Art DetectiveFolders

Rosalie ClaussenLincoln Public Schools

Lincoln, Nebraska2008 ©

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Lincoln Public SchoolsLincoln, Nebraska

33,400 students7,000 employees2,800 certified teachers53 schools: 36 elementary, 10 m.s., 6 h.s., 1 alternative h.s and 4 focus programs (science, arts & humanities, technology and entrepreneurship) + 2 elementary and 1 middle school under construction

Art Specialists, full & part-time, in all but 3 elementary schools

Collaborative colleagues and a supportive District Art Consultant - Nancy Childs

My Background

I have 400 art students - middle to upper class families

I see students once a week for 50 minutes

I teach art three days a week at Pyrtle Elementary

and I am the Gifted Facilitator at Belmont Elementary two

days a week

This is my 19th year teaching elementary art for LPS

Pyrtle Elementary

16.0% free and reduced lunch13.5% special education 3.5% mobility 4.1% students of color 9.0% gifted 36.0% attend on permit 96.5% average daily attendance

Meeting the National Standards

The Lincoln Public Schools art curriculum is based on 7 Core Abilities which are directly

correlated to the National Standards. Think Creatively with Art Know the Language of Art ** The Creative Process Elements & PrinciplesConnect With Art * Create Art ** Art History ProductionExpress Through Art ** Live with Art * Interpret Works Careers

Talk About Art Reflecting & Assessing

developed by Lincoln Public Schools * Connects **Communicates

Meeting the Core Abilities with Art Detectives……….

Core Ability #2(National Standard #4)

Connect with Art!Explore Connections with History and Cultures through:

art history aesthetics criticism multicultural

education

What Are They?

How did they begin?

The Beginning

Reproductions and class discussion

Reproductions and small group work

ART WARM-UPS

Title of work of art: ____________________________________________ __________________________________________________________

Date of the work of art:_________________________________________

Artist’s name:________________________________________________

Country or culture:____________________________________________

Descriptive words and phrases:

Summary sentence of main idea:

The class discussions, small group work, and Art Warm-Ups led to the development of art study packets.

My colleague, Tabi Zimmerman, and I shared ideas and the result was The Art Detective Folders.

Art Detective Folders

Art Detective Folders are study packets on artists. Working independently or in groups of two

or three, students learn facts, look at reproductions and answer

questions on artists.

What’s In a Folder?

Artist Information Sheet

Reproductions

Core Ability #3(National Standard #3)

Express Through Art! Explore Artistic Expression: Discover artists’

intentionsLearn to read and interpret artworksUnderstand

choices for

effective communication

Core Ability #4(National Standard #2)

Know the Language of Art!Know:

the art elements and principles of

design how to identify,

interpret and use the

elements and principles in an

artwork how the elements

and principles are connected

ColorColor

Line

BalanceBalance

Rep

etitio

n

Shape

Art Detective Artist FormArtist:

I. BiographyA. Born:

B. Died:C. Culture:

II. Style:A. Art Style:

B. What makes this artist’s work important?

III. Interesting factsA.B.

C.D.

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Art Detective Questions:1.

2.

Activities:1. 2.

For more information...

Art Detective Artist FormArtist: Georgia O’Keeffe

A.Born:1887B. Died: 1986C. Culture: American

Style: Abstract

What makes this artist’s work important?Her art is important because she painted things as she saw them.

Interesting factsA. Georgia was born in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.

B. She had very discouraging teachers in school.

C. Georgia started taking painting classes when she was 10 years old.

D. She started out by doing oil & water color paintings.

E. Georgia had success as a painter from the beginning. This was very unusual.

F. Georgia was married to a famous photographer, Alfred Stieglitz

G. She lived for 98 years.

Art Detective Answers

Artist’s Name: Georgia O’Keeffe

Artist’s date of birth / death: 1887 / 1986

Artist’s Culture: American

Art Style: AbstractWhy is their art important?

Her art is important because she painted things as she saw them.

List at least three interesting facts you have learned about the artist:

1. She had very discouraging teachers in school.

2. Georgia started taking painting classes when she was 10 years old.

3. She lived for 98 years.

Look at the pictures and find one work of art by this artist that you like. Write the name or a description of the work of art:

_________________________________________________________________Describe what you see when you look at the work of art. Use a complete sentence.

_________________________________________________________________

Write a question using an art element. Look at the art work you chose and answer your question using a

complete sentence.(for help see Be an Art Detective sheet)

_________________________________________________________________

Complete the following sentence. When I look at this piece of art I think of: (somewhere you’ve been, something you do, a book you’ve read)

_________________________________________________________________

Answer the Art Detective questions on the back of the artist fact sheet. Write your answer in this space.

Look at the pictures and find one work of art by this artist that you like. Write the name or a description of the work of art: Red Poppy. (It is a picture of a large red flower.)

Describe what you see when you look at the work of art. Use a complete sentence.

It is a picture of large red flower with a black center.

Write a question using an art element. Look at the art work you chose and answer your question using a complete sentence.

(for help see Be an Art Detective sheet)How did Georgia show form?She overlapped the petals and changed the value to make it look 3-D.

Complete the following sentence. When I look at this piece of art I think of:

(somewhere you’ve been, something you do, a book you’ve read)planting flowers with my dad.

Answer the Art Detective questions on the back of the artist fact sheet. Write your answer in this space.

Be An Art Detective

How did the artist use the elements in the work of art?

1. Pick a question.2. Fill in the blank with an element. (color, shape, form, line, space, texture, value) 3. Answer the question.

Why did the artist use ___________________________?How did the artist use ___________________________ ?Where did the artist use __________________________?The artist used _____________________ to show what ?The artist used ______________so we would know what ?The artist used _____________to make what important ?The artist used ______________so we would think what ?The artist used ________________so we would see what ?The artist used _______________________ to tell what ?

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Art Detective Questions: (answer either #1 or #2)

1. Look at the picture Skull with White Rose. One day on the way to answer the door Georgia stuck a fabric flower in a white animal skull. She later looked at it and decided to paint it.

Which of the design elements did the addition of the flower change? How did it change?

ShapeTextureLineValueColorFormSpace

1. Georgia said she painted big flowers so people would look at them like people looked at the big buildings in New York City. Look at the pictures City Night and Pansy (gold star). Both were painted in 1926. List three ways they are similar.

The flower changed the texture. The skull is hard and the flower is soft.

The flower changed the shape. With the flower the shape is more organic.

Art Detective Questions: (answer either #1 or #2)

1. Look at the picture Skull with White Rose. One day on the way to answer the door Georgia stuck a fabric flower in a white animal skull. She later looked at it and decided to paint it.

Which of the design elements did the addition of the flower change? How did it change?

ShapeTextureLineValueColorFormSpace

1. Georgia said she painted big flowers so people would look at them like people looked at the big buildings in New York City. Look at the pictures City Night and Pansy (gold star). Both were painted in 1926. List three ways they are similar.

Both have a lot of black, white and blue

Both are vertical pictures.

Both have very light and very dark values.

SUPPLIES NEEDED

Folder

Information sheet

“Be an Art Detective”sheet

Reproductionslaminated or in protectors

Reproductions…….

Where to find them

Catalogs

Old art books

Magazines

Post cards

How Do You Find One?

• Organized into seven groups:– African-American

– Asian-American

– European

– European-American

– Hispanic-American

– Native-American

Storage

Core Ability #7(National Standard # 5)

Talk about Art!

Develop Critical Thinking Skills by:

looking, thinking, and

talking about art work

reflecting and assessing

to understand what was

learned through the art

experience

receiving and providing

feedback so that the

total art experience is

enhanced

Teaching the process

As a whole class

One artist

Large reproductions

Overhead

QuickTime™ and aH.263 decompressor

are needed to see this picture.

Ideas: What is the art piece about?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Word Choice: Build a descriptive word list about the artwork (adjectives)________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Voice: What is the artist trying to tell you?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Fluency: Rhythm of the piece of art—look at shapes, repetition of lines, flow and movement. What do you see?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Organization: Composition—How is the art piece set up? How are the elements organized in the artwork?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Conventions: Technique and media - What materials were used? How well did the artist use them?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Using 6 Trait Writing to Look at and Talk About Art

Art Detective Folders provide:

Independent study of artists

Multicultural exposure to artists

Facts and samples of art work

Higher level thinking questions

Incorporation reading and writing skills

Integrated art production projects

Easily adapted for all students

Easy to teach format

Quick and easy accesscan be used for 10 minutes or an

entire class period

Great for substitute teachers

Very little storage space needed

Great way to store and organize information

Kids Love Them!

This presentation was created by Rosalie Claussen

Lincoln Public SchoolsLincoln, Nebraska

rclauss@lps.orghttp:www.lps.org/instruction/curriculum/art/

index.html

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