Essential question: How has collage evolved as an art form over time, and what does it allow artists to express that other mediums might not?

Objectives:  

• Students will identify the origins of collage as an art form, focusing on Pablo Picasso and the Cubist movement.

• Students will discuss how collage can convey personal, political, or cultural messages both historically and today.

• Students will brainstorm ideas for a collage project that incorporates historical and contemporary approaches. 

• Students will recognize the value of diverse perspectives in contemporary art, as seen in Raquel van Haver’s work.

       Opening Video 

                 Warm-up question

Lesson Material

End of class activities

Visual and Performing Arts Standards:   

1.  Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work. 

2. Anchor Standard 7: Perceive and analyze artistic work 

3.  Anchor Standard 9: Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

4. Anchor Standard 10: Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art. 

Prof.VA:Cn11: Describe how knowledge of culture, traditions, and history may influence personal responses to art.  

Prof.VA:Re7.2: Analyze how one’s understanding of the world is affected by experiencing visual imagery. 

Prof.VA::Re8: Interpret an artwork or collection of works, supported by relevant and sufficient evidence found in the work and its various contexts.

Prof.VA:Pr6: Analyze and describe the impact that an exhibition or collection has on personal awareness of social, cultural, or political beliefs and understandings