Bulletin
Board/Display Ideas
for the Art Room
Put up bulletin boards with the
finished work of everyone in the class (if possible), and a brief explanation
of what the project was all about. List the name of the class, as well as teacher’s
name. If students sign the front of their work name tags are not necessary.
Putting everyone's artwork up (read between the lines....not just the
"good ones") allows kids to see that there are many different
solutions to the 'problem'. So for example if the lesson is on line quality, it
would say, "Investigation using LINE".
Have each of advanced student put their portfolios in the showcase. It is the
student’s
responsibility to show their work to the best of their ability. Students may
add interesting objects to enhance their showcase, such as a goldfish swimming
in a bowl.
Hang various op art posters &
reproductions and post the saying "What do you see".
Put up 3-4 reproductions and have
students try to find out the similarity. Sometimes the similarity is the
exaggerated use of complementary colors, sometimes it's that all artists are
American or female.
Hang as many reproductions of
portraits that you can find. Students describe in great detail the portrait
they are looking at. Then they swap their descriptions and try to identify the
correct one.
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/bulletin/elembrd.html
http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/
http://www.proteacher.com/030004.shtml
For a "Happy New Years"
bulletin board display a list of artists and probable resolutions they would
make regarding their art work with prints next to their names. Students may
suggest resolutions for the painters, for example, need to use more texture.
Display interactive bullentin
displays where people who pass by and are interested can take a lesson (or
materials) from a display envelope and do the same lesson like those examples
on the bulletin board. For example...."eye" designs with a packet of
dittoed eyes and cover sheets so teachers/students could do the same lesson.
Another example: shading with popcorn, include a little popcorn in a box next
to the
display...explain that this isn't edible popcorn...and include little matboard
pieces
to glue the popcorn on. Make little popcorn still-lifes plus paper to draw it
on.
Another display: put up a solid
light-color construction paper on the bulletin board in the library with
instructions on "what is non-objective art?" with boxes of crayons
nearby. In class start the design and put it up unfinished with instructions
for anyone passing by to add to the design (but it had to be non-objective).
Being in the library under the eagle eye of the librarian proves to be an asset
so no one uses the coloring opportunity inappropriately.
Create an assignment for the class to make a visual puzzle using a rebus (where the picture replaces the word).
Start with Matisse and color
theory. One section is devoted to Matisse and the other for mixing primary
colors. Since Harry Potter books are so popular a drawing of a Harry with a
wand and the title “The Magic of Color”.
How about one that has flaps? Have a written question
and then the answer under the flap. Like "Name the warm colors"
or what artist did..........
How about art history. Take a famous painting and have
one of the kids photograph the others in their group in the same pose and
costume. Have several groups doing different poses. Then post the photographs
on the bulletin board and the passer bys have to guess the artist and title,
year, etc. Change the theme by asking, "What art movement do these
paintings have in common?"
At the beginning of the year show everyone what they missed last year! Put
up photos,
examples, lesson sheets and pix of the kids with their artwork.
Have one board that deals with Vocabulary, Value scales, Color wheel and some of the tools of the trade.
Keep an "information only" board in the room, making it easier for
the students to locate important information. The bulletin, the school
newspaper, local newspaper articles, color wheel, rules and expectations of the
class, and bell schedules all go on this board.
Put up a big piece of white paper and put out markers and let everybody who visits the art room on open house do a doodle or drawing.
Plan a display that centers around the artists the tables are named
after. Give the students a serious shot of art history right off the
bat. Have them design things for the room to reinforce those artists.
Build a lot of displays that try to explain the concepts or the process behind the
work. Include books, photos, tools, etc. along with the art.
Here is a display built around a neat quote about crayons:
http://www.taospaint.com/CrayonQuote.html
Have a WOW wall (Wall of Words):
http://kancrn.kckps.k12.ks.us/rosedale/WallOfWords.html
Use them to promote your program and make sure the look as if they were done by
an artists.
Buy postcards with actual artists photos and have their artwork laminated along
with the postcard. Add a quote, pose a question, or possibly a few hints on who
the artists is/what he/she does depending on the artwork, or go into critical
thinking questions about he
artwork.
Art Student of the Week: included would be a photo of the artist with their
artwork/s and anything else they'd add...maybe artist quotes, what inspires
them, etc.
Post optical illusions on the side door where kids from other classes pass by.
Sometimes wrapping paper can lend itself to interesting
backgrounds. If you’re lucky enough you can find wrapping paper that has
architectural designs. Use it as the background for famous and interesting
buildings in your area and from around the world. Irredescent cellophane
makes a neat effect.
Create a display on color where some of the vocabulary words have velcro on the
back, to make it an interactive bulletin board. Kids have to place the
color words in the correct places.
For naming the tables after artists, cover a small reproduction with clear
contact paper (may want to laminate it first for added protection) and adhere
to table. You may hang the reproductions over the tables as well.
Try to use some 3d type materials sometimes, like thick yarn
for vines for a Rousseau display.
For Open House do an Art Scavenger Hunt. The parents and kids will check
out certain displays around the school to answer the questions for the game....
and be sure to include a prize!
Add different career, etc. throughout the year as they are
"discovered/explored".
ART: Keys to a Brighter Future - Big keys with art elements/principals of design -- big master lock -- opening a rainbow of possibilities for a future in art (careers even the most science-math bent administrator would not want to live without). Animation - Game and software design - video/cinematography - Computer graphics....on and on.
For a theme "Keys to success in Art" put up class expectations next to skeleton keys. The word ART will be on a master lock with a key opening it up with a rainbow of colors coming out.
Put up bulletin boards that get people to think about the
world....our purposes....kind of theme based...reasons for art. Use the Take 5
art prints to show how artists communicate similar themes in different ways.
Have an art timeline created by
students. Also have maps cut out in the shapes of different places studied. The
maps have color copies of artworks hanging from them with information about
that area and the artwork produced there. The maps can be made by students.
Paint one of the walls bright grass green, very modeled, lots of roller marks. Spray paint mat borders and/or frames gold and hang them randomly all over the wall.
Paint a new mascot, Pigasso, with wings on the wall acting
like he is hanging stars (glow in the dark of course, have to use a black
light, kids love it!) all over the wall and ceiling. Quote "Reach
for the Stars!" will go up, too.
Do a word wall using primary and secondary colored crayons. Make a copy
of a crayon box out of construction paper, complete with folded lid, and write
"Art Words" on the front of the box. Fill the box with paper
crayons, and then make individual crayons with upper and lower case alphabet
and tape them at different angles on the wall, so the children's words will go
underneath the appropriate first letter.
Create a wall that looks like the side of a brick building. Make a larger than life paintbrush, crayon and pencil from large cardboard tubes. These objects are "mounted in the brick wall" and using the matching art media, write three different quotes about art by famous people. As the children complete their art assignnment in class, they are given a red construction paper "brick" (approx. 6" by 12") and write something about art, using a marker or an oil crayon. Most write their own feelings about art, such as "art rules!!!", or "I'm smart, I love art!" As the sentiments are added, the children are encouraged to come up with more original and creative ideas.
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