Frida Kahlo: Symbolic Portrait — Meredith Arcari Luciano

    Frida Kahlo: My Symbolic Portrait
    
    Available to Grade(s): 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5
    Curriculum Focus: Social Studies English
  
    Program Type: Both Grade Level and Arts/PE Program
    Integration Continuum Level: Alignment
  
    # of Visits as a Grade Level Program: 3
    Length of Visit (Grade Level Program): 45 min
  
    # of Visits as an Arts/PE Program: 3
    Length of Visit (Arts/PE Program): 45 min
  
    Program Format: In-School Short Term Residency
    Meeting Method: Email
  
    Availability: All year 
    Program Requires Prior Meeting: no
  
    Cost per Classroom: $350
    
    Materials Arts Provider Provides: Paint brushes, watercolor palettes, cups and books/ images.
    Materials School Provides: pencils and paper towels.
  
    Space and/or Set Up Requirements for Program: table for paint set-up and writing board (ex.chalk board etc.)for program description
  
    Program Learning Objective:  I can describe how culture and location influenced Frida Kahlo's artwork.
I can recognize that there are other cultures with different languages, foods, art, music, customs, and forms of shelter.
I can make connections between visual art, history and culture.
I can use colors and symbols to express personal feelings.
I can create a self portrait using color and symbol(s) to express feelings.
I can follow directions to use tempera paint. 

    Program Description (Arts/PE Program): Students will be introduced to the history, culture and techniques used by the artist, Frida Kahlo through the children’s book, Frida, by Jonah Winter. The students will understand the way in which colors and symbols can be used to express or symbolize personal feelings. Students will create a symbolic portrait with the use of color and symbol(s) to express or symbolize feelings and create a mood. Lesson will be altered up or down depending on student’s prior knowledge, which will be discussed with teacher before prior to executing lesson.
  
    Additional Notes:
    
    Parent Engagement Opportunities: Help hand out materials and work with students to brainstorm symbols for their portrait.
  
    Core & National Art Standards: 
    
    Grade 1
    
    Grade 1: Reading Standards for Literature: Key Ideas and Details #2: Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
  
    Grade 1: Visual Art: Presenting: Anchor Standard 5: Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation. Ask and answer questions such as where, when, why, and how artwork should be prepared for presentation or preservation.
  
    Grade 1: Visual Art: Creating: Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work. Engage collaboratively in exploration and imaginative play with materials.
  
    Grade 2
    
    Grade 2: Reading Standards for Literature: Key Ideas and Details #2: Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
  
    Grade 2: Visual Art: Creating: Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work. Brainstorm collaboratively multiple approaches to an art or design problem.
  
    Grade 2: Visual Art: Presenting: Anchor Standard 5: Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation. Distinguish between different materials or artistic techniques for preparing artwork for presentation.
  
    Grade 3
    
    Grade 3: Reading Standards for Literature: Key Ideas and Details: #3.Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
  
    Grade 3: Visual Arts: Creating: Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work. Apply knowledge of available resources, tools, and technologies to investigate personal ideas through the art-making process.
  
    Grade 3: Visual Arts: Creating: Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work. Create personally satisfying artwork using a variety of artistic processes and materials.
  
    Grade 4
    
    Grade 4: Reading Standards for Literature: Key Ideas and Details: #2.Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.
  
    Grade 4: Visual Arts: Creating: Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work. Brainstorm multiple approaches to a creative art or design problem.
  
    Grade 4: Visual Arts: Creating: Anchor Standard 2:Organize and develop artistic ideas and work. Explore and invent art-making techniques and approaches
  
    Grade 5
    
    Grade 5: Reading Standards for Literature: Key Ideas and Details #3.Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).
  
    Grade 5: Visual Arts: Creating: Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work. Combine ideas to generate an innovative idea for art-making.
  
    Grade 5: Visual Arts: Creating: Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work. Experiment and develop skills in multiple art-making techniques and approaches through practice.