Although we have celebrated the African American culture in other lessons, I love studying these two artists during this time of the year. It is so important for our students to learn about other cultures and what better way to do that than learning through art?!
Faith Ringgold is an African American artist and author. We read her book, Tar Beach, in fourth grade and met the character, Cassie Louise Lightfoot. Cassie dreamed of flying over New York and claiming structures and buildings as her own. For this project, students are to think of a place they have never been, but would like to "fly over" and see for themselves. They will draw this and then place squared paper around, re-creating a quilt look.
To learn more about the artist Faith Ringgold, please click the link below:
Jacob Lawrence was an artist from Harlem, New York. He depicted every day life scenes of African Americans, as well as the historical struggles that African Americans have endured. Lawrence liked to use the same colors and symbols throughout his different series. His style is very expressive and abstract. Fifth grade is going to use their imagination to think of an every day scene that they would like to depict. They will be drawing African American figures for this project and will use similar colors throughout their work.
To learn more about Jacob Lawrence, please click the link below:
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