Is Graffiti a Work of Art?

ART

Curiosity trigger

Students will learn about street art techniques, and then, working in groups, will create pictures with a joyful message using stencil techniques.

Curriculum and Skills

Work and Life Skills:

Social and cultural awareness

In this lesson, you will cover:

NATIONAL CORE ARTS STANDARDS:
VA.Cr2.1.3.a. Create personally satisfying artwork using a variety of artistic processes and materials.
VA.Cr3.1.3.a. Elaborate visual information by adding details in an artwork to enhance emerging meaning.
VA.Re7.2.3.a. Determine messages communicated by an image.
VA.Cr2.1.4.a. Explore and invent art-making techniques and approaches.
VA.Re7.2.4.a. Analyze components in visual imagery that convey messages.

You will need

drop cloth (plastic sheeting), old newspapers, masking tape, adhesive tape

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Authors

Author: Anna Drońska
Methodology: Anna Małkowska
Translation: George Lisowski
Producer: Klaudia Chmura

Source

This is a modified version of a lesson plan created by the Children’s University Foundation under the CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0 license. Photo by BizanceNCo, Bird graffiti, published on flickr under the CC-BY 2.0 license.

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