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Cultures - Mexican Animal Masks
6th Grade
Materials:
o Newspaper
o Newsprint
o Wall paper paste
o Found objects
o Tempera paint
Resources:
o Pictures of masks
Vocabulary:
o Folk art: art made by amateurs who do not expect to sell artwork; is often considered naive
o Disenfranchised art: by artists not traditionally recognized as "fine artists" (e.g., by women, minorities, non-Europeans, disabled)
o Personal symbol: an object that represents something important to the individual (e.g., muscle car = machismo, pressed flower = first love, coffee cup = quiet alone time in morning before school)
Objectives (Arkansas Dept. of Education Art Standards):
o Recognize why and how different cultures make art (A.1.3., A.1.5., A.1.6., A.3.1, A.3.6.)
o Recognize how art tradition can change through time (A.1.8., A.3.6.)
o Make art using personal symbols (A.1.1, A.1.2., A.1.4, A.2.1, A.2.2., A.2.3., A.2.5, A.2.6, A.2.7, A.3.1
o Present and discuss own artwork (A.3.1, A.3.3, A.3.5, A.3.6.)
Introduction:
o Show pictures of different traditional Mexican animal masks
o Discuss culture behind masks and how tradition changed with the Spaniard conquest
o Discuss personal symbols and affinities to certain animals
o Demonstrate thumbnail sketches for design
o Demonstrate making papier-mâché
Activity:
o Write about an animal with which student has an affinity
o Find picture of animal (homework) and do several thumbnail sketches for mask design
o Create mask using papier-mâché from newspaper, with last coat using clear newsprint
o Paint mask
Critique:
o Each student displays work, describes the personal meaning of chosen animal
o Do colors have specific symbolism?
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