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Project: Mural Project

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Notes: Teacher should contact organizations selected by students in advance to determine if they are willing/able to participate in this project.
Introduce project. Talk
about murals in the
community. Have students
show photographs taken of
murals in their community
(previously assigned hw).
Assign groups.

Have groups brainstorm

project ideas. Write a
proposal for the group
mural. May include
sketches of ideas. Include
possible organizations
where the group would like
to donate/display their
finished mural.

Groups will present their

Groups will begin work on
proposals to the class. Class their murals.
will provide feedback.
Groups will decide on their
medium and make final
revisions to their proposal.
Groups will decide the
appropriate organization to
petition to donate/display
their mural.

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Continued work on murals.

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Notes
Students will look at artists
Continued work on
statements. They will begin to murals/statements.
think about what their artist
statement will be like. Each
group member will submit an
individual artists statement to
be presented the following
week.

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Continued work on
murals/statements.

Continued work on
murals/statements.

Continued work on
murals/statements.

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Notes
Presentation of artists
Continued work on
statements. Class will
murals/statements.
provide feedback. Groups
will be tasked to combine
individual statements into a
comprehensive group
statement to be presented the
following week.

Continued work on
murals/statements.

P R O J E C T

W E E K

Continued work on
murals/statements.

Continued work on
murals/statements.

F O U R

Notes
Presentation of group
Continued work on
statements. Class will
murals/petitions.
provide feedback. Groups
will revise statements and
begin to work on petition to
their selected organization
for the display of their mural.
Groups will present their
murals the following week in
a class critique.

Continued work on
murals/petitions.

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Continued work on
murals/petitions.

Continued work on
murals/petitions.

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Notes
Class critique of murals.
Revision week: murals,
Groups will present their
statements, petitions.
completed murals to the
class and each student will
participate in an art critique
of each groups work.
Students will turn in their
petitions to organizations for
review by the teacher and to
be mailed by weeks end

Revision week: murals,

statements, petitions.

P R O J E C T

Revision week: murals,

statements, petitions.

W E E K

Revision week: murals,

statements, petitions. Mail
petitions to organizations.

S I X

Notes
Field trip to an art
Have class share what they
museum/gallery to view the
learned about curating a
collection and meet with the
gallery from the field trip.
curator. Discuss curatorial
Have students take notes on
techniques and how placement
what makes a show
and juxtaposition of art affects
successful or not. Elaborate
how it is received by the public.
on second phase of project
Students will be asked to curate
that will task the class to
a show of their murals and
work together to curate a
invite the community.

show of their murals.

Class will brainstorm ideas Class will decide who they Class will break into their
for curating a show of their will invite to their show.
groups to begin to develop
murals for the community. They must invite the student promotional material for
This day they will find a
body as well as the
their show based on the
location in the school to hold organizations they petitioned methods they decided were
their show. They will write a to show their murals. They best to reach their target
request to the principal to usewill also decide the best way audience. Each group will
the space they select for their to reach these groups to
produce a different material
show on a specific date and promote their show.
based on class discussion
time (after school).
(web based, paper, oral,etc.)
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Groups will complete their

promotional material and
distribute it to the
community.

Class will discuss what other Class will meet in the space
Students will break into their Students will use class time
elements they would like to chosen by the students as their small groups to print their to install their artwork and
gallery. They will discuss the artists statements on display statements in the space they
accompany their gallery
opening like music or food. logistics of setting the space as boards to accompany their have chosen as their gallery.
an art gallery. They will choose
They will also plan out the
piece. They will also prepareThey will prepare any other
where each group will display
schedule of events for the
a statement to the
elements needed and will
their work and where any other
evening and the order of
community about their work. present their show to the
elements will be set up.
presentation of artists
community at an afterschool
statements.
event this evening.
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Notes
Students will prepare theirStudents will write reflection Students will share
mural for transport to thepapers about their experience photographs of their murals
intended organization. Theythroughout the project. This installed at their chosen
will also send their artistwill begin during class so
organization. They will
statement for display withthey can review processes document any noticed
the mural.
Teacher canwith their group. They will reaction from the public.
coordinate with studentturn in their completed 3
groups to install murals.
page reflection at the end of
the week.

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Students will break into their Students will turn in their

groups and share their
reflection papers and discuss
most/least successful
their experiences throughout
moments throughout the
the project.
creation of their murals.
They will critique each other
on their contributions to the
project. These peer reviews
should be added to their
individual reflection paper.

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