KULPS workshop for 7th–9th graders, 90 min

What the heck is contemporary art? Can art take a stand? What is the message of art? What is today's art?

In the Stop the Madness workshop, students choose a madness and take a stand on it with a work of art. The work is designed individually, in pairs or as a group, and can be a poster or a work of art. The work can be done by drawing, painting or using collage techniques.

Before the workshop:

Consider the possibilities of taking a stand. How do they affect everyday life? When and how have you taken a stand? Students can write a short essay about taking a stand from their own perspective. It is good for students to have an idea for their own stand so that the process starts even before the workshop.

After the workshop:
How did your own view and stance come to the fore in your own or a group's work? What was it intended to influence? What did you learn?

The works can be hung on the school wall.

OPS topics and objectives:

• Advertisement, image messages, visual storytelling, expression of opinion, influencing

• Guide students to take a stand on art and the environment

• Creating a personal relationship with art and visual culture and values

• Guide students to become familiar with different methods of visual communication and to use visual influence methods in their own images.

• Guide the student to use a variety of different materials, techniques and means of expression and to practice their image-making skills (e.g. joint collages, group and pair work, project work)

• Setting goals, recognizing completed work
  
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