B1 Creative Arts · Term 2 Week 9: Displaying and Sharing

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B1.1.3.4.3 - Plan a display of own visual artworks to share own creative experiences based on ideas that reflect topical issues in the local community

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Name at least three topical issues in their local community that can be shown through visual artworks.
Discuss and agree on a theme for an art display that reflects a selected topical issue.
Create a class display plan that includes a date, venue, target audience and the mode of display (hanging, draping or spreading).
Sort and group their own artworks according to the agreed theme and the display modes available.
Prepare simple labels for selected artworks showing the title, the artist’s name and the date.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Visual Arts (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Displaying and Sharing (1.3)
Content standard: B1.1.3.4 - Demonstrate understanding of how to plan a display/presentation of a portfolio of own artworks by identifying, and preparing a venue, selecting and grouping of artworks and inviting target audience for the planned display/performance
Indicator: B1.1.3.4.3 - Plan a display of own visual artworks to share own creative experiences based on ideas that reflect topical issues in the local community
Suggested placement: Term 2, Week 9 (Week 21 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: Creative Arts Curriculum (Basic 1-3), 2019, p. 16
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Learners are to:
- talk about how to display artworks (e.g. by hanging, draping and spreading)
- plan the arrangement of own artworks to share, educate and inform the public on the topical issues of the local community.
Suggested Process/Steps
- discuss the need for displaying portfolio of own and/or others visual artworks,
- develop a roadmap for the exhibition by:
- fixing a date
- selecting a venue
- inviting an audience
- select and agree on a theme for the exhibition by brainstorming, discussing and reaching a consensus;
- send manual and/or electronic invitations (e.g. letters, announcements, posters, and jingles) to target audience;
- select works for the exhibition by considering criteria such as creativity and originality, finishing and decoration, relevance of the works to the theme, social and cultural importance, mode of display: hanging, draping, spreading;
- getting ready: plan the layout of the exhibition, prepare labels for the works (e.g. title, name of artist, date), clean and tidy up the exhibition hall and environment.;
- post exhibition/display activities: cleaning, appreciation, appraisal, evaluation, reporting etc.
Note: plan a display of portfolio of own visual artworks to share, educate and inform the public