Introduction


Collage

Have you ever kept pictures, concert tickets, flowers, cards and other things that people have given you? If so, did you ever use any of them to create something on paper that told a person about you? Sometimes in English or other classes, your teachers have you create a collage of words or pictures about yourself for others to learn about you.

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Romare Bearden

Collage is a technique in art that a lot of artists use to convey their ideas to others. There are several collage artists around, but one of the most famous is Romare Bearden. Perhaps, you have heard of him! If you haven't, get ready to learn about him!

Much like Charlie Lucas uses found objects to create his sculptures, Romare Bearden experimented withmany different mediums and artistic styles. He is best known for his richly textured collages, two of which appeared on the covers of Fortune and Time magazines, in 1968.


Portrait of Romare Bearden. Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Carl Van Vechten Collection, [reproduction number, LC-USZ62-42507].


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Lesson Objectives

Following successful completion of this lesson, students will be able to...

  • Create a drawing or collage of selected photographs reflecting their own personal identities
  • Identify found objects and mixed media
  • Evaluate their own artwork or the creations of others using a production rubric
  • Identify the artists Kristi Abbott and Romare Bearden

Enduring Understandings

  • Through their use of elements and structures of their art form, artists and performers provide clues to their expressive intent.
  • Artists and designers experiment with forms, structures, materials, concepts, media, and art-making approaches.
  • Their interests, experiences, understandings, and purposes influence individuals' selection and process of creating in the arts.
  • The forming, integration, and refinement of aesthetic components, principles, and processes create purpose, meaning, and artistic quality in the arts.
  • People create and interact with objects, places, and design that define, shape, enhance, and empower their lives.
  • Visual imagery influences understanding of and responses to the world.
  • Artist's interpretations of their work are influenced by personal experiences and aesthetics.
  • People use a variety of sources as inspiration and transform concepts and ideas into artistic expression.
  • Through the arts, people make meaning by investigating and developing awareness of perceptions, knowledge, and experiences.
  • People develop ideas and understandings of society, culture, and history through their interaction with and analysis of the arts.
  • Artists analyze, evaluate, refine, and document their work to communicate meaning.

The above objectives correspond with the Alabama Course of Study: Arts Survey standards: 1, 3, 5, 7, 8

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