Saturday Art School

Date: 11/1/14
Grade: 3rd-5th
Group: Brooke, Tyler, Victor

Sculpture
Standard: VA: Cr 2.1.3, Create personally satisfying artwork using a variety of
artistic processes and materials
Objectives: Students will create a personal representation of themselves in sculpture
form through the use of imperfect objects
Enduring Question: Students will be able to understand that imperfections are not
necessarily useless but can be meaningful in their own way
Questions:

How can we make something perfect out of imperfect objects?

What makes an object perfect?
What is a sculpture? How is it different than a drawing or a painting?
What kind of materials can we use?

Vocabulary:

Sculpture: artwork shaped into having form

Form: A 3D figure
3 Dimensional: having length, width, height, and depth; not all points lying on
the same plane

Materials:

Recycled Materials (Cardboard boxes, plastic containers, bottles, cans, etc)

Markers
Colored pencils
Crayons
Paint
Glue
Tape
Twine

Yarn
Colored paper
Cotton balls
Tissue paper
Cloth
Foam boards

Day 1 Procedure:

Introduction (5 minutes)
Assessment (5 minutes)
Art making (55 minutes)
clean up (15 minutes)

Day 2 Procedure:

Review (5 minutes)
Finish sculptures (50 minutes)
write reflections (10 minutes)
Share (20 minutes)

Artist Examples:

Michelle Reader
Yuken Teruya
Leo Sewell