type of art being created - Accessibility:
- Accessible for nonverbal and hard of hearing
- Additional accommodations required for visually impaired students
Vincent Valdez
Filmmaker Ray Santisteban highlights Vincent Valdez, the San Antonio, Texas-born artist who emphasizes themes of social justice, memory and ignored or under-examined historical narratives in his work.
Filmmaker Ray Santisteban highlights Vincent Valdez, the San Antonio, Texas-born artist who emphasizes themes of social justice, memory and ignored or under-examined historical narratives in his work.
- Curriculum connection:
- 3.3 Use expressiveness in use of elements - Suggested use:
- Watch and discuss the type of art in the video and how personal experience and culture impacts the type of art being created - Accessibility:
- Closed caption autogenerated
Chila Kumari Burman
Profile on artist Chila Kumari Burman, the self-described ‘Punjabi Liverpudlian’ who likes to combine her Indian roots with popular culture. Article includes a description of her background and her use of mixed media to create her pieces.
Profile on artist Chila Kumari Burman, the self-described ‘Punjabi Liverpudlian’ who likes to combine her Indian roots with popular culture. Article includes a description of her background and her use of mixed media to create her pieces.
- Curriculum connection:
- 3.3 Use expressiveness in use of elements - Suggested use:
- Watch and discuss the type of art in the video and how personal experience and culture impacts the type of art being created
- Create a piece of art that mixes their cultural heritage with a character or idea from mainstream pop culture - Accessibility:
- Accessible for nonverbal and hard of hearing
- Additional accommodations required for visually impaired students
Iskandar Jalil
Singapore ceramist Iskandar Jalil meditates on the art of pottery in this demonstration. Includes a short biography in the description and a link to his works.
Singapore ceramist Iskandar Jalil meditates on the art of pottery in this demonstration. Includes a short biography in the description and a link to his works.
- Curriculum connection:
- 3.3 Use expressiveness in use of elements - Suggested use:
- Students could research the importance of ceramics in Singaporean and Japanese culture. they could create a piece of artwork using a style that is important in their culture - Accessibility:
- Accessible for nonverbal and hard of hearing with available captions
- Additional accommodations required for visually impaired students
Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama is a legendary Japanese contemporary artist whose works primarily include sculpture and installations, and shows attributes of minimalism, pop art, and abstract expressionism. The YouTube video describes her tumultuous beginnings in Japan to her groundbreaking artwork in 'hippie counterculture' in the US, during the Andy Warhol era.
Yayoi Kusama is a legendary Japanese contemporary artist whose works primarily include sculpture and installations, and shows attributes of minimalism, pop art, and abstract expressionism. The YouTube video describes her tumultuous beginnings in Japan to her groundbreaking artwork in 'hippie counterculture' in the US, during the Andy Warhol era.
- Art samples:
- Love is Calling (2019)
- An Infinity Room (n.d.) - Curriculum connection:
- 3.3 Use expressiveness in use of elements - Suggested use:
- Watch and discuss the type of art in the video and how personal experience and culture impacts the type of art being created - Accessibility:
- No captions available, additional accommodations needed
Alex Da Corte
Alex Da Corte was born in Camden, New Jersey, in 1980. Da Corte creates vibrant and immersive large-scale installations that include wall-based works, sculptures, and videos. Colorful and surreal, his work combines personal narrative, art-historical references, pop-culture characters, and the glossy aesthetics of commercial advertising to reveal the humor, absurdity, and psychological complexity of the images and stories that pervade our culture.
Alex Da Corte was born in Camden, New Jersey, in 1980. Da Corte creates vibrant and immersive large-scale installations that include wall-based works, sculptures, and videos. Colorful and surreal, his work combines personal narrative, art-historical references, pop-culture characters, and the glossy aesthetics of commercial advertising to reveal the humor, absurdity, and psychological complexity of the images and stories that pervade our culture.
- Curriculum connection:
- 3.3 Use expressiveness in use of elements - Suggested use:
- Discuss why performance art is fun and interactive, and how it affects the people viewing the art
- Students can create their own performative piece - Accessibility:
- Accessible for nonverbal and hard of hearing
- Additional accommodations required for visually impaired students
Yeo Shih Yun
Two videos from Yeo Shih Yun, a Singaporean artist. In the first video, she speaks about how she uses the spontaneous and accidental movements of robots to create ink drawings. In the second video, she uses unconventional and and interesting tools to paint. She is interested in the idea of chance, gesture and spontaneity in painting.
Two videos from Yeo Shih Yun, a Singaporean artist. In the first video, she speaks about how she uses the spontaneous and accidental movements of robots to create ink drawings. In the second video, she uses unconventional and and interesting tools to paint. She is interested in the idea of chance, gesture and spontaneity in painting.
- Curriculum connection:
- 3.3 Use expressiveness in use of elements - Suggested use:
- Create a piece of art using only stiff, robotic-like movements, or with unconventional materials, inspired by Yun - Accessibility:
- Auto-generated captions
- Accessible for nonverbal and hard of hearing
- Additional accommodations needed for visually impaired students
Nguyen Xuan Viet
Vietnamese lacquer artist Nguyen Xuan Viet reveals the meticulous labour behind a lacquer painting. Includes a short biography in the description and a link to his works.
Vietnamese lacquer artist Nguyen Xuan Viet reveals the meticulous labour behind a lacquer painting. Includes a short biography in the description and a link to his works.
- Curriculum connection:
- 3.3 Use expressiveness in use of elements - Suggested use:
- Research the importance and history of lacquer art in Vietnamese culture
- Create a piece of art using a technique that is important in their culture - Accessibility:
- Captioned by creator
- Accessible for nonverbal and hard of hearing
- Additional accommodations needed for visually impaired students
Han Sai Por
Singaporean artist Han Sai Por discusses the process-driven nature of her sculpture practice while demonstrating its key stages. Includes a short biography in the description and a link to her works.
Singaporean artist Han Sai Por discusses the process-driven nature of her sculpture practice while demonstrating its key stages. Includes a short biography in the description and a link to her works.
- Curriculum connection:
- 3.3 Use expressiveness in use of elements - Suggested use:
- Discuss the key stages of Por's work and use it as a model to create key stages for themselves when creating future pieces - Accessibility:
- Captioned by creator
- Accessible for nonverbal and hard of hearing
- Additional accommodations needed for visually impaired students
Lim Yew Kuan
Lim Yew Kuan introduces us to the art of woodcut, a form of relief printmaking, by demonstrating how a work is taken from sketch to print. Includes a short biography in the description and a link to his works.
Lim Yew Kuan introduces us to the art of woodcut, a form of relief printmaking, by demonstrating how a work is taken from sketch to print. Includes a short biography in the description and a link to his works.
- Curriculum connection:
- 3.3 Use expressiveness in use of elements - Suggested use:
- Use to introduce printmaking
- Students could create their own print blocks - Accessibility:
- Captioned by creator
- Accessible for nonverbal and hard of hearing
- Additional accommodations needed for visually impaired students
Maryam Ekhtiar (Curator)
A video from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Maryam Ekhtiar explains the importance of writing in Islamic art to 12-year-old Luke.
A video from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Maryam Ekhtiar explains the importance of writing in Islamic art to 12-year-old Luke.
- Curriculum connection:
- 3.3 Use expressiveness in use of elements - Suggested use:
- Students can do more research into the important of writing in Islamic art and compare and contrast it with the importance of writing in another culture's art
- They could create a piece of art that incorporates writing into it - Accessibility:
- Captions included with transcript available on website
Ty Defoe
Ty Defoe speaks of Anishinaabe culture and stories through clothes, symbols, and performance to their interviewers Francesca and Cyrus from Met Kids.
Ty Defoe speaks of Anishinaabe culture and stories through clothes, symbols, and performance to their interviewers Francesca and Cyrus from Met Kids.
- Curriculum connection:
- 3.3 Use expressiveness in use of elements - Suggested use:
- Watch and discuss the type of art in the video and how personal experience and culture impacts the type of art being created - Accessibility:
- Captions included with transcript available on website
Saba Rifat
Saba is an artist in Dewsbury, New Yorkshire. She uses Islamic art colouring book to help locals come together and try to combat negative views.
Saba is an artist in Dewsbury, New Yorkshire. She uses Islamic art colouring book to help locals come together and try to combat negative views.
- Curriculum connection:
- 3.3 Use expressiveness in use of elements - Suggested use:
- Watch and discuss the type of art in the video and how personal experience and culture impacts the type of art being created; how this artist is positively contributing to the community - Accessibility:
- Captioned by creator
Sonia Boyce
Sonia Boyce is a British artist whose work is situated in Black Liberation and art as social practice. She uses a variety of mediums to conceptualize her work and is rooted in messages around Black representation, perceptions of Blackness, and scientific racism. The YouTube video is an age-appropriate video describing 5 prominent female artists, of which Sonia Boyce is included.
Sonia Boyce is a British artist whose work is situated in Black Liberation and art as social practice. She uses a variety of mediums to conceptualize her work and is rooted in messages around Black representation, perceptions of Blackness, and scientific racism. The YouTube video is an age-appropriate video describing 5 prominent female artists, of which Sonia Boyce is included.
- Art Samples:
- I'm With Her Too (2019)
- Big Women's Talk (1984) - Curriculum connection:
- 3.3 Use expressiveness in use of elements - Suggested use:
- Watch and discuss the type of art in the video and how personal experience and culture impacts the type of art being created
- Students can create their own piece discussing issues of race and identity - Accessibility:
- Closed caption auto-generated
Christine Sun Kim
Christine Sun Kim is a Deaf artist. She explores how sound can be multi-modal, and how she uses it as a medium in her art.
Christine Sun Kim is a Deaf artist. She explores how sound can be multi-modal, and how she uses it as a medium in her art.
- Curriculum connection:
- 3.3 Use expressiveness in use of elements - Suggested use:
- Discuss the video and consider how sound has affected their art
- Think about different ways to express sound in their art to make their art more accessible to others - Accessibility:
- Captioned by creator
Izumo No Okuni
The Japanese dance and theater art of kabuki, derived from the word kabuku, meaning "out of the ordinary," can be traced back to the streets of seventeenth-century Kyoto. Kabuki became a dramatic art for the common people, with its use of makeup and facial expressions rather than masks, as well as a playful take on current events. Amanda Mattes tracks the evolution of kabuki and its place in Japan's rich cultural heritage.
The Japanese dance and theater art of kabuki, derived from the word kabuku, meaning "out of the ordinary," can be traced back to the streets of seventeenth-century Kyoto. Kabuki became a dramatic art for the common people, with its use of makeup and facial expressions rather than masks, as well as a playful take on current events. Amanda Mattes tracks the evolution of kabuki and its place in Japan's rich cultural heritage.
- Curriculum connection:
- 3.3 Use expressiveness in use of elements - Suggested use:
- Introduction to the art of Kabuki theatre
- Students can reflect on the important of culture to artists and how it can influence their work - Accessibility:
- Closed caption auto-generated
Kalyn Kodiak
Video explaining the history and the cultural significance of the ceinture fléchée to Kalyn Kodiak. Kodiak is of the Métis Nation in Alberta. Website link to artist's courses for Metis Fingerweaving.
Video explaining the history and the cultural significance of the ceinture fléchée to Kalyn Kodiak. Kodiak is of the Métis Nation in Alberta. Website link to artist's courses for Metis Fingerweaving.
- Curriculum connection:
- 3.2 Use of expressiveness in their use of elements - Suggested use:
- Watch and discuss the type of art in the video and how personal experience and culture impacts the type of art being created - Accessibility:
- No captions; accommodations required for hard of hearing students
Elize Hartley
Elder Elize Hartley explains the history, use and customs of the Métis sash, and how it is an insignia for the Métis People.
Elder Elize Hartley explains the history, use and customs of the Métis sash, and how it is an insignia for the Métis People.
- Curriculum connection:
- 3.3 Use expressiveness in use of elements - Suggested use:
- Discuss the type of art in the video and how personal experience and culture impacts the type of art being created - Accessibility:
- Closed caption auto-generated
Chinese Scroll Painting (technique)
Maxwell Hearn, the new head of Asian Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, demonstrates the ancient art of understanding and appreciating Chinese scroll paintings.
Maxwell Hearn, the new head of Asian Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, demonstrates the ancient art of understanding and appreciating Chinese scroll paintings.
- Curriculum connection:
- 3.3 Use expressiveness in use of elements - Suggested use:
- Students could further research Chinese scroll paintings and interpret their meanings and ideas - Accessibility:
- Closed caption auto-generated
Zhang Yimou
This video talks about Zhang Yimou's film "Shadow" and the film techniques used to make it appear like Chinese Art.
This video talks about Zhang Yimou's film "Shadow" and the film techniques used to make it appear like Chinese Art.
- Curriculum connection:
- 3.3 Use expressiveness in use of elements - Suggested use:
- Discuss the type of art in the video and how personal experience and culture impacts the type of art being created
- Discuss the ways that modern artists use their culture and technology to create art - Accessibility:
- Closed caption auto-generated
Jamini Roy
This video talks about Jamini Roy, a famous Indian artist, and his life story & art style.
This video talks about Jamini Roy, a famous Indian artist, and his life story & art style.
- Art Samples:
- View samples - Curriculum connection:
- 3.3 Use expressiveness in use of elements - Suggested use:
- Discuss the type of art in the video and how personal experience and culture impacts the type of art being created - Accessibility:
- No captions; additional accommodations required for hard of hearing students
Art of Sustainability (programme)
Art of Sustainability, a concept encouraged by the Singapore International Foundation, uses arts and culture as a means to promote awareness and encourage the public to take action towards sustainable urban living.
Art of Sustainability, a concept encouraged by the Singapore International Foundation, uses arts and culture as a means to promote awareness and encourage the public to take action towards sustainable urban living.
- Curriculum connection:
- 3.3 Use expressiveness in use of elements - Suggested use:
- Use this video as inspiration to create their own piece bringing awareness and a call to action around sustainability issues - Accessibility:
- Captioned by creator
Titus Kaphar
Artist Titus Kaphar makes paintings and sculptures that wrestle with the struggles of the past while speaking to the diversity and advances of the present.
Artist Titus Kaphar makes paintings and sculptures that wrestle with the struggles of the past while speaking to the diversity and advances of the present.
- Curriculum connection:
- 3.3 Use expressiveness in use of elements - Suggested use:
- Students can choose their own historical artworks to amend
- Students can research and then re-create the art work using their own style and creativity - Accessibility:
- Closed caption auto-generated
Wanuri Kahiu
"We're so used to narratives out of Africa being about war, poverty and devastation," says TED Fellow Wanuri Kahiu. "Where's the fun?" Introducing "AfroBubbleGum" -- African art that's vibrant, lighthearted and without a political agenda. Rethink the value of all that is unserious as Kahiu explains why we need art that captures the full range of human experiences to tell the stories of Africa.
"We're so used to narratives out of Africa being about war, poverty and devastation," says TED Fellow Wanuri Kahiu. "Where's the fun?" Introducing "AfroBubbleGum" -- African art that's vibrant, lighthearted and without a political agenda. Rethink the value of all that is unserious as Kahiu explains why we need art that captures the full range of human experiences to tell the stories of Africa.
- Curriculum connection:
- 3.3 Use expressiveness in use of elements - Suggested use:
- Watch and discuss the type of art in the video and how personal experience and culture impacts the type of art being created
- Reflection on why there is a need for "fun" art - Accessibility:
- Closed caption auto-generated
Jeffrey Gibson
Artist Jeffrey GIbson asks the art world an important question: What is art, how is it made and who is it made by? His work confronts the exclusion of Native American artists from the mainstream art world. He introduces us to Native American artists and makers we should know, and tells stories that speak to their experience.
Artist Jeffrey GIbson asks the art world an important question: What is art, how is it made and who is it made by? His work confronts the exclusion of Native American artists from the mainstream art world. He introduces us to Native American artists and makers we should know, and tells stories that speak to their experience.
- Curriculum connection:
- 3.3 Use expressiveness in use of elements - Suggested use:
- Students could reflect on the questions Gibson asks in this video and try to answer them themselves
- Reflect on why some groups have been left out of the mainstream art world - Accessibility:
- Closed caption auto-generated
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
Profile and article on artist Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. A description of her background, her "imaginary" subjects in her paintings and how she likes to paint. Includes an activity sheet with questions and prompts.
Profile and article on artist Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. A description of her background, her "imaginary" subjects in her paintings and how she likes to paint. Includes an activity sheet with questions and prompts.
- Art Samples:
- View samples
- Curriculum connection:
- 3.3 Use expressiveness in use of elements - Suggested use:
- Watch and discuss the type of art in the video and how personal experience and culture impacts the type of art being created - Accessibility:
- Accessible for nonverbal and hard of hearing
- Additional accommodations required for visually impaired students
Yinka Shonibare
Short animated video on Yinka Shonibare's background and his journey to becoming an artist as "a citizen of the world". Yinka wanted to connect different cultures in his art. He didn't want to be restricted by his identity and be rooted in one place. Additional website for more information.
Short animated video on Yinka Shonibare's background and his journey to becoming an artist as "a citizen of the world". Yinka wanted to connect different cultures in his art. He didn't want to be restricted by his identity and be rooted in one place. Additional website for more information.
- Curriculum connection:
- 3.3 Use expressiveness in use of elements - Suggested use:
- Watch and discuss the type of art in the video and how personal experience and culture impacts the type of art being created - Accessibility:
- Closed caption auto-generated
Lubaina Himid
Profile on artist Lubaina Himid. Himid was part of the Black Arts Movement in the 1980s. Her use of shapes, patterns and colours in her work are used to depict stories of Black women, Black history, friendships, love and kindness.
Profile on artist Lubaina Himid. Himid was part of the Black Arts Movement in the 1980s. Her use of shapes, patterns and colours in her work are used to depict stories of Black women, Black history, friendships, love and kindness.
- Art Samples:
- View samples
- Curriculum connection:
- 3.3 Use expressiveness in use of elements - Suggested use:
- Watch and discuss the type of art in the video and how personal experience and culture impacts the type of art being created
- Students can look at more of Himid's work and use her style as inspiration to create their own piece depicting friendships, love, and kindness - Accessibility:
- Accessible for nonverbal and hard of hearing
- Additional accommodations required for visually impaired students
Sheela Gowda
Profile on artist Sheela Gowda. Gowda is famous for using unlikely things to make her art. These are things used every day in India, but to Sheela Gowda they have a symbolic and sometimes mystical meaning.
Profile on artist Sheela Gowda. Gowda is famous for using unlikely things to make her art. These are things used every day in India, but to Sheela Gowda they have a symbolic and sometimes mystical meaning.
- Art Samples:
- View samples
- Curriculum connection:
- 3.3 Use expressiveness in use of elements - Suggested use:
- Discuss the type of art in the video and how personal experience and culture impacts the type of art being created
- Choose an object that has a symbolic meaning to them and create something inspired by it - Accessibility:
- Accessible for nonverbal and hard of hearing
- Additional accommodations required for visually impaired students
Yayoi Kusama, Sonia Boyce, Dayanita Singh
A 3-minute video showcasing 5 famous women artists, notably Yayoi Kusama, Sonia Boyce and Dayanita Singh, and how they explore identity, politics and history.
A 3-minute video showcasing 5 famous women artists, notably Yayoi Kusama, Sonia Boyce and Dayanita Singh, and how they explore identity, politics and history.
- Curriculum connection:
- 3.3 Use expressiveness in use of elements - Suggested use:
- Choose one of the 5 women mentioned and research their art and lives - Accessibility:
- Closed caption autogenerated
Damon Davis
A look into the art of award-winning, post-disciplinary artist Damon Davis. This video dives into Damon Davis' life and how it inspired his art.
A look into the art of award-winning, post-disciplinary artist Damon Davis. This video dives into Damon Davis' life and how it inspired his art.
- Curriculum connection:
- 3.3 Use expressiveness in use of elements - Suggested use:
- Watch and discuss the type of art in the video and how personal experience and culture impacts the type of art being created - Accessibility:
- Closed caption auto-generated
Bunky Echo-Hawk
Filmmaker Ben-Alex Dupris explores how the reality and resistance of Native Americans inspires the work of Pawnee artist Bunky Echo-Hawk, igniting discussions about environmentalism and Native American rights, among other topics.
Filmmaker Ben-Alex Dupris explores how the reality and resistance of Native Americans inspires the work of Pawnee artist Bunky Echo-Hawk, igniting discussions about environmentalism and Native American rights, among other topics.
- Art Samples:
- View samples
- Curriculum connection:
- 3.3 Use expressiveness in use of elements - Suggested use:
- Watch and discuss the type of art in the video and how personal experience and culture impacts the type of art being created
- Create a piece of environmental activist art - Accessibility:
- Closed caption auto-generated
Maia Cruz Palileo
Filmmaker Ligaiya Romero explores the life and work of Maia Cruz Palileo, the multi-disciplinary, Brooklyn-based artist who examines themes of migration and the permeable concept of home in her works, inspired by the oral history of her family’s arrival in the United States from the Philippines.
Filmmaker Ligaiya Romero explores the life and work of Maia Cruz Palileo, the multi-disciplinary, Brooklyn-based artist who examines themes of migration and the permeable concept of home in her works, inspired by the oral history of her family’s arrival in the United States from the Philippines.
- Curriculum connection:
- 3.3 Use expressiveness in use of elements - Suggested use:
- Watch and discuss the type of art in the video and how personal experience and culture impacts the type of art being created
- Create a work of art that relates to their concept of home - Accessibility:
- Closed caption auto-generated
Yusof Ghani
Yusof Ghani, pioneer of Malaysian abstract art tells about his art education in the US, the culture clash, and being a painter in a Muslim country.
Yusof Ghani, pioneer of Malaysian abstract art tells about his art education in the US, the culture clash, and being a painter in a Muslim country.
- Curriculum connection:
- 3.3 Use expressiveness in use of elements - Suggested use:
- Watch and discuss the type of art in the video and how personal experience and culture impacts the type of art being created - Accessibility:
- Closed caption auto-generated
Reynaldo Villamil
Reynaldo Villamil is a Cuban artist famous for his paintings of the ocean. His work often depicts historic battles and shipwrecks that took place in the waters surrounding Cuba.
Reynaldo Villamil is a Cuban artist famous for his paintings of the ocean. His work often depicts historic battles and shipwrecks that took place in the waters surrounding Cuba.
- Curriculum connection:
- 3.3 Use expressiveness in use of elements - Suggested use:
- Watch and discuss the type of art in the video and how personal experience and culture impacts the type of art being created
- Students can do more research into Villamil's life and Cuba's history to better understand his art - Accessibility:
- Captioned by creator
Katsushika Hokusai
It's an omnipresent image that has inspired music, tattoos, and even an emoji on your phone. But Hokusai's Great Wave is a woodblock print that was made to be reproduced. This video explains its story.
It's an omnipresent image that has inspired music, tattoos, and even an emoji on your phone. But Hokusai's Great Wave is a woodblock print that was made to be reproduced. This video explains its story.
- Art Sample:
- The Great Wave off Kanagawa (1830)
- Curriculum connection:
- 3.3 Use expressiveness in use of elements - Suggested use:
- Watch and discuss the type of art in the video and how personal experience and culture impacts the type of art being created
- Students could share instances of where they have seen the Great Wave before - Accessibility:
- Closed caption auto-generated
Mr. Saenee
Mr. Saenee is an old-school painter. He creates portraits of people with a brush and oil, hidden away on a side street in Songkhla, Thailand.
Mr. Saenee is an old-school painter. He creates portraits of people with a brush and oil, hidden away on a side street in Songkhla, Thailand.
- Curriculum connection:
- 3.3 Use expressiveness in use of elements - Suggested use:
- Watch and discuss the type of art in the video and how personal experience and culture impacts the type of art being created - Accessibility:
- Captioned by creator
Bisa Butler
Bisa Butler is an American fiber artist known for her quilted portraits and designs celebrating black life. She has exhibited at the Smithsonian Museum of American History, the Epcot Center, the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, and other venues.
Bisa Butler is an American fiber artist known for her quilted portraits and designs celebrating black life. She has exhibited at the Smithsonian Museum of American History, the Epcot Center, the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, and other venues.
- Curriculum connection:
- 3.3 Use expressiveness in use of elements - Suggested use:
- Watch and discuss the type of art in the video and how personal experience and culture impacts the type of art being created - Accessibility:
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Zapotec Wooden Crafts
This video shares information about Mexican, brightly-coloured folk art. It can take months to create these fantastical wooden creatures, called the Alebrijes.
This video shares information about Mexican, brightly-coloured folk art. It can take months to create these fantastical wooden creatures, called the Alebrijes.
- Curriculum connection:
- 3.3 Use expressiveness in use of elements - Suggested use:
- Watch and discuss the type of art in the video and how personal experience and culture impacts the type of art being created
- Students can research the significance of the animals used to create the Alebrijes - Accessibility:
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Adia Millett
Adia Millett is a US-based contemporary artist who uses multiple mediums including dioramas, quilting, painting, stitching, and woodworking. Her work is inspired by transitions and storytelling. The video details Millett's exhibit Breaking Patterns, where she details her use of patterns and design to tell a visual story. View her website.
Adia Millett is a US-based contemporary artist who uses multiple mediums including dioramas, quilting, painting, stitching, and woodworking. Her work is inspired by transitions and storytelling. The video details Millett's exhibit Breaking Patterns, where she details her use of patterns and design to tell a visual story. View her website.
- Art Samples:
- Paints - Curriculum connection:
- 3.3 Use expressiveness in use of elements - Suggested use:
- Create a piece of art in any form they wish that tells a story that is important to them
- Focus on a cultural story that's been passed down to them or something important that has happened to them - Accessibility:
- Translation
- Accessible for nonverbal, and hard of hearing. Additional accommodations required for visually impaired students
- Descriptive captioning is not available on the video
Arlo Namingha
Arlo Namingha is from the Tewa/Hopi tribe.Growing up with his Native culture, he began carving Katsina Dolls at an early age. Working from commissions in his early twenties, he started producing wood sculptures and now works in wood, clay, stone, fabricated and cast bronze. He is now focused on his art career with recent exhibits in both the Southwest and East coast.
Arlo Namingha is from the Tewa/Hopi tribe.Growing up with his Native culture, he began carving Katsina Dolls at an early age. Working from commissions in his early twenties, he started producing wood sculptures and now works in wood, clay, stone, fabricated and cast bronze. He is now focused on his art career with recent exhibits in both the Southwest and East coast.
- Art Samples:
- View samples - Curriculum connection:
- 3.3 Use expressiveness in use of elements - Suggested use:
- Use as an introduction to Indigenous art in North America
- Students can study various forms of Indigenous art - Accessibility:
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Articulate/Evaluate
Robert S. Duncanson
Robert S. Duncanson (1821–1872) was an African-American painter associated with the Hudson River School, an art movement focused on landscapes and influenced by romanticism. He was not formally trained, but honed his skill through copying prints and observation.
Robert S. Duncanson
Robert S. Duncanson (1821–1872) was an African-American painter associated with the Hudson River School, an art movement focused on landscapes and influenced by romanticism. He was not formally trained, but honed his skill through copying prints and observation.
- Art Samples:
- Landscape with Rainbow (1859)
- Ellen's Isle Loch Katrine (1871) - Curriculum connection:
- 4.3 Use techniques of art criticism for analysis and comparison - Suggested use:
- Review a sample of his art and try to find patterns, practices, etc. students could try to create a landscape painting in his style. Could be used as an introduction to romanticism - Accessibility:
- Accessible for nonverbal and hard of hearing
- Additional accommodations required for visually impaired students
Kitagawa Utamaro
Kitagawa Utamaro (1753–1806) was born in Japan and is remembered as one of the best ukiyo-e artists in history. His work largely consists of portraits of women (bijin-ga) and nature studies rendered into woodblock prints. Ukiyo-e art typically tackles the subjects of beautiful women, kubuki, sumo, folk tales, and nature.
Kitagawa Utamaro (1753–1806) was born in Japan and is remembered as one of the best ukiyo-e artists in history. His work largely consists of portraits of women (bijin-ga) and nature studies rendered into woodblock prints. Ukiyo-e art typically tackles the subjects of beautiful women, kubuki, sumo, folk tales, and nature.
- Art Samples:
- Ase o fuku onna (Woman Wiping Sweat)
- Multiple art samples - Curriculum connection:
- 4.3 Use techniques of art criticism for analysis and comparison - Suggested use:
- Use Utamaro's art as inspiration to create their own woodblock prints or art tackling one of the subjects that Utamaro focused on - Accessibility:
- Accessible for nonverbal and hard of hearing
- Additional accommodations required for visually impaired students
Tarsila do Amaral
Tarsila do Amaral (1886–1973) was a Brazilian modernist artist whose work combined Brazilian ideas with avant-garde aesthetics. She studied art in Paris where she was influenced by Cubism and Fernand Leger.
Tarsila do Amaral (1886–1973) was a Brazilian modernist artist whose work combined Brazilian ideas with avant-garde aesthetics. She studied art in Paris where she was influenced by Cubism and Fernand Leger.
- Art Samples:
- Abaporu (1928)
- Morro da favela (1945)
- Carnaval em Madureira (1924) - Curriculum connection:
- 4.3 Use techniques of art criticism for analysis and comparison - Suggested use:
- Students can consider what history and culture influenced them and express this through their art, much like do Amaral - Accessibility:
- Accessible for nonverbal and hard of hearing
- Additional accommodations required for visually impaired students
Faith Ringgold and Elaine Ogrady
Watch kids exploring the Soul of a Nation exhibition and find out more about art in the age of Black Power. Specific commentary on art is by Lorraine O'Grady and The American People Series by Faith Ringgold.
Watch kids exploring the Soul of a Nation exhibition and find out more about art in the age of Black Power. Specific commentary on art is by Lorraine O'Grady and The American People Series by Faith Ringgold.
- Curriculum connection:
- 4.3 Use techniques of art criticism for analysis and comparison - Suggested use:
- Research more about art in the age of Black Power
- Reflection on the way that race has impacted their art - Accessibility:
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Jacob Lawrence
Jacob Lawrence (1917–2000) was an American painter, and the most widely acclaimed African American artist of the 20th century. He is best known for his 'Migration Series.'
Jacob Lawrence (1917–2000) was an American painter, and the most widely acclaimed African American artist of the 20th century. He is best known for his 'Migration Series.'
- Art Samples:
- View samples - Curriculum connection:
- 4.3 Use techniques of art criticism for analysis and comparison - Suggested use:
- Study the 'Migration Series' and create a series of their own art pieces depicting an important historical event in his style - Accessibility:
- Accessible for nonverbal and hard of hearing
- Additional accommodations required for visually impaired students
Kamal ud-Din Behzad
Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād, was a Persian painter and head of the royal ateliers in Herat and Tabriz during the late Timurid and early Safavid Persian periods. He is regarded as marking the highpoint of the great tradition of Islamic miniature painting.
Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād, was a Persian painter and head of the royal ateliers in Herat and Tabriz during the late Timurid and early Safavid Persian periods. He is regarded as marking the highpoint of the great tradition of Islamic miniature painting.
- Art Sample:
- The Construction of Castle Khavarnaq (1494) - Curriculum connection:
- 4.3 Use techniques of art criticism for analysis and comparison - Suggested use:
- Use as an introduction to different Central Asian art forms
- Use as inspiration for students to create their own miniature paintings - Accessibility:
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Components
Luz Donoso
In 1978, she developed Huincha sin fin (“Endless Band”), where she juxtaposed black-and-white photographs of Chile’s desaparecidos with the repeated question “Where are they?”—directly indicting the military regime’s atrocities. Donoso contributed to the movement of artistic resistance in Chile through the 1980s, to which she donated a fundamental archive of audio recordings, videos, and photographs of art encounters from the time.
Luz Donoso
In 1978, she developed Huincha sin fin (“Endless Band”), where she juxtaposed black-and-white photographs of Chile’s desaparecidos with the repeated question “Where are they?”—directly indicting the military regime’s atrocities. Donoso contributed to the movement of artistic resistance in Chile through the 1980s, to which she donated a fundamental archive of audio recordings, videos, and photographs of art encounters from the time.
- Curriculum connection:
- 5.4 Effects of controlling form/colour and space in response to visual problems - Suggested use:
- Research a historical injustice that happened in their country and create a piece of artwork displaying this event - Accessibility:
- Accessible for nonverbal and hard of hearing
- Additional accommodations required for visually impaired students
Taha Al-Hiti
Taha Al-Hiti, a professional calligrapher, explains how letters were originally based on the shape of the human body.
Taha Al-Hiti, a professional calligrapher, explains how letters were originally based on the shape of the human body.
- Curriculum connection:
- 5.4 Effects of controlling form/colour and space in response to visual problems - Suggested use:
- Watch and discuss the type of art in the video and how personal experience and culture can impact the type of art someone creates - Accessibility:
- Accessible for nonverbal and hard of hearing
- Additional accommodations required for visually impaired students
Relationships
Linh My Truong
"Suminagashi" translates to "floating ink" in Japanese. Learn how to create this mesmerizing marbling technique—and print your creation onto paper or fabric—with artist Linh My Truong.
Linh My Truong
"Suminagashi" translates to "floating ink" in Japanese. Learn how to create this mesmerizing marbling technique—and print your creation onto paper or fabric—with artist Linh My Truong.
- Curriculum connection:
- 6.3 Principle of dominance and emphasis in the creation of compositions - Suggested use:
- Watch and discuss the type of art in the video and how personal experience and culture impacts the type of art being created
- Students can create their own floating ink piece base on instructions in this video - Accessibility:
- Accessible for nonverbal and hard of hearing
- Additional accommodations required for visually impaired students
Communicate
13 Totally Terrific Totem Pole Facts
Teachers can go through some relevant Totem pole facts with their class. Including, meanings, origin of the word, colours, special use of wood, the six nations of the western part of North America that first created Totem poles etc.
13 Totally Terrific Totem Pole Facts
Teachers can go through some relevant Totem pole facts with their class. Including, meanings, origin of the word, colours, special use of wood, the six nations of the western part of North America that first created Totem poles etc.
- Curriculum connection:
- 3.3 Use expressiveness in use of elements - Suggested use:
- Teachers can go through some relevant Totem pole facts with their class including meanings, origin of the word, colours, special use of wood, the six nations of the western part of North America that first created Totem poles etc. - Accessibility:
- Accessible for nonverbal
- Hard of hearing students may require accommodations based on reading ability
- Visually impaired students may require additional accommodations to complete activity
Art, Imagination, and the Quest for Social Justice
Lesson plan for students to learn about the power of art as a tool for social change. Examples include photos, songs, poems, murals, and videos of the Black Lives Matter movement for students to analyze and reflect upon as a class.
Lesson plan for students to learn about the power of art as a tool for social change. Examples include photos, songs, poems, murals, and videos of the Black Lives Matter movement for students to analyze and reflect upon as a class.
- Curriculum connection:
- 3.3 Use expressiveness in use of elements - Suggested use:
- Reflect upon pieces of art are being used for social change and create their own - Accessibility:
- Accessible for nonverbal and hard of hearing
- Additional accommodations required for visually impaired students
Batlik of Java: A Centuries Old Tradition
Batik is a centuries old tradition of Indonesia. Artists apply wax to protect certain areas of fabric from dye. During the dye process, the wax areas resist the dye, and when the wax is removed a pattern emerges. Both the technique and the textile produced are called batik. With this activity, students create their own batik!
Batik is a centuries old tradition of Indonesia. Artists apply wax to protect certain areas of fabric from dye. During the dye process, the wax areas resist the dye, and when the wax is removed a pattern emerges. Both the technique and the textile produced are called batik. With this activity, students create their own batik!
- Curriculum connection:
- 3.2 Use of expressiveness in use of elements - Suggested use:
- Create their own batik
- Wax resisting art using oil pastels and watercolour; technique can be used for a variety of activities - Accessibility:
- Accessible for nonverbal
- Closed captioning available on video
- Additional accommodations required for visually impaired students
A Hopeful Future
Students will create a protest print that supports or protests a social justice issue.
Students will create a protest print that supports or protests a social justice issue.
- Curriculum connection:
- 3.2 Use of expressiveness in use of elements - Suggested use:
- Create a protest print that supports or protests a social justice issue
- Students can explore how visual art has been used throughout history and the world to shed light on oppressive systematic patterns and promote positive change - Accessibility:
- Accessible for nonverbal and hard of hearing
- Additional accommodations required for visually impaired students
Articulate/Evaluate
Art as Propaganda: The Nazi Degenerate Art Exhibit
An 8-minute video discussing the 1937 Nazi Degenerate Art Exhibit. The exhibit intentionally portrayed modern German art as "physically defected and inferior." This is juxtaposed with antisemetic and militaristic Nazi propaganda art. This video explores the role of propaganda art at this time to further the intentions of the Nazi regime.
Art as Propaganda: The Nazi Degenerate Art Exhibit
An 8-minute video discussing the 1937 Nazi Degenerate Art Exhibit. The exhibit intentionally portrayed modern German art as "physically defected and inferior." This is juxtaposed with antisemetic and militaristic Nazi propaganda art. This video explores the role of propaganda art at this time to further the intentions of the Nazi regime.
- Curriculum connection:
- 4.3 Use techniques of art criticism for analysis and comparison - Suggested use:
- Class discussion after viewing video - Accessibility:
- Closed captioning available
- Accessible for nonverbal and hard of hearing
- Additional accommodations required for visually impaired students
Organizations
Black History
Students will learn how to create a value scale while also learning about important Black people in History. (Feel free to expand this project to ALL People of Color if you would like).
Black History
Students will learn how to create a value scale while also learning about important Black people in History. (Feel free to expand this project to ALL People of Color if you would like).
- Curriculum connection:
- 7.3 Effects of modifying colour. Space and form to change pictorial style - Suggested use:
- Website has details on how to use - Accessibility:
- Accessible for nonverbal and hard of hearing
- Additional accommodations required for visually impaired student
Conversations with Colleagues
Part of being an antiracist educator is calling out racism. Here are some guides to help you have those conversations with colleagues and students.
Part of being an antiracist educator is calling out racism. Here are some guides to help you have those conversations with colleagues and students.
- Suggested use:
- Use to learn more about the importance of infusing anti-racism into Art
Black Lives Matter: An Open Letter to Art Educators on Constructing an Anti-Racist Agenda
An open letter from the Chair of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at the National Art Education Association on the importance of anti-racist art education in the age of COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter.
An open letter from the Chair of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at the National Art Education Association on the importance of anti-racist art education in the age of COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter.
- Suggested use:
- Use to understand how Art has an influence and force for social change. Suggestions on how to incorporate anti-racism in Art
Art and Social Justice
What is the relationship between art and social justice? How have artists over the last 100 years used their work to speak out against injustices, advocate for change, and honour the lived experiences of marginalized communities? This course uses artworks in LACMA’s collection to encourage critical thinking about historical and contemporary social justice issues, and build confidence in integrating art into interdisciplinary lesson plans that inspire real-world connections and elevate student agency.
What is the relationship between art and social justice? How have artists over the last 100 years used their work to speak out against injustices, advocate for change, and honour the lived experiences of marginalized communities? This course uses artworks in LACMA’s collection to encourage critical thinking about historical and contemporary social justice issues, and build confidence in integrating art into interdisciplinary lesson plans that inspire real-world connections and elevate student agency.
- Suggested use:
- Course teachers can take to integrate Art and Social Justice in their lessons
Anti-Racist Art Teachers
Working towards removing biases, stereotypes, and false narratives in art education.
Working towards removing biases, stereotypes, and false narratives in art education.
- Suggested use:
- Use to inform teaching in anti-racism education
Asian Educational Resources
Asian-focused website with many resources including videos, activities, and lessons.
Asian-focused website with many resources including videos, activities, and lessons.
- Suggested use:
- Use to implement Asian-inspired art projects and lessons
