Displaying and Sharing

Curriculum details

Strand

Visual Arts (Strand 1)

Sub-strand

Displaying and Sharing (1.3)

Content standard

B3.1.3.4 - 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

B3.1.3.4.3 - Plan for a display of own artworks to share creative experiences based on ideas that reflect topical issues in other African communities

Suggested placement

Term 2, Week 8 (Week 20 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. 79

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. mounting, hanging and spreading to reflect other African communities;
- plan the arrangement of own artworks to share, educate and inform the public on the topical issues of other parts of Africa.
Suggested Process/Steps
- discuss the need to display 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, postcards, WhatsApp) to target audience
- select works for the exhibition by considering criteria like creativity and originality, finishing and decoration, relevance of the works to the theme, social and cultural importance, mode of display: hanging, spreading, etc.;
- 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 with, educate and inform the public on people in other African communities.