Art 1 · Week 32 · Portfolio, Exhibition, and Reflection
Writing an Artist Statement
Students draft a short artist statement that names their intentions, influences, and the feelings behind one piece.
- Students will
- Students draft a short artist statement that names their intentions, influences, and the feelings behind one piece.
- SEL skill
- Name the intention and feeling behind a piece in honest words
- What it looks like
- Students practice self-awareness by noticing and naming what they intended and felt while making a piece.
- Content focus
- Writing an honest artist statement
- Format
- Think write pair share
Self-awareness
Self-awareness means noticing your own emotions, thoughts, values, and strengths and how they shape what you do. More self-awareness activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- VA:Cn10.1.HSI: Visual Arts, Connecting, Anchor Standard 10 (Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art), High School Proficient
- Artistic process: Connecting
- Level: High School Proficient
More self-awareness activities for Art 1
- I Am an Artist Self-awarenessStudents sketch a visual map of the places, people, and images that shape them and name the artist identity they bring into Art 1.
- Line and Mood Self-awarenessStudents draw lines that express calm, anger, and joy and connect how the body feels each emotion to the marks they make.
- Color and Feeling Self-awarenessStudents test how color palettes shift mood and question whether color meanings are universal or cultural.
- Symbols of Who We Are Self-awarenessStudents design a personal symbol drawn from family, language, or place and explain the feelings it holds.
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RoseThread Connect activities are drafted with the help of AI and shaped by educators. Students never have to share anything personal. Our five SEL skills are informed by CASEL's SEL Framework; RoseThread Learning is not affiliated with or endorsed by CASEL.