Year 9 - Art and design
The importance of relationships and connections through art
Art for life: expression and belonging
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Unit Summary
Pupils will explore how creative making can support health and wellbeing through personal expression and use art for self-discovery. Inspired by artistic practice they will investigate art as a tool for transformation and connection, using memories and reflections to support a sense of belonging.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to make a creative, collaborative connection through line and malleable materials.
Key Notes
- How touch, connection, and communication, reflecting human relationships and experiences can be expressed through art.
- Working with materials like clay or paper can be grounding and physically engaging.
- Malleable materials can be used to express care for one another.
Vocabulary To Learn
- connection: emotional, intellectual and personal engagement with something
- collaborative: the act of more than one person working together to create something
- malleable: a material which can be pressed or moulded into shape
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Artists always work alone to create their art.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
How touch, connection, and communication, reflecting human relationships and experiences can be expressed through art. Working with materials like clay or paper can be grounding and physically engaging.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'connection'
emotional, intellectual and personal engagement with something.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Artists always work alone to create their art. Correction: Many artists collaborate with others, work in teams, or invite the community to be part of the process.
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