Students will consider the work of Keith Haring in the late 1970s and early 1980s as a framework for studying any artist and era. Students research historically and culturally significant events as a potential means to understand artists and their works.
Students will identify, recognize and apply the elements of art in an aesthetic composition based on Keith Haring´s "Dance" series.
Students will create an individual work of art based on Keith Haring's style with the intent that they are empowered to have a future without the negative influence of drugs.
Students work both individually and in groups using art materials and technology to create animations that bring in inspiration from Keith Haring's life and work.
This this resource from the Keith Haring Foundation introduces students to the work of Keith Haring, and focuses on his semiotic messages. After viewing "Above the Influence" commercials, students create their own semiotic symbols to communicate a positive message that is important in their lives.
With this resource from the Keith Haring Foundation, students take on the role of t-shirt designer— “Keith Haring Styleâ€. The lesson's goal is for students to pretend that they are reopening the Pop Shop in NYC, which closed in 2005. They are challenged to design and showcase new and improved t-shirt that is marketable to sell.