Art Ark Curriculum

Bold and Beautiful: A Lesson About Kente Cloth

Students will identify, describe, create, and extend patterns using lines, colors, and shapes, as they create Kente cloth designs.

Students will demonstrate beginning skills in using oil pastels and will follow simple oral directions.

Students will explore and discuss the design and use of a common object from another culture.

Students will study examples of Asmat art objects.

Students will incorporate Asmat pattern and symbols in decorating objects.

Students will assemble a mobile to display their designs.

Students will use various materials (e.g., paper, glue, markers) and motor skills (e.g., cutting, stapling, collage) to create animal masks.

Students will describe African masks and their uses.

Students will create movements that correlate with their masks and selected music.