International Sculpture Center
 

Extension Activities and Curriculum Connections for the Units of Study

Unit of Study
 
Extension Activities
 
Curriculum Connections
 
Red Grooms -
Cultural Observer/Storyteller
Create a "Sculpto-pictorama." Art

Create a group project.

Art

Marisol -
The Language of Art: Communicating with a Critical Eye

 
Create a catalogue for an art show. Social Studies

Design an art newsletter or magazine.

English/Language Arts and Art
 

Isaac Witkin -
A Lifetime of Reinventing Oneself
Create a timeline that compares Witkin's body of work with cultural and historical events. Social Studies

Select a piece of sculpture and write a critique. 
 

English/Language Arts

Rob Fisher -
Sculpture with Air and Water

Investigate the use of computers in the creation of sculpture. Science and Technology
Investigate the role engineering plays in contemporary sculpture. Science and Engineering
Write an aesthetic response to kinetic sculptures. English/Language Arts

Respond by opinion to the use of computers n technology.
 

English/Language Arts, Science and Technology

Walter Dusenbery -
Stone Portals to the Past, Present, and Future
Teach a unit of study on Western and non-Western architecture. Social Studies

Students compete to design a portal for the scenario of the teacher's choice.
 

Art

Nancy Cohen -
A Collaboration Between Forms

Students collect materials and alter them in order to create original works of art.

Art

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Studying Contemporary Sculpture | Public Relations
Reference Chart for Standards |
Extension Activities | Standards
Forming School Partnerships | Acknowledgements | Meet the Team
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