Title: Creating your own artwork
Length: Artwork Proposal (500 words) + Artwork + Documentation (artist statement and critical reflection)
Due: Artwork Proposal: 07/03
Learning outcomes: 1, 2 and 3
For the assessment:
Week 4
Provide an artwork proposal outlining:
1. Your inspiration; Who or what inspires you? How do they/ it inspire you? Demonstrate that you understand the difference between copying someone’s style and being inspired by someone’s style. You are required to bring your own inquiry to what you are creating.
2. Your concept for the artwork; for example, advocating for climate change, home and belonging, your cultural identity.
3. What do you plan to complete? For example; a drawing, painting, photograph, sculpture or mixed media work.
4. List the resources/ materials required to complete the artwork.
5. A brief time management plan.
Assessment Event 1 – Critique
Title: Famous Artist
Length: 1200 words
Due: 14/03
For this assessment:
· Select one (1) of the following artists: Albert Namatjira, Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Frida Kahlo, Henri Matisse. Introduce the artist, what do you know about the artist that will engage young children (3-5 years)?
· Select three (3) of their artworks from an art gallery website that could be presented and discussed with young children (3-5 years).
Complete the below table for each artwork, including pictures of these artworks. For each of the artworks explain: when it was made; how it was made; what is the style of the work; and why was it created. Total of three (3) tables.
· Read Chalk & Dinham (2018), pp.114- 119. Following Table 5.1 on page 116, complete a table with your own questions for each of the three (3) artworks. Total of three (3) tables.
· Research any relevant educational tools/ resources that you could use in your visual arts program, for example see resources below: What will the children now create?
Resource examples:
National Gallery of Australia. (2021). Emily Kame Kngwarreye: Alhalkere, Paintings from Utopia. https://nga.gov.au/exhibitions/emily-kame-kngwarreye/
Tate Kids. (n.d.). Who is Henri Matisse? https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/who-is/who-henri-matisse
Your assessment should show evidence that you have read widely on the topic beyond the supplied readings and texts. Your assessment must use correct referencing, in APA 7th style.
RELATED MATERIALS
Recommended texts:
Mayesky, M. (2015). Creative activities and curriculum for young children (11th ed.). Wadsworth Cengage. (Chapter 1, pp. 90-95, 237-240).
Roy, D., Baker, W., & Hamilton, A. (2019). Teaching the arts: Early childhood and primary education (3rd ed.). Cambridge University Press. (Chapters 1-2).
Mayesky, M. (2015). Creative activities and curriculum for young children (11th ed.). Wadsworth Cengage. (Chapters 9-11, 13-14)
Roy, D., Baker, W., & Hamilton, A. (2019). Teaching the arts: Early childhood and primary education (3rd ed.). Cambridge University Press. (Chapter 8).
Roy, D., Baker, W., & Hamilton, A. (2019). Teaching the arts: Early childhood and primary education (3rd ed.). Cambridge University Press. (Chapter 2).
Readings:
Christensen, L. M., & Kirkland, L. D. (2010). Early childhood visual arts curriculum: Freeing spaces to express developmental and cultural palettes of mind. Childhood Education, 86(2), 87-91.
National Gallery of Australia. (2021). Art & artists. https://nga.gov.au/art-artists/
Ropeyarn, T. (2021). Texture printing with Teho. https://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/682272/10125_ Teho_Ropeyarn_online_PDF_activity_vFINAL.pdf
Boone, D. (2008). Young children’s experience of visual displays of their artwork. Australian Art Education, 31(2), 22-45. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/27557/1/27557.pdf
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia. (2021). Being Tiwi. https://www.mca.com.au/learn/learning-resources/being-tiwi/
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia. (2021). Primavera 2015. https://www.mca.com.au/learn/learning-resources/primavera-2015/
Eckhoff, A. (2008). The importance of art viewing experiences in early childhood visual arts: The exploration of a master art teacher’s strategies for meaningful early arts experiences. Early Childhood Education Journal, 35(5), 463-472
