Ceramic Chance Tiles

Lesson Plan

Description

Students will engage in a Sol LeWitt participatory response game to create designs that will then be refined and recreated on ceramic tiles. Students will unify the artworks as a collaborative class tile installation.

Level

Advanced

Areas of Study

Community Markers Mixed Media Color Line Pattern Repetition Movement Unity Variety Abstract Art Contemporary Art

Collections

Transformation: Risk & Chance

Lesson Objectives

Students will explore chance and risk through media and choice.

Students will refine final examples of personal works based on feedback, critique, and artistic vision.

Students will collaborate on a ceramic tile installation.

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Teaching Strategies

Introduce conceptual artists Sol LeWitt and Jean Arp.
Analyze contemporary designs that followed a scripted artmaking exercise as seen in Sol LeWitt’s installations.
Discuss how artists utilize risk and chance.
Explain how artists can use feedback to refine their work.

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National Standards

Create

Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.

VA:Cr2.1.IIa

Reflect on, re-engage, revise, and refine works of art or design considering relevant traditional and contemporary criteria as well as personal artistic vision.

VA:Cr3.1.IIIa

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Time Requirements

Teacher Prep Time

30 minutes

Demonstration Time

20 minutes

Student Studio Time

2 hours and 40 minutes

Supplies and Materials

Greenware ceramic tiles
Paint markers
Highlighters
Variety of mark-making tools
Gloss medium
Ruler or 3" x 3" square template
Pencil and eraser

National Standards

Create

Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.

VA:Cr2.1.IIa

Reflect on, re-engage, revise, and refine works of art or design considering relevant traditional and contemporary criteria as well as personal artistic vision.

VA:Cr3.1.IIIa

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Steps

Review Artists and Discuss Revision

Review how conceptual artists use chance and risk. Explore Sol LeWitt and Jean Arp’s work habits and processes. Discuss how feedback could have directed and improved these artists’ artworks by reading artists’ quotes and writings related to processes.

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