This lesson plan was researched and written by Kaylee Marcil, a Fall 2025 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 TEKSContinue reading “Lesson Plan: Jack Beal, “Pond Lilies””
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Lesson Plan: Dick Wray, “Untitled”
This lesson plan contains the National Learning Standards for Visual Arts and the Texas TEKS for High School art teachers. The students will study the Abstract Expressionism found in Dick Wray’s painting Untitled. They will learn about his gesture style of painting and his painting philosophy. After discussions, the class will create their own Abstract ExpressionistContinue reading “Lesson Plan: Dick Wray, “Untitled””
Lesson Plan: Michael Kennaugh, “Twisting Skies”
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 study Michael Kennaugh’s non-objective abstract collage titled Twisted Skies. Specifically, the class will discuss how Kennaugh takes a concept and plans how to represent this idea through abstracted elements. Afterwards, the students will create a non-objective abstract collage that represents a person, animal, place, or concept.
Lesson Plan: Sarah Williams, “Cooper Fort”
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 study the painting style and the representation of contrast in Sarah William’s work Cooper Fort. The teacher will help the students identify how the artist blends light colors into theContinue reading “Lesson Plan: Sarah Williams, “Cooper Fort””
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