Multicultural+&+Contemporary+Art+Education

**Multicultural Lesson Plans**
1. [|Ocarinas] - To make this lesson more multi-cultural based, we would look at the history of the whistle-like instruments and which cultures used them, how they used them, and techniques they used for decoration. 2. [|Navajo Sand Paintings] - Students will research sand paintings and important symbols in the Navajo culture. They will choose symbols they researched and incorporate them into their design. They will have to be able to explain the significance and meaning behind the paintings. 3.[|Group Environment] - Students will be placed into groups and will research architecture and styles of living from different cultures and will design a model environment in that particular style. 4. [|Opposition and Conflict]- Students will look at and study artwork from countries and culture that are in conflict. By studying other conflict across the centuries and the contemporary world, students will create a work of art with the medium of their choice that illustrates the conflict of their choice. 5. [|Mexican War Murals] - Students will look at the work of artists creating during the Mexican War of Independence. They will look at the style and subject of the war and create a collaborative mural in the style of the artists, while learning about the history, struggles, and truiumphs of the country. 6. [|Korean Slip Pottery] - Explores techniques that have been used to make ceramic vessels in Korean culture since the 12th century. Students will use these techniques and personalize a vessel. 7. [|Japanese Wood Block Prints]- Students will learn about printmaking as it was and still is done in Japan. Students will create their own print using linoleum cuts. The subjects of their prints will be personal but created in a similar style as the Japanese prints. 8. [|Silhouette Narrative] - Students will look at the work of Kara Walker and the narratives she creates with her contour, silhouette images. Students will research the ideas behind her artwork, and create their own story using an alter-ego which will be executed using cut paper. 9. [|Harlem Renaissance Poetry] - After reading through many different poems, written by Harlem Renaissance writers, students will choose the poem of their choice and will create either a painting or drawing based on the images they recieve from reading the poem. 10.[|Gyotaku Fish Prints]- Students will research the history and form behind this printmaking technique. Fish and fishing are important to the Japanese culture, so the students will bring in that is something important or valued by their culture and will make a print out of it.