A Bird in the Hand - Art Gallery of Alberta

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The Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition ProgramCross-Curricular ConnectionsLanguage Arts (Grades K-9)K.1.2. Consider the ideas of others: Students will listen to experiences and feelings shared by others.1.1.2. Extend understanding: Students will ask questions to get additional ideas and information on topicsof interest.2.2.3. Understand techniques and elements: Students will identify main characters, places and events in avariety of oral, print and other media texts.3.5.1 Relate texts to culture: Students will identify and discuss similar ideas or topics within stories fromoral, print and other media texts from various communities.4.4.3 Demonstrate attentive listening and viewing: Students will connect own ideas, opinions and experiencesto those communicated in oral and visual communications.5.5.1 Appreciate diversity: Students will discuss personal understanding of the lives of people orcharacters in various communities, cultural traditions, places and times portrayed in oral, print and othermedia texts.6.4.3 Demonstrate attentive listening and viewing: Students will identify the tone, mood and emotionconveyed in oral and visual presentations.6.2.2. Construct meaning from texts: Students will observe and discuss aspects of human nature revealedin oral, print and other media texts and relate them to those encountered in the community.6.2.2 Experience various texts: Students will discuss the author’s, illustrator’s, storyteller’s or filmmaker’sintention or purpose.7.2.2 Experience various texts: Students will experience oral, print, and other media texts from a variety ofcultural traditions such as drawings and prints.7.2.2 Experience the artistry of prints: Students will discuss how techniques such as colour, shape,composition, suspense, foreshadowing and flashback, are used to communicate meaning and enhanceeffects in oral, print and other media texts.8.2.2 Experience various texts: Students will make connections between biographical information aboutauthors, illustrators, storytellers and filmmakers and their texts.8.2.2 Experience various texts: Students will expect that there is more than one interpretation for oral,print and other media texts, and discuss other points of view.9.5.1 Appreciate diversity: Students will examine how personal experiences, cultural traditions andCanadian perspectives are presented in oral, print and other media texts.AFA Travelling Exhibition Program, Edmonton, AB Ph: 780.428.3830 Fax: 780.421.0479youraga.ca
The Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition ProgramArt Curriculum ConnectionsArt Connections (Grades K-6)REFLECTION-Art takes different forms depending on the materials and techniques used.-An artwork tells us something about its subject matter and the artist who made it.-Tints and shades of colours or hues affect the contrast of a composition.-All aspects of an artwork contribute to the story it tells.-Artistic style affects the emotional impact of an artwork. (Grades 5&6)-Artworks can be appreciated at many different levels, literal, and symbolic. (Grades 5&6)DEPICTION-Animals and plants can be represented in terms of their proportions.-Movement of figures and objects can be shown in different ways.-Forms can be overlapping to show depth or distance.-Shapes can suggest movement or stability-Images can be portrayed in varying degrees of realism.-The direction of shapes determines the static or dynamic quality of the work. (Grades 5&6)COMPOSITION-Families of shapes, and shapes inside or beside shapes, create harmony-A composition should develop the setting or supporting forms, as well as the subject matter.EXPRESSION-Everyday activities can be documented visually.-Details, patterns or textures can be added to two-dimensional works.PRINTMAKINGStudents will explore the use of print-making materials and the application of paint, using brushes androllers (brayers).Students will use print-making images in making pictures or compositionsStudents will apply print-making techniques to composition, including block-out techniques, combination oftypes of printing, and use of more than one colour. (Grades 5&6)Grades 7-9DRAWINGCareful observation of form and surface qualities is necessary for the realistic recording of natural objects.COMPOSITIONStudents will investigate the use of controlling colour, space and form in response to selected visualproblems.Students will investigate the use of pattern and emphasis in the creation of compositions.ENCOUNTERSStudents will investigate natural forms, manmade forms, cultural traditions and social activities as sourcesof imagery through time and across cultures.Students will consider the natural environment as a source of imagery through time and across cultures.Students will identify thematic and stylistic variations of works as characteristics of certain artistic periods.AFA Travelling Exhibition Program, Edmonton, AB Ph: 780.428.3830 Fax: 780.421.0479youraga.ca
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