Year 9 - Art and design
Making a collaborative portrait
Social action
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Unit Summary
Pupils will explore social action in a variety of forms, from collaborative practice to inndividual action and how art works can challenge ideas and influenece decisions. These lessons encourage critical thinking and self-expression, fostering creativity, empathy, and social awareness.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to contribute to a collaborative artwork, which highlights the importance of community.
Key Notes
- Collaborative art is when artists and communities working closely together to make art.
- Collaborative art can bring communities together and make connections.
- Art can be a tool for helping people share experiences, confront challenges, and see new possibilities.
Vocabulary To Learn
- collaborative: working together with others to achieve a common goal or complete a task
- participants: people who take part in an activity, event, or competition
- community: a group of people who share common interests, goals, experiences or values
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Collaborative art is just a group project with a leader.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Collaborative art is when artists and communities working closely together to make art. Collaborative art can bring communities together and make connections.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'collaborative'
working together with others to achieve a common goal or complete a task.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Collaborative art is just a group project with a leader. Correction: Collaborative art is a collective process of co-creation where ideas and efforts are deeply intertwined.
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