This lesson plan contains the National Learning Standards for Visual Arts and the Texas TEKS for Elementary, Middle, and High School art teachers. The class will discuss Jorge Wilmot’s methods of ceramics that he learned in Mexico and in Europe. Specifically, the students will learn about the burnishing ceramic styles of Tonalá and Barro Bruñido. Next, the teacher will discuss the processes taken to create both a functional and non-functional ceramic work. Then, the students will begin working on their own ceramic work that is inspired by Wilmot’s Tonalá ceramic process.
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Tyler Museum of Art’s Newsletter: January 2025
This is the Tyler Museum of Art’s Newsletter for January 2025. It includes information about exhibitions, educational programing, and school tour opportunities.
Lesson Plan: Benny Alba, “Four Days”
This lesson plan was researched and written by Emily Kangerga, a Fall 2024 University of Texas at Tyler Intern at the Tyler Museum of Art. The lesson plan was edited by Rachel Anthony, the Tyler Museum of Art’s Education Manager.
This lesson plan contains the National Learning Standards for Visual Arts and the Texas TEKS for Elementary School art teachers. Students will study Benny Alba’s art style and printing methods found in the print Four Days. Then, the students will create their own polyptych of roadscapes with an artist statement.
Tyler Museum of Art’s Newsletter: December 2024
This is the Tyler Museum of Art’s Newsletter for December 2024. It includes information about exhibitions, educational programing, and school tour opportunities.
Lesson Plan: Billy Hassell, “Roadrunner Near Marfa”
This lesson plan contains the National Learning Standards for Visual Arts and the Texas TEKS for Elementary, Middle, and High School art teachers. The students will learn about the art style of Billy Hassell and his use of patterns in his painting Roadrunner Near Marfa. Additionally, the students will discuss how the artist as well as the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation have helped conservation efforts to protect endangered Texas animals. Afterwards, the students will create a construction paper collage of an endangered or protected animal that is found in Texas.
2024 Middle School: Día de los Muertos Exhibition
Every year, the Tyler Museum of Art holds a student exhibition for 5th through 8th grade middle school students in the East Texas area. The goal of the exhibition is for students to learn about the cultural festivities of Día de los Muertos. Then, the students create artworks that exhibits the cultural iconography of the holiday. When the artworks are completed, the teachers will select the pieces that will be exhibited in the Education Gallery.
Tyler Museum of Art’s Newsletter: November 2024
This is the Tyler Museum of Art’s Newsletter for November 2024. It includes information about exhibitions, educational programing, and school tour opportunities.
Tyler Museum of Art’s Newsletter: October 2024
This is the Tyler Museum of Art’s Newsletter for October 2024. It includes information about exhibitions, educational programing, and school tour opportunities.
Lesson Plan: Richard Haas, “Lucas Apartments”
This lesson plan contains the National Learning Standards for Visual Arts and the Texas TEKS for Elementary, Middle, and High School art teachers. Students will learn about Richard Haas’ methods of representing architecture in his print Lucas Apartments. Then, the class will discuss how architecture is catalogued in both the past and the present. Afterwards, the students will select a historical building in their town to research and photograph. Next, each student will write a response to questions regarding their chosen building.
Tyler Museum of Art’s Newsletter: September 2024
This is the Tyler Museum of Art’s Newsletter for September 2024. It includes information about exhibitions, educational programing, and school tour opportunities.
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