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Teach Jesus Rafael Soto’s Kinetic Art to Your K-12 Students w/ Collaborative Installations (Ep. 4)

Discover how to bring the artist Jesus Rafael Soto to your K-12 art classroom! Start with a brief crash course of background information about the artist and their artwork. Jesus Rafael Soto is a Venezuelan artist who uses industrial materials to make kinetic sculptures. These installations explore movement and sound and rely on audience participation.

Learn practical and engaging ways to bring Jesus Rafael Soto to your elementary and secondary art students. See how Joe introduces young students to installation art and creates schoolwide installations. Harris provides materials for older students to play and explore with movement and sound before planning mock installations for their school campus.

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Lindsey McGinnis

Lindsey McGinnis is AOEU’s Media Content Manager and a former high school art educator. She is passionately equipping art teachers to be successful in their classrooms and firmly believes that art is a safe place for students to explore and process the challenging topics and concepts around them.

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