Visual Arts Across Cultures

Preparation

Students are expected to:

• Be familiar with viewing AR content in CoSpaces.
• Have an understanding of what ‘culture’ means.

Teachers should make sure that:

• All hardware has been charged and sanitised.
• Student Devices have the most recent updated version of CoSpaces installed.
• Art Across Cultures Teaching Deck has been checked and the teacher has accessibility.
• Students have been divided into pairs or groups and names are written on Slide 8.

Learning Sequence

Introduction

• Show students the famous artwork, ‘Starry Night’ by Van Gogh on slide 2 of the Art Across Cultures Teaching Deck

• Give each student a piece of paper, and ask them to write two emotions they think the painting is expressing (feel free to display the list of emotions on slide 3  to give students some ideas on how to describe their emotion). Let them know not to write their name on their paper to keep it anonymous. Ask students to place their paper in the jar/box when they’re finished.

• Take up to 10 student responses from the jar/box and read out what each one says. 

• Discuss the following questions with the class on Slide 4 of the Art Across Cultures Teaching Deck:
  • Did everybody respond in the same way to this artwork?
  • Why do you think the responses were different? 

• Tell students that during this lesson they will be exploring various artworks from artists in different cultures, and using different mediums (sculpture, paint, etc.) using AR and YouTube videos.

Development

• Introduce the two stations students will engage in, as shown on Slide 5 of the Art Across Cultures Teaching Deck.

Station based learning

Station-based Learning in 25 min interval rotations

• Station 1: AR – Google Arts and Culture
  • Using a device, students use the Google Arts and Culture app to view famous artworks in AR. 
    • Students will need to navigate to the Art Projector section. Instructions on this are found on slide 6 of the Art Across Cultures Teaching Deck
  • As they explore the artworks students answer the following questions on the Artwork Reflections Template:
    • Which artwork interested you the most?
    • Who is the artist, and what country do they come from?
    • What medium did the artist use?
    • What ideas/emotions did this artwork express?
    • Why do you think the artist created this artwork?
• Station 2: Watch – Artwork Across Cultures
  • Students can choose one or two of the following videos, which can be accessed on the Visual Arts Across Cultures Google Site. 
    • Aboriginal Art and Culture in the Territory
    • Kintsugi – the Japanese art of repair | Everyday Home | ABC Australia
    • The Meaning Behind Indian Henna Designs
    • What is Cubism? | Tate Kids
  • A short link to the Visual Arts Across Cultures Google Site can be found on slide 7 of the Art Across Cultures Teaching Deck for students to type into their browser.
  • Students choose one artwork to write a review for on the Artwork Reflections Template template. 

Conclusion

• Students engage in a think – pair – share to discuss the following question:
  • If you could create any of the artworks you saw today, what would it be?
  • Explain your reasons why.