Keith Haring Art and Bully Prevention Lesson
Lesson Objectives
Lesson Objectives
- Students will learn about the artist Keith Haring and how he used his artwork to convey a positive message about values.
- Students will understand artists as activists.
- Students will have conversations about bullying in and out of school, how to prevent bullying, and what students can do in different roles including the victim, the bystander, the bully, etc...
- Students will identify and use Free Form Shapes in their artwork similar to those in Keith Haring's art.
- Students will identify and use different types of lines to show movement and feelings in their artwork, similar to those found in Keith Haring's art.
- Students will letter neatly on their projects, plan their layout, and illustrate a positive message on the walls of the middle school.
Essential Questions:
1. How do artists express the times in which they live?
2. Who is art for and how does an artist create a lexicon?
3. If you were to draw your self portrait, how would you represent yourself?
4. How does your understanding of symbols help you to "read" the message of an artwork?
Haring Overview
Haring was born in 1958 in Pennsylvania. His father was a cartoonist and encouraged Keith to draw and be creative. After high school, Keith studied commercial art, then fine art. He moved to New York City in 1978 at age 19. There he began to draw chalk drawings on blank advertising panels in the subway stations. In 1980 he had his first exhibition showcasing his simple line drawings of figures. His figures were fun and playful, but also stood for a cause. Some of the causes Keith painted about was slavery in Africa, equality, anti-drug abuse, and AIDS awareness. Between 1982 and 1989, Keith completed more than 50 public works throughout New York City. He made friends with famous pop artists including Andy Warhol and then began to work internationally. He opened a store in New York called The Pop Shop where he sold merchandise with his artwork printed on it such as t-shirts, mugs, and posters. In 1988 Keith Haring was diagnosed with HIV and passed away from complications in 1990.
Haring was born in 1958 in Pennsylvania. His father was a cartoonist and encouraged Keith to draw and be creative. After high school, Keith studied commercial art, then fine art. He moved to New York City in 1978 at age 19. There he began to draw chalk drawings on blank advertising panels in the subway stations. In 1980 he had his first exhibition showcasing his simple line drawings of figures. His figures were fun and playful, but also stood for a cause. Some of the causes Keith painted about was slavery in Africa, equality, anti-drug abuse, and AIDS awareness. Between 1982 and 1989, Keith completed more than 50 public works throughout New York City. He made friends with famous pop artists including Andy Warhol and then began to work internationally. He opened a store in New York called The Pop Shop where he sold merchandise with his artwork printed on it such as t-shirts, mugs, and posters. In 1988 Keith Haring was diagnosed with HIV and passed away from complications in 1990.
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Eight Images of Haring's Work
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