1. Overview – Guide students through formal composition and design in art
Overview – Guide students through formal composition and design in art. This will be done by creating either a 2 dimensional or 3 dimensional compositions.
Students will plan, create and explain clothing worn in different historical eras. The project includes illustrated sketches, recording their thoughts through on the design process (identifying design principles), adapting their ideas and manipulating material (newspaper/ cardboard) to recreate their ideas, documenting the creative process, and present their final product to the class.

2. A Study In Fashion – Art 21
Objectives: Function of Art Section 3. Become aware of the function of artifacts for the visual enhancement of people and their Creation of Art Section 1. Investigate the role and influence of artists on their societies in different eras
Appreciation of Art Section 2. Compare aesthetic standards as they have changed over time.

3. Materials: Glue, Tape, News Paper, Cardboard, Paint (if necessary) String, Clay, found objects brought by the students.
Final Product: Students will create a visual representation of clothing/ fashion from a specific era. The representation can be a small model/doll or a wearable reconstruction of a fashion from a previous time period. Students may also create a two dimensional representation if they choose to but a 3 dimensional design work best in presenting the fashion

4. understanding; Beyond the Material
The voice that tells a story gives actuality to the metaphysical
-Daniel David Moses
In the postmodern mind, where universal answers are suspect, there is no place for a system that confines the spirit, ultimately destroying it. We cannot provide a grand narrative or theoretical explanation for the spiritual, it does not mean that the spiritual does not exist.

5. Final Product:
Students will get a chance to research holy and sacred artifacts and places around the world and create an artifact or demonstrate aspects of the rituals and practices of the religion. The artifact should relate to the style of art produced by the religion or culture and how it relates/ related to the civilizations beliefs. This project is meant to develop the students understanding of the customs and traditions of the many cultures around the world and their history.

6. Urban Art Coming from the streets Y’all Art tells us Where a society is headed
Overview – Art exists on all levels of society. In what capacity can we identify street art with a classical understanding of art? is street art a category all on its own? How does the landscape of the city and everyday life change our perspective on what we consider art? Students will take a look at the modern phenomenon of street art and then try to create their own “graffiti” work based on techniques researched.

7. Graffiti as an art form has a particular style and culture to it
Graffiti as an art form has a particular style and culture to it. Many times when graffiti is made the artist remains unknown except by tags. Graffiti is a guerilla art form, graffiti artist will take over (invade) a public (or private) space with their artwork. Graffiti is often illegal and can be a contentious subject among the art world. Even the word graffiti is debated, many artist back away from using the word graffiti (which is associated with vandalism) and use the word street art instead. Objectives: The student will understand the role of culture in the creation of artifacts.
Function of Art Section 1. Observe the changes in symbols and their meaning in art over time
Creation of Art Section 3. Examine and compare a series of works developed over a period of time by a particular group of artists.
Appreciation of Art Section 3. Investigate changes in subject matter and sources of imagery over time.

8. Final Product/ meeting Objectives:
Students will look at the art culture of graffiti artists and their techniques. Once hey have looked at different kinds of graffiti techniques (eg. Tagging, stenciling, Spraying) and they are to select one to create a work of graffiti art of their own. All of the work is to be done under classroom supervision to make sure that students do not get to creative and reproduce their graffiti on the school’s property.