Year 7 - Art and design
This is art: the power of collaborative making
An overview of art
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Unit Summary
In this unit pupils enhance their critical thinking exploring art from various perspectives. They discuss what defines art, study galleries and museums and art's connection to the curriculum. They consider drawing and how emotions are expressed using this medium.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to create a collaborative piece of work that builds community spirit.
Key Notes
- Artists often explore their feelings, experiences and observations of the world and communicate meaning.
- Artists can collaborate and work together to communicate common meanings or achieve common goals.
- When artists collaborate, they develop common values and beliefs to enable them to form a community.
- The use of hands in art symbolise many things such as emotion, support, affection, beliefs and can represent community.
Vocabulary To Learn
- Collaborative: working together with one or more people to communicate common meanings or achieve common goals.
- Community: a group of people who share something in common, such as a location, interests, or activities
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Art can only be made by one artist, working alone.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Artists often explore their feelings, experiences and observations of the world and communicate meaning. Artists can collaborate and work together to communicate common meanings or achieve common goals.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'Collaborative'
working together with one or more people to communicate common meanings or achieve common goals.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Art can only be made by one artist, working alone. Correction: Art can be a collaborative process. When artists collaborate, they work together to communicate common meanings or achieve common goals.
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