Appendix A
The National Core Art Standards are used for this unit.
Anchor Standard 4: Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.28
Students will meet this standard as we look at and discuss what a curator does. Looking at art exhibits and The Sanderson museum will illustrate the role of a curator for students. In the use of the community museum center students will compare the value of objects/artworks, categorized objects/artworks based on a theme for their display (identity).
Anchor Standard 5: Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.29 To meet this standard, students will brainstorm and practice different ideas for their display in the community museum center. If students are not assembling an entire exhibit, but rather displaying a single artwork they will have the task of deciding where to display it at why.
Anchor Standard 6: Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work. After learning about Chris Sanderson and his collection, students will analyze their own possessions/collections to assemble a curation of objects that tells the story of their identity. Students may focus on one part of their identity or their entire self. This will be assessed communally through the peer review process in the community museum.
Anchor Standard 8: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work. My students will be meeting this standard when they reflect upon their own art work and that of their peers. In the community museum review students will be challenged to interpret the meaning of their peer’s exhibit. When reflecting on their own artwork students will determine how successful the message of the artwork is communicated.
Anchor Standard 10: Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art. In order to communicate their identity, students will need to reflect upon themselves, their experiences, and their knowledge. When sketching for an identity focused choice-art project, student will be looking into themselves for inspiration, instead of the world around them.
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