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- Subway Graffiti Project
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- Introducing Keith Haring
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Materials: Markers
The Story of Red and Blue – Art
This spontaneous explorative project allows students of all ages to open up and make free associations with positive results.
Tabletop Graffiti Mural
When an art teacher from a YMCA in Florida decided to clean up her shabby tables and teach her students about graffiti art, she decided to combine the projects and revive the tables with art! A strong emphasis on collaboration and cooperation led to a classroom full of personalized furniture.
Drawings & Collage
Sent in by the YMCA in Sarasota, FLorida, this lesson explores the use of multiple figures in the medium of collage.
Signs of Everyday Life
Keith Haring was interested in how signs are used in many different cultures, from Egyptian hieroglyphics to contemporary advertising on the city streets. He often signed his artwork with a "radiant baby" sign instead of his name. This lesson seeks to explore the signs around us, and to create our own.
On the Move
To explore students' perceptions of movement and how it can be expressed in images.
Make a visual diary of how you move throughout the day.
Mural to Music 2
Ask your students to make a collaborative mural drawing to music, using their invented sign language, music, using their invented sign language, music logos, imagination, and their responses to the music.
Mural to Music 1
Ask your students to make a collaborative mural drawing to music, using their invented sign language, their imagination, and their responses to the music.
Hip Hop, Skip, and Jump
This program was designed to be a take-home activity for children in conjunction with the exhibition of Keith Haring's work at the Whitney Museum in New York City.
Posters for a Charity
This insightful lesson combines ethics with art, allowing students to consider the social and political climate they live in, and to take positive action by creating posters that inspire awareness and change.
Making Masks
Merging ancient and contemporary art, this lesson examines the significance of mask-making in the past and present. A great starting point to larger projects, or a fast exploration for the less patient.
Pop Shop 1 – Symbol Making
Students will learn about Keith Haring's use of symbols by examining his bold, direct lines and images and create their own.