Global Artists explore color and symbols used by cultures and create a personal mandala expressing identity.
Enduring Understandings
The process of researching and creating a mandala and talking and/or writing about it for others, will help students to:
understand how cultures use symbols and color to communicate
express personal identity through artwork
Essential Questions
How do cultures use color and symbols to communicate?
How can art communicate identity?
Activities
Introduction to the project
Mandala Research
Identity Worksheet
Trip to San Antonio Museum of Art
Special Guest Presentation
Planning and Design
Color theory and skill building
Creation
Exhibit
- plan what to say
- video tape it (edit option)
- upload and attach to the target image
Students examine mandalas in Tibetan and Indian culture, before creating a mandala representing their own identity.
Overview of lesson.
- find center of the page
- lightly sketch outline
- fill with light/white
Global Art 1-2007
- fill with color
Artist:Jack L.
Artist: Steven O.
Pointers/Pitfalls
· white layer reflects the light and color for the colored layer
· keep pencils sharp
· keep a “table protector” on table to catch pencil crumbs and make clean-up easier
6. Title and self evaluate