Young scholars will analyze landscapes by three artists. After learning about the horizon line, they will create their own painted and collaged landscapes inspired by one of the artists.

Click and drag a variety of images onto your "canvas" to create a unique collage. Special buttons allow players to change image qualities, colors, sizes, and positions.

With this art activity, individuals or groups can use a wide variety of objects to create a collage of America. The example collage is made of garbage, and is intended to be a commentary on our problems with trash.

For this lesson, students create a visual representation of themselves using collage with magazine cut-outs and write a detailed description of it.

Fourth graders will learn about the art that documents our world via art history, genres, and master artists. They will select an era or artist that inspires them, research it, and create an artwork using collage, painting and drawing...

Students will be introduced to one of the basic elements of art shape by analyzing the types of shapes used in various works of art to differentiate between geometric and natural shapes. They will then create their own cut paper collage...

In this lesson, 4th graders learn about the art of Wayne Thiebaud, and then create collaged personal pizza art, cutting their 'pies' into fractions.

As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Janet Todd Young is described here along with information on her contributions to art through her work with collage.

In this lesson, students will create a piece of art that will identify an artist, but is not a standard self-portrait with traditional facial features. It will be a collage incorporating images, colors, symbols, and text to help describe...

Artlex--meaning "art words"--describes a type of mixed-media sculpture known as assemblage with text and illustrated examples. Access to other art terms available.

This lesson will give students the opportunity to view a variety of illustrations in different forms of literature, including "The Fisherman and His Wife." Students will be able to create their own work of art. They will also find that...

For this lesson, students look at how non-human images can be used in a self-portrait to portray aspects of a personality.

Explore the Museum of Modern Art's online exhibition of the works of artist Joan Miro between 1927 and 1937. Shows the use of acidic color, grotesque disfigurement, and the use of collage and ready made materials that Miro is known for.

A fantastic site that allows you to zoom in on one of Bearden's pieces. See his famous collages up close. Get information on the artist and discover his inspiration. Includes further activities for teachers.

Studying the life and work of Robert Rauschenberg, we see a reflection of American culture. Click his name to a full biography and timeline.

Take the pressure off your students of drawing the human face. With this lesson create a self-portrait with collage materials.

In this lesson, 5th graders learn about value and draw a 7-tone value scale. They then observe and draw an area of a skeleton model on a 6x6-inch square, incorporating line, shape, and value. They color the negative space and add collage...

Students become detectives, reading and analyzing documents and artifacts as clues to the life of a nineteenth century woman, Annie Steel. The students then use various materials to create a series of collages.

Newshour with Jim Lehrer, a nightly news broadcast on PBS, offers a wealth of material on Romare Bearden. Content includes the NewsHour report, a gallery of his artwork, extended interviews with the artist, and a companion lesson plan.

As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Terry Braunstein is described here along with information on her contributions to art through collage, photography, and video art.

As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Suzi Gablik is described here along with information on her contributions to art through her work with collage.

As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Victor Moscoso is described here along with information on his contributions to art through poster design and his usage of photographic collage.

A lesson plan introducing students to the art of Miriam Shapiro and the human figure.

As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Hannelore Baron is described here along with information on her contributions to art through collages and assemblages.