Contemporary PDF

Contemporary is the eighth unit in the Modern Arts course. Contemporary is about the myriad of styles artists are creating in right now from abstract to photorealism. It includes artists such as Paul Klee, Barnett Newman, Frank Stella, Wassily Kandinsky, Georgia O’Keefe, and Norman Rockwell.

This unit contains sections on:

• Modern
• Post-Modern
• Photorealism
• Earth Art, Junk Art, Street Art

Hands-on Learning

Layers of Learning is an activity-based program. The mentor chooses from among the activities in the unit to create mental hooks for learning. Some of the activities in this unit include:

• Paint a round tondo art piece
• Make a color field collage with construction paper
• Experiment with geometric shapes and metallic paints as you learn about Frank Stella
• Cover an object with faux fur as you learn about surrealism
• Fill an entire page with an enormous flower in the style of Georgia O’Keefe
• Design your own bottle filled with moving art
• Practice photorealism with grid sketching and coloring
• Build your own garden art stepping stones
• Plus much more!

Each Layers of Learning Arts unit includes library lists of books, a family read-aloud suggestion, hands-on activities, printables and paper crafts, sidebars for extra learning, and tools to help you assess student’s progress and mastery. You can learn more about how Layers of Learning works in the Curriculum Guide or learn to teach art with the Arts Guidebook for mentors.

See Inside

Here is the inside view of a double page spread from Contemporary. The curriculum is pick-and-choose, so you select which books and Explorations you would like to read and do out of the many choices.

 

Flexibility

This unit was written to be used for a month but contains plenty of content for many more weeks of learning if you choose. This is a pick-and-choose curriculum, meant to be cycled back to in the future when your child is older. As such, it intentionally includes far more material than you can possibly cover in a month.

Contemporary is also part of the overall Modern Arts course, the fourth Year of the four year Layers of Learning Arts cycle. If you use the program in order, it will take you though the art in chronological order, tracking with the Layers of Learning History units. However, each unit stands alone and can be used independently of any other unit.

Printable Pack

This unit comes with a downloadable Printable Pack that includes all the student worksheets. The printables can be copied as many times as needed for your family or class. You can download the Printable Pack from your receipt or from your account at Layers of Learning.

Extra Resources

This unit comes with extra weblinks and a YouTube video playlist on the Modern Arts Resources page.