During the 1960’s there were profound movements in civil rights and other social issues. Romare Bearden is an artist whose work reflected this as he depicted his community and its surroundings in his world-famous collages. In these lessons, students will discuss Bearden’s work and then create a collage of their own, reflecting the community in which they live.

GLO #3 Complex Thinker
Assessment Proper use of materials and participation in discussion:

Students will be introduced to the art of Romare Bearden. They will begin to think about how to represent their own community in a collage. They will paint a background for the collage to be created in the second session. Students will be asked to collect images and bring them to the next session for possible use in the collage.

Students will be guided in arranging previously selected and cut images and paper shapes onto the painted surface of the paper, to create the desired artwork.

Students will complete the collage and seal it with an acrylic medium.