Displaying and Sharing · B2 Creative Arts

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B2.1.3.4.3 - Plan a display of own visual artworks to share creative experiences based on ideas that reflect topical issues in other Ghanaian communities

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Discuss at least two topical issues affecting people in other Ghanaian communities and explain how these issues can be shown through visual artworks
Select and group their own artworks according to a chosen exhibition theme that reflects a topical issue
Prepare a simple exhibition plan that includes a date, a venue, a target audience, and a layout for displaying their artworks
Create labels for each artwork showing the title, the name of the artist, and the date
Produce a manual or electronic invitation (letter or WhatsApp message) inviting a target audience to their planned display

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Curriculum details

Strand: Visual Arts (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Displaying and Sharing (1.3)
Content standard: B2.1.3.4 - 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: B2.1.3.4.3 - Plan a display of own visual artworks to share creative experiences based on ideas that reflect topical issues in other Ghanaian communities
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. 48
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 and spreading)
- identify and prepare a venue, select and group artworks
- plan the arrangement of own artworks to share ideas, educate and inform the public on topical issues experienced in other parts of Ghana.
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, 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, draping, spreading and so on;
- 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 about people in other parts of Ghana.