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Building Chairs with Don King

http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2181/

A lesson plan for Grades 9–12 Visual Arts I

Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

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Appropriate grades
9–12
Subjects
arts (crafts, woodworking), thinking skills (visual literacy), education technology (computer/technology skills)
Provider
The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

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In this ARTSEDGE lesson, students use the work of Don King, an artist and former range botanist to investigate the evolution of chair design and the practical, decorative, and artistic functions of this often-overlooked furniture form.

Students will:

  • look at, describe, discuss, and compare chairs that are made for decorative and functional purposes;
  • create a brief written report, PowerPoint presentation, or web page focusing on chairs;
  • build a small, three-dimensional model in the shape of a chair using small sticks/branches and twine or neutral yarn/string; and
  • consciously incorporate repetition, movement, and texture.

ARTSEDGE provides detailed instructions for completing the lesson, a supply list, suggestions for assessment and extension activities, and links to related web resources.

North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

Visual Arts Education (2001)

Grades 9–12 — Visual Arts I

  • Goal 1: The learner will develop critical and creative thinking skills and perceptual awareness necessary for understanding and producing art.
    • Objective 1.05: Show how ideas develop and evolve over a period of time.
    • Objective 1.06: Manipulate sensory stimuli to develop perceptual awareness.
  • Goal 2: The learner will develop skills necessary for understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes.
    • Objective 2.01: Explore and discuss unique properties and potential of art materials.
    • Objective 2.02: Demonstrate techniques and processes for working with each art material.
    • Objective 2.03: Communicate and express ideas through a variety of materials and techniques.
    • Objective 2.04: Evaluate and select materials, techniques and processes to facilitate the creation of artwork.
    • Objective 2.05: Demonstrate the safe and responsible use of tools and materials.
  • Goal 4: The learner will choose and evaluate a range of subject matter and ideas to communicate intended meaning in artworks.
    • Objective 4.04: Research and discuss how artists develop personal imagery and style.
  • Goal 5: The learner will understand the visual arts in relation to history and cultures.
    • Objective 5.01: Know that the visual arts have a history, purpose and function in all cultures.
    • Objective 5.02: Identify specific works of art as belonging to particular cultures, times and places.
  • Goal 6: The learner will reflect upon and assess the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others.
    • Objective 6.02: Describe how people's experiences influence the development of specific artworks.
    • Objective 6.06: Critique artwork through the use of: proper vocabulary, art elements and design principles, meaning, feeling, mood and ideas, oral and written expression.