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Colorful Dogs
Students make dog collages using triangles and rectangles. In this collage lesson, students use cut-out triangles and rectangles to make a dog collage after looking examples of Keith Haring's work and listening to Emma Dodd's, Dog's...
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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
Learners view selected works of Keith Haring, discuss artist's life, brainstorm words to illustrate, emphasizing words that have emotional impact, practice drawing figures in style of Keith Haring, and paint figure(s) and background,...
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Keith Haring Name Designs
Students study Keith Haring's works and then create a drawing of their name filled with lines.
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Keith Haring and Graffiti
Learners appreciate the art of the artist Keith Haring. They design and implement Keith Haring-like images for a wall mural and explain and experience a project containing many different compenents and processes from beginning to end.
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The 1980s Series - Graffiti
Students explore life and work of Keith Waring, and create their own "Graffiti Wall" in the classroom.
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The Sky
Students view artwork that contains scenes of the sky, and create images of the sky that express their moods and feelings.
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The 1980's Series - Music
Students examine artwork by Keith Haring, and listen to music popular in the 1980s that influenced him. They develop storyboards, and film music videos for their favorite song.
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Haring All Over
Students view a web site showing various artworks by Keith Haring. They discuss pattern and design through line and color. Then they create an original artwork using color, shape, line, and pattern.
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Texture: Wild Things
Students experiment with different kinds of marking techniques. They read "Where the Wild Things Are" and observe animals for pattern and line. They compare illustrations with Haring's images. They create a symbolic drawing of animal.
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Posters for a Charity
Young scholars examine Keith Haring's work. They create posters influenced by Haring that aim to inspire awareness and change.
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Haring Art Truck
Learners are introduced to the work of Keith Haring and graffiti art in general. They work together to design and paint a car imitating Keith Haring's style.
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Small
Pupils research visual arts by examining a children's book. In this art identification lesson, students discuss the history of art after researching information on the Internet. Pupils read the book Small which discusses adjectives and...
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Haring Mobiles
Students design Haring-inspired hanging mobiles. In this art lesson, students explore the artwork of Haring and discuss figures and movement. Students create balanced mobiles using images from his website.
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Bio
Students define their goals, aspirations, and strategies for attaining based on the goals and aspirations of Keith Haring. In this goals lesson plan, students hypothesize goals and solutions on how to get there.
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Haring Mural
Learners create a class mural emphasizing color and lines. In this mural lesson plan, students first study the work of Keith Haring before they create their mural.
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Creating Stories
Students study the life and work of Keith Haring and draw what they think represents a good symbol for them. In this Keith Haring lesson plan, students decorate bags for charity.
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Marbling A La Haring
Students create a paper marbling painting based on the work done by Keith Haring. In this paper marbling lesson plan, students create abstract compositions and create a small mural with one another of their interlocking shapes.
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Hip To Be Square
Students explore performing arts by reading a children's book in class. In this body movement lesson, students read the book Dance and create their own artistic impressions based on dancing images from the book. Students share their...
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Keith Haring: Art Representing Social Issues
Young scholars discuss Keith Haring posters that were created to represent different social issues. They, in groups, create a poster that represents a social issue that affects their lives.
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It's All in the Line!
Second graders create various kinds of lines and fill an entire paper in an effort to make a full composition.
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Everyday Objects as Art
Students interpret works of art by Keith Haring, Robert Rauschenberg, and Marcel Duchamp.
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Decoding Haring's Symbols
Middle schoolers mix colors and expand a painting stroke vocabulary.
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Posters with a Message I
Students choose a phrase with a positive theme and create an image that depicts the theme in the "Keith Haring style."