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Art DetectiveFolders
Rosalie ClaussenLincoln Public Schools
Lincoln, Nebraska2008 ©
Lincoln convention and visitors Bureau
Population240,000
Lincoln Public SchoolsLincoln, Nebraska
33,400 students7,000 employees2,800 certified teachers53 schools: 36 elementary, 10 m.s., 6 h.s., 1 alternative h.s and 4 focus programs (science, arts & humanities, technology and entrepreneurship) + 2 elementary and 1 middle school under construction
Art Specialists, full & part-time, in all but 3 elementary schools
Collaborative colleagues and a supportive District Art Consultant - Nancy Childs
My Background
I have 400 art students - middle to upper class families
I see students once a week for 50 minutes
I teach art three days a week at Pyrtle Elementary
and I am the Gifted Facilitator at Belmont Elementary two
days a week
This is my 19th year teaching elementary art for LPS
Pyrtle Elementary
16.0% free and reduced lunch13.5% special education 3.5% mobility 4.1% students of color 9.0% gifted 36.0% attend on permit 96.5% average daily attendance
Meeting the National Standards
The Lincoln Public Schools art curriculum is based on 7 Core Abilities which are directly
correlated to the National Standards. Think Creatively with Art Know the Language of Art ** The Creative Process Elements & PrinciplesConnect With Art * Create Art ** Art History ProductionExpress Through Art ** Live with Art * Interpret Works Careers
Talk About Art Reflecting & Assessing
developed by Lincoln Public Schools * Connects **Communicates
Meeting the Core Abilities with Art Detectives……….
Core Ability #2(National Standard #4)
Connect with Art!Explore Connections with History and Cultures through:
art history aesthetics criticism multicultural
education
What Are They?
How did they begin?
The Beginning
Reproductions and class discussion
Reproductions and small group work
ART WARM-UPS
Title of work of art: ____________________________________________ __________________________________________________________
Date of the work of art:_________________________________________
Artist’s name:________________________________________________
Country or culture:____________________________________________
Descriptive words and phrases:
Summary sentence of main idea:
The class discussions, small group work, and Art Warm-Ups led to the development of art study packets.
My colleague, Tabi Zimmerman, and I shared ideas and the result was The Art Detective Folders.
Art Detective Folders
Art Detective Folders are study packets on artists. Working independently or in groups of two
or three, students learn facts, look at reproductions and answer
questions on artists.
What’s In a Folder?
Artist Information Sheet
Reproductions
Core Ability #3(National Standard #3)
Express Through Art! Explore Artistic Expression: Discover artists’
intentionsLearn to read and interpret artworksUnderstand
choices for
effective communication
Core Ability #4(National Standard #2)
Know the Language of Art!Know:
the art elements and principles of
design how to identify,
interpret and use the
elements and principles in an
artwork how the elements
and principles are connected
ColorColor
Line
BalanceBalance
Rep
etitio
n
Shape
Art Detective Artist FormArtist:
I. BiographyA. Born:
B. Died:C. Culture:
II. Style:A. Art Style:
B. What makes this artist’s work important?
III. Interesting factsA.B.
C.D.
(Page2)
Art Detective Questions:1.
2.
Activities:1. 2.
For more information...
Art Detective Artist FormArtist: Georgia O’Keeffe
A.Born:1887B. Died: 1986C. Culture: American
Style: Abstract
What makes this artist’s work important?Her art is important because she painted things as she saw them.
Interesting factsA. Georgia was born in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.
B. She had very discouraging teachers in school.
C. Georgia started taking painting classes when she was 10 years old.
D. She started out by doing oil & water color paintings.
E. Georgia had success as a painter from the beginning. This was very unusual.
F. Georgia was married to a famous photographer, Alfred Stieglitz
G. She lived for 98 years.
Art Detective Answers
Artist’s Name: Georgia O’Keeffe
Artist’s date of birth / death: 1887 / 1986
Artist’s Culture: American
Art Style: AbstractWhy is their art important?
Her art is important because she painted things as she saw them.
List at least three interesting facts you have learned about the artist:
1. She had very discouraging teachers in school.
2. Georgia started taking painting classes when she was 10 years old.
3. She lived for 98 years.
Look at the pictures and find one work of art by this artist that you like. Write the name or a description of the work of art:
_________________________________________________________________Describe what you see when you look at the work of art. Use a complete sentence.
_________________________________________________________________
Write a question using an art element. Look at the art work you chose and answer your question using a
complete sentence.(for help see Be an Art Detective sheet)
_________________________________________________________________
Complete the following sentence. When I look at this piece of art I think of: (somewhere you’ve been, something you do, a book you’ve read)
_________________________________________________________________
Answer the Art Detective questions on the back of the artist fact sheet. Write your answer in this space.
Look at the pictures and find one work of art by this artist that you like. Write the name or a description of the work of art: Red Poppy. (It is a picture of a large red flower.)
Describe what you see when you look at the work of art. Use a complete sentence.
It is a picture of large red flower with a black center.
Write a question using an art element. Look at the art work you chose and answer your question using a complete sentence.
(for help see Be an Art Detective sheet)How did Georgia show form?She overlapped the petals and changed the value to make it look 3-D.
Complete the following sentence. When I look at this piece of art I think of:
(somewhere you’ve been, something you do, a book you’ve read)planting flowers with my dad.
Answer the Art Detective questions on the back of the artist fact sheet. Write your answer in this space.
Be An Art Detective
How did the artist use the elements in the work of art?
1. Pick a question.2. Fill in the blank with an element. (color, shape, form, line, space, texture, value) 3. Answer the question.
Why did the artist use ___________________________?How did the artist use ___________________________ ?Where did the artist use __________________________?The artist used _____________________ to show what ?The artist used ______________so we would know what ?The artist used _____________to make what important ?The artist used ______________so we would think what ?The artist used ________________so we would see what ?The artist used _______________________ to tell what ?
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Art Detective Questions: (answer either #1 or #2)
1. Look at the picture Skull with White Rose. One day on the way to answer the door Georgia stuck a fabric flower in a white animal skull. She later looked at it and decided to paint it.
Which of the design elements did the addition of the flower change? How did it change?
ShapeTextureLineValueColorFormSpace
1. Georgia said she painted big flowers so people would look at them like people looked at the big buildings in New York City. Look at the pictures City Night and Pansy (gold star). Both were painted in 1926. List three ways they are similar.
The flower changed the texture. The skull is hard and the flower is soft.
The flower changed the shape. With the flower the shape is more organic.
Art Detective Questions: (answer either #1 or #2)
1. Look at the picture Skull with White Rose. One day on the way to answer the door Georgia stuck a fabric flower in a white animal skull. She later looked at it and decided to paint it.
Which of the design elements did the addition of the flower change? How did it change?
ShapeTextureLineValueColorFormSpace
1. Georgia said she painted big flowers so people would look at them like people looked at the big buildings in New York City. Look at the pictures City Night and Pansy (gold star). Both were painted in 1926. List three ways they are similar.
Both have a lot of black, white and blue
Both are vertical pictures.
Both have very light and very dark values.
SUPPLIES NEEDED
Folder
Information sheet
“Be an Art Detective”sheet
Reproductionslaminated or in protectors
Reproductions…….
Where to find them
Catalogs
Old art books
Magazines
Post cards
How Do You Find One?
• Organized into seven groups:– African-American
– Asian-American
– European
– European-American
– Hispanic-American
– Native-American
Storage
Core Ability #7(National Standard # 5)
Talk about Art!
Develop Critical Thinking Skills by:
looking, thinking, and
talking about art work
reflecting and assessing
to understand what was
learned through the art
experience
receiving and providing
feedback so that the
total art experience is
enhanced
Teaching the process
As a whole class
One artist
Large reproductions
Overhead
QuickTime™ and aH.263 decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
Ideas: What is the art piece about?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Word Choice: Build a descriptive word list about the artwork (adjectives)________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Voice: What is the artist trying to tell you?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Fluency: Rhythm of the piece of art—look at shapes, repetition of lines, flow and movement. What do you see?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Organization: Composition—How is the art piece set up? How are the elements organized in the artwork?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Conventions: Technique and media - What materials were used? How well did the artist use them?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Using 6 Trait Writing to Look at and Talk About Art
Art Detective Folders provide:
Independent study of artists
Multicultural exposure to artists
Facts and samples of art work
Higher level thinking questions
Incorporation reading and writing skills
Integrated art production projects
Easily adapted for all students
Easy to teach format
Quick and easy accesscan be used for 10 minutes or an
entire class period
Great for substitute teachers
Very little storage space needed
Great way to store and organize information
Kids Love Them!
This presentation was created by Rosalie Claussen
Lincoln Public SchoolsLincoln, Nebraska
[email protected]:www.lps.org/instruction/curriculum/art/
index.html
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