Lesson: What is a Community Artist?
Published on March 4, 2024
What is a Community Artist?
ART AS EXPRESSION
📝 Overview
This lesson plan (LP) introduces students to two American artists, Thomas "Detour" Evans and Crystal Worl, and explores one essential question:
- What is a community artist?
📚 TESOL Focus
This lesson plan (LP) utilizes student-centered learning techniques and guides teachers to:
- assess student interest and understanding of lesson topics to help plan future activities
- build students’ confidence by guiding them through making predictions and small group discussions
- facilitate class discussions on lesson topics and model active listening skills
🎯 Goals
As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:
- explore how artists use their work as a tool to share their perspectives
- consider important people and topics in their communities and how art might be used to learn and share more about them
- plan and discuss a short, creative biographical profile
📖 Key Vocabulary
Below, you can find key vocabulary related to What is a Community Artist?. You will find a glossary of definitions on the last page of the downloadable lesson plan.
- biographical profile
- ethnicity
- Indigenous, Native
- justice
- muralist - mural
- public art
- to raise awareness
🔎 Inquiry Notebook Prompts
As students complete the Access lessons, they will document their research, observations, analyses, and reflections in Inquiry Notebooks.
On Page 7 of this lesson, you will find creative Inquiry Notebook Prompts to guide students' critical thinking and encourage them to reflect on the questions they might ask artists like Thomas ‘Detour’ Evans and Crystal Worl in an interview. Involve students in their learning by letting them choose one inquiry prompt to answer after they read about the two featured artists.
On Page 7 of this lesson, you will find creative Inquiry Notebook Prompts to guide students' critical thinking and encourage them to reflect on the questions they might ask artists like Thomas ‘Detour’ Evans and Crystal Worl in an interview. Involve students in their learning by letting them choose one inquiry prompt to answer after they read about the two featured artists.
🔊 Audio Recordings
You can find audio recorded versions of the reading text below in both female and male voices. If you are unable to access any of the audio files, please contact [email protected].
- "Meet the Community Artist: Thomas ‘Detour’ Evans:" female voice and male voice
- "Meet the Community Artist: Crystal Worl:" female voice and male voice