Art 2 · Week 1 · Artistic Voice and Studio Practice
My Artistic Voice
Students revisit a past artwork, name what still feels true about it, and formulate a new creative problem that grows from their own voice.
- Students will
- Students revisit one past artwork, name what still feels true about it, and formulate a new creative problem that grows from their own voice.
- SEL skill
- Notice a repeated choice in my art and name the value behind it
- What it looks like
- Students recognize their own interests, values, and strengths in their art and name how those shape what they choose to make.
- Content focus
- My artistic voice
- Format
- Think write pair share
Self-awareness
Self-awareness is recognizing your own emotions, thoughts, values, and strengths and how they influence 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:Cr1.1.HSII: Visual Arts, Creating, Anchor Standard 1 (Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work), High School Accomplished
- Artistic process: Creating
- Level: High School Accomplished
More self-awareness activities for Art 2
- Material and Mood Self-awarenessExperimenting with an unfamiliar material, students notice how its texture and resistance change their mood and their marks.
- Research Through Art Self-awarenessStudents use observation and experimentation to investigate an unfamiliar desert subject and record the questions and feelings it raises.
- Semester Reflection Self-awarenessStudents review their semester work and write about the risks, growth, and feelings that shaped their artistic voice.
- Beauty in the Everyday Self-awarenessStudents sketch overlooked beauty around campus and describe the feelings it stirs.
Next: Building a Studio Community
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.