Jean-Michel Basquiat

February 16

Please click the Flipgrid link for instructions for today. Please leave a Flipgrid response for credit. Remember a week is given to complete this assignment so you can take some time to collect your magazine cut-outs.

You will need:

  1. Your sketchbook paper

  2. glue stick

  3. magazines, newspapers, comic books, old books, coloring pages, catalogs, etc.

  4. crayons

  5. scissors

Thinking ahead: Please gather newspaper or magazine clippings for next week's assignment on 2/16.

from: Radiant Child by Javaka Steptoe

February 9

Please click the Flipgrid link to listen to story of the life of Jean-Michel Basquiat pronounced John Mi-shell Bas-ki-aht. When you are done please come back to this page and follow the directions and questions below and answer them in a Flipgrid Response:


  1. What do you notice about Jean-Michel Basquiat's artwork? What do you like about it?

  2. What do you like to do with your free time? What components do you add to make your work motivational? Do you listen to a certain type of music? Do you like silence? Do you like to be in a certain room of your home? Do you like to be with people or alone when you are working on something creative?

  3. Why do you think Jean-Michel liked to add symbols in his art work? What do you think those symbols mean to Jean-Michel?