Art 2 · Week 6 · Artistic Voice and Studio Practice
Risk-Taking in the Studio
Students take one deliberate creative risk in a work in progress and journal about the fear and the payoff.
- Students will
- Students take one deliberate creative risk in a work in progress and journal about the fear and the payoff.
- SEL skill
- Calm fear with a breath or pause and then try a small risk
- What it looks like
- Students manage fear of failing by choosing a small, safe creative risk and using a calming strategy while they try it.
- Content focus
- Risk-taking in the studio
- Format
- Think write pair share
Self-management
Self-management means handling your emotions, thoughts, and actions so you can reach your goals. More self-management 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:Cr2.1.HSII: Visual Arts, Creating, Anchor Standard 2 (Organize and develop artistic ideas and work), High School Accomplished
- Artistic process: Creating
- Level: High School Accomplished
More self-management activities for Art 2
- Practice and Persistence Self-managementStudents set a skill practice plan for a chosen art form and track their effort, frustration, and progress.
- Studio Habits Check In Self-managementStudents review their sketchbooks, reflect on their habits, and refine one goal for their personal artistic vision.
- Revision Without Losing Yourself Self-managementStudents choose which feedback to apply and which to set aside so their revisions stay true to their vision.
- Handling Rejection Self-managementStudents critique a personal piece as if for a juried show, read how professional artists handle rejection, and plan a healthy response to setbacks.
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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.