Activity

Students will create a collage that combines images found from magazine with at least one other drawing material. The subject matter for the collages will be randomly generated. 


Enduring Understandings

  1. •Art develops creative thinking and problem solving skills.


Essential Questions

  1. •How/where do artists get their ideas?

  2. •What choices do artists make?

  3. •How is art created?

  4. •What is the purpose of using this medium in this context?

  5. •What kinds of things can be used to make art?


Objective

Students will:

  1. • learn that the juxtaposition of unexpected images and forms can create new meaning for both artist and viewer.

  2. •examine and discuss works of surrealist collages

  3. •understand the characteristics of Surrealist artwork.

  4. •create a mixed media collage based upon a random selection of words

  5. •explain the concepts behind their artwork


Vocabulary

Surrealism, mixed media collage


Procedure

Step 1: Magazine Collections - Due Monday, November 21st

Bring in any magazine from home that you do not mind chopping up. We will use this for our first project in this unit.


Step 2: Project: Surrealist Collages

We will begin this unit with a quick mixed media collage. Use this Idea Generator below to randomly come up with three words. To challenge yourself, use the first three words you are given.


You will then use a combination of magazines, newspapers, drawing and painting materials to combine these three ideas into a mixed media composition. You will only have two class periods for this so you will need to work quickly.


Project Requirements:

  1. •Use at least 4 images found from magazines, books or newspapers

  2. •Use at least one drawing material

  3. •Use at least one painting material

  4. •Combine imagery in unexpected ways

  5. •Image must communicate aspects of all three words

  6. •All found images must be securely attached to the project ground


Worth 100 points

Rubric: Collage Rubric.pages

Collage Self Reflection: Collage Self Reflection.pages


To see finished examples of the Surrealist Collage, please visit the Class Gallery.


Standards and Benchmarks

Standard I: Practicing and applying media, techniques, and processes    

  1. 1.Conceive and create works of visual art that demonstrate an understanding of how the communication of ideas relates to the media, techniques and processes used

  2. 2.Apply media, techniques and processes with sufficient skill, confidence and sensitivity that one's intentions are carried out in artworks

   

Standard II: Using knowledge of structures and functions    

  1. 1.Create artworks that use organizational principles and functions to solve specific visual arts problems

  2. 2.Evaluate the effectiveness of artworks in terms of organizational structures and functions

  3. 3.Demonstrate the ability to form and defend judgments about the characteristics and structures to accomplish commercial, personal, communal, or other purposes of art


Standard III: Choosing and evaluating a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas    

  1. 1.Reflect on how artworks differ visually, spatially, temporally, and functionally, and describe how these are related to history and culture

  2. 2.Apply subjects, symbols, and ideas in their artworks with purpose


Standard IV: Relating the visual arts in relation to history and culture    

  1. 1.Differentiate among a variety of historical and cultural contexts in terms of characteristics and purposes of works of art

  2. 2.Describe the function and explore the meaning of specific art objects within varied cultures, times and places

  3. 3.Analyze relationships of works of art to one another in terms of history, aesthetics and culture, justifying conclusions and applying them to their own art


Standard V: Reflecting upon and assessing the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others    

  1. 1.Identify intentions of those creating artworks, explore the implications of various purposes and justify their analyses of purposes in particular works

  2. 2.Describe meanings of artworks by analyzing how specific works are created and how they relate to historical and cultural contexts

  3. 3.Reflect analytically on various interpretations as a means for understanding and evaluating works of visual art


 

Surrealistic Me-Part 1