Inspired Profile Pictures

Lesson Plan

Description

Students will discuss notable artists and contemporary appropriation in social media trends. Students will be inspired by famous historical art and recreate the appropriations as current self-portrait profile pictures using photography.

Level

Intermediate

Areas of Study

Identity Portrait Photography Digital Emphasis Contrast Contemporary Art Media Arts

Collections

Investigating Avant-Garde Design

Lesson Objectives

Students will discuss appropriation in examples of contemporary art as well as current social media trends.

Students will create a self-portrait recreating a famous piece of art history in a new way.

Students will use photography and digital editing to create a self-portrait profile picture.

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Teaching Strategies

Lead discussion of appropriation in examples of contemporary art as well as current social media trends.
Demonstrate strategies to create a self-portrait that recreates a famous piece of art history in a new way.
Demonstrate how to use photography and digital editing to create a self-portrait profile picture.
Facilitate analysis of appropriation versus student design in a reflective artist statement.

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National Standards

Create

Demonstrate awareness of ethical responsibility to oneself and others when posting and sharing images and other materials through the Internet, social media, and other communication formats.

VA:Cr2.2.7a

Demonstrate awareness of practices, issues, and ethics of appropriation, fair use, copyright, open source, and creative commons as they apply to creating works of art and design.

VA:Cr2.2.8a

Document early stages of the creative process visually and/or verbally in traditional or new media.

VA:Cr1.1.8a

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Time Requirements

Teacher Prep Time

15 minutes

Demonstration Time

40 minutes

Student Studio Time

2 hours

Supplies and Materials

Cameras, phones, or tablets
Photo editing software
Assorted cloth, still-life materials, or costumes
Sketchbook
Pencil, eraser

National Standards

Create

Demonstrate awareness of ethical responsibility to oneself and others when posting and sharing images and other materials through the Internet, social media, and other communication formats.

VA:Cr2.2.7a

Demonstrate awareness of practices, issues, and ethics of appropriation, fair use, copyright, open source, and creative commons as they apply to creating works of art and design.

VA:Cr2.2.8a

Document early stages of the creative process visually and/or verbally in traditional or new media.

VA:Cr1.1.8a

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Steps

Analyze

Analyze the art of Sherrie Levine, specifically the After Walker Evans series. Discuss authorship and who is the “true” artist when work has been appropriated. Discuss the difference between appropriation and inspiration. Document thoughts and questions in a Venn Diagram.

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