15 Fifteen Minute Programs
Grade(s): 7 - 12
Curriculum Area: Art

Objectives:

1. To help students gain an appreciation of art and its role throughout history.
2. To Challenge students to use their creativity in a wide variety of art

Each program includes an introduction to a topic with an historical overview of art related to the theme and focuses on the contributions of a famous artist with background information about his/her life and times. The viewer is then taken inside the classroom to see students using a variety of art techniques to meet the challenges presented by a particular topic. A summary concludes the program and proposes a number of thought provoking questions which way be explored further by the students and their instructor.

Everything in Art programs provides an added dimension to the middle, and high school art classes. The visual stimulation through visits to museums, art studios and other related sites, encourages students to use their, imaginations and to undertake new approaches to their classwork.

Program Titles:

1. Animals in Art - John James Audubon
2. Still Life in Art - Paul Cezanne
3. History in Art - Gilbert Stuart
4. Cartoons in Art - Honore Daumier
5. Machines in art - Leonardo da Vinci
6. People in Art – Edger Degas
7. Religion in Art – Michelangelo Buonarroti
8. Sports in Art - Winslow Homer
9. Faces in Art - Rembrandt van Rijn
10. Clothing in Art – Francisco do Goya
11. Buildings in Art - Frank Lloyd Wright
12. Landscapes in Art – Jean Baptiste – Camille Carot
13. Storytelling in Art - Norman Rockwell
14. Labor in Art – George Bellows
15. Posters in Art – Henri Toutouse – lautrec