Contributor: Deirdre Kenna

About Deirdre Kenna

Deidre Kenna, a Masters in Art Education student of the School of Visual Arts in NYC, is the 2003-2004 scholarship recipient of the Keith Haring Scholarship award. This project is a collaboration with The School of Visual Arts & a local NYC public high school.

Symbol Printing

Using Haring's Subway drawings as a starting point, New York City high school student will create prints of their own personal symbols.

Student Activist Posters

Students create posters for their school that express their personal feelings on politics, health issues, or personal rights.

Sidewalk Justice

High School students from New York City take to the streets to express their opinions, both personal and political.

Relationships in Art

An introductory lesson to Relationship Sculptures, that explores personal relationships and how these dynamics can be communicated through art.

Relationship Sculptures

Students examine and create clay sculptures based on a special relationship they have.

Plaster Mold Symbols

Students will make casts of their own symbols using clay and plaster.

Overcoming Oppression

This lesson allows students to explore ways that artists have expressed feelings of oppression, and provides students with a voice to express themes of empowerment as a response.

Hip Hop Dancers

New York City High school students explore movement and performance in this lesson, which explores urban vernacular dance.

Flipbook Animation

High School students learn that movement is created by using a very fast sequence of photographs to enable them to make their own cartoon flip books.

Exploring Artistic Influences

Students explore their own personal artistic influences and make a work that is inspired by this connection.

Challenging Gender Roles

High school students examine Post War American gender roles and then create their own collages from magazine and newspaper clippings.