Featured Artists
Faith Ringgold (Born October 8, 1930, in Harlem, New York City) Faith is an African-American artist, best known for her painted story quilts. “When I was a little girl growing up in Harlem, I was always encouraged to value who I was and to go after what I want. Ever since I was young, I've always had a need to express my ideas through art. Being an artist and a writer of children's books is a fulfillment of my lifelong ambition.” – Faith Ringgold |
Wadsworth Jarrell Born: November 20, 1929 (age 92 years), Albany, GA Wadsworth Jarrell is a painter and sculptor born in Albany, Georgia. Raised on a working farm, he was inspired by the art in the Saturday Evening Post. While serving in the Army he became the company artist for his unit. After the army, Jarrell enrolled at the Art Institute of Chicago, where he earned his BA in 1958. After college, Jarrell established his painting practice on Chicago’s south side. In 1968, Jarrell came to prominence as one of the five co-founders of AFRICOBRA (African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists), a Black artist collective formed on the South Side of Chicago, which helped define the visual language of the Black Arts Movement of the 60s and 70s. |
FEatured PRojects
story_quilt__lesson_plan__pre-k_-_2nd_.pdf |
Word Portraits 4th - 8th Grade Students created portraits of a person who inspires them. They had the option to choose a person that they know or a person from history that has made an impact on their life. We found interesting ways to incorporate descriptive words that describe the person within our work. Like Wadsworth Jarrell, we used vibrant colors as well. |
wadsworth_jarrell_lesson_plan_4th_to_8th_grade.pdf |
STudent Artwork GAllery
Vocabulary
Portrait
Quilts
Shapes
Colors
Repeating
Black History Month
Words
Patterns
Visual Art Standards
I can Statements: I can describe what an image represents
I can explore and invent art-making techniques.
VA:Cr2.1 VA: Pr4.1 Va:Re7.1 Va:Cn11.1
Resources
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