Living Art Museum

For this Art Theory project, students were assigned to work in groups to accomplish the task of creating their own living museum.  Students were in groups of 3-5 members and each group was assigned an artist and a piece of artwork from that artist.  Students created life-size paintings of their chosen artist piece.  Each group member then had a role in the group.  One student acted as the artist themself, to talk about their life and their workings.  Another group member or two actually became part of the painting itself.  They were either camouflaged into the piece of art or they were the subject matter of the piece.  Their role was to discuss the artwork.  Lastly, one student was the docent who discussed in conclusion about the artist and the piece and how it was established.  Students then acted in a living museum day where all artwork was exhibited out in the hall.  The students in the school were then able to view it and interact with the artist, docent, and artwork itself.  This in return taught other students in the school about the art and artist that created it.  Here are some examples of what the 6th and 7th grader created for this project.