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Subject: Sculpture
RNA Protein Strand Sculpture
![RNA Protein Strand Sculpture RNA Protein Strand Sculpture](https://www.haringkids.com/lesson_plans/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/glue_master_now-100x100.jpg)
Students utilize elements of design to compose a work of art
(Making a Box) Vocabulary: 3-D, Volume
(Building a 3-D structure from the 2nd Dimension)
Realizing the (RNA Protein Structure)
Drawing with Wire
![Drawing with Wire Drawing with Wire](https://www.haringkids.com/lesson_plans/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/IMG_2484-100x100.jpg)
Students at PS183 in New York, learn how to draw with wire, as part of the bodies in motion workshop
Keith Haring and Graffiti
![Keith Haring and Graffiti Keith Haring and Graffiti](https://www.haringkids.com/lesson_plans/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/wall4-100x100.jpg)
Students from this Montessori school in Canada studied Keith Haring and then worked collaboratively to make several murals, custom t-shirts, and sculptures, all exploring the theme of "Peace, love and the environment."
Clay Portrait Project
![Clay Portrait Project Clay Portrait Project](https://www.haringkids.com/lesson_plans/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/ANONYMOUS05-100x100.jpg)
Using traditional portraiture methods of proportion, students explore and combine their knowledge with Haring-style, expressive, and colorful aesthetics to produce vibrant clay masks.
To download facial proportions sheet go to Visual Aids, use link on the right.
Bus Stop Mosaic
![Bus Stop Mosaic Bus Stop Mosaic](https://www.haringkids.com/lesson_plans/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/mosaic12-100x100.jpg)
This 8th grade class from Germany was invited to creat a doublesided mosaic for a local community bus stop.
The Keith Haring Car
![The Keith Haring Car The Keith Haring Car](https://www.haringkids.com/lesson_plans/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/car04-100x100.jpg)
During this lesson the children learned about Keith Haring and what kind of artwork he created. Then they had fun expressing painting an entire car in Haring-inspired imagery!
Haring Mosaic
![Haring Mosaic Haring Mosaic](https://www.haringkids.com/lesson_plans/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/100D0638-100x100.jpg)
These 8th graders from a town in Germany were invited to create a public mosaic for their local town hall in Bullay. Inspired by Keith Haring, the students chose bold, colorful figures to depict their message.
A Haring Holiday
![A Haring Holiday A Haring Holiday](https://www.haringkids.com/lesson_plans/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/FullProject-100x100.jpg)
Create Haring-inspired holiday ornaments with children using this fun and easy project sent in to us by a high school in Kansas.
Character Traits in Fables
![Character Traits in Fables Character Traits in Fables](https://www.haringkids.com/lesson_plans/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/jamal6-100x100.jpg)
Fourth and Fifth grade Special Education students wrote fables, created a subway mural, dance freeze cut outs, illustrations and sculptures of their characters, wrote a song and choreographed a dance for each character, and designed a web page of their work on the project.
A Sculptor’s Model
![A Sculptor's Model A Sculptor's Model](https://www.haringkids.com/lesson_plans/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/IMG_1180-100x100.jpg)
This lesson was designed to parallel The Tampa Museum's survey: "Keith Haring: Art & Commerce," on view March 18 through June 11, 2006.
Local children were presented with a slide presentation of Haring's work, with a particular emphasis on Haring's large scale steel sculptures and accompanying sculptural macquettes. Students then participated in a workshop where they too could design and construct their own scaled down models of imaginary, mythic sculptures.
Haring Mobiles
This lesson was sent to us by a school in New Jersey whose students designed and constructed their own Haring-inspired hanging mobiles. A great extension to lessons involving the figure and movement.