Expressive Content Teacher Resources

Students decorate bowls designed around a chosen theme. The project is based around Bellvue Museum's Israeli/Palestinian relations exhibit. While the theme may be too sophisticated for younger grades, the theme can be modified as needed.

Students are introduced to Picasso and how he created Baboon and Young, and interpret the expressive content of the work. They discuss and define what a family unit consists of, and form conclusions of their own. Students identify and...

Young scholars view a number of self portraits to determine the importance of pose, setting, clothing, and props in a piece of artwork. They design a self-portrait emphasizing the use of contour lines.

Students create bas-relief sculptures of themselves after studying the principles of bas-relief sculpture.

Students list phrase that describe Maine from both an insider's and outsider's point of view. They create an exhibit on Maine's history and write an essay about Maine's image as "a place apart."

Students create a small bas-relief sculpture of an animal in clay. They roll out a background, and build up the clay on the back ground to represent themselves and an animal. Pieces are dried and fired, then combined with others to...