Struggle

So I have a kiosk for my classroom to display student work. We also have monthly character themes. February's theme is struggle. All throughout the month I highlighted famous African American artists who struggled to gain acceptance. Here are some images.

African American History

During February, we discuss several African American artists. Two being Faith Ringgold and Romare Bearden. Faith Ringgold is an artist who is best know for her textile artwork. Romare Bearden was a Harlem Reinassance artist who is most famous for is collage work. With this activity we combined the two discplines to create our works of art!

Melted Crayons

My students love this activity! I dont know if its the fact they can hold hot and dangerous things or if they like the colors but someone wants to create one all the time after we did these as an assignment earlier this year.

Scratchboard

Scratchboard art employs an art board or card coated with  black india ink. The image is then scratched into board or card using a wooden stylus. Here is an example.