2007–2008 Editorial Calendar
September/October
Major Artist or School: Greek Pottery Painting*
Period/Culture: Ancient World
Contemporary Connections: Kara Walker; Laylah Ali; Matt Mullican; Julian Opie; Jacob Lawrence
Design Element/Principle:Working with SHAPE
Medium/Technique: Painting on clay
Studio Workshop: Graphic design project, working with silhouettes
Interdisciplinary Connections: Social studies, Reading comprehension,Nonfiction reading
November
Major Artist or School: Leonardo da Vinci
Period/Culture: Renaissance
Contemporary Connections: Vija Celmins; Jean-Michel Basquiat; Terry Winters; Susan Rothenberg
Design Element/Principle: Working with LINE
Medium/Technique: Drawing
Studio Workshop: Creating and keeping an idea sketchbook
Interdisciplinary Connections: Science,Math,Social studies,Reading comprehension,Nonfiction reading
December/January
Major Artist or School: Alberto Giacometti
Period/Culture: 20th-Century Europe
Contemporary Connections: Kiki Smith; Jonathan Borofsky; Louise Bourgeois; Alison Saar; Nancy Graves; Simon Rodia; Janine Antoni
Design Element/Principle: Working with VOLUME
Medium/Technique: Wire sculpture
Studio Workshop: Using negative/positive spaces/shapes to construct a 3-D figure
Interdisciplinary Connections: Math,Social studies,Reading comprehension,Nonfiction reading
February
Major Artist or School: Jim Dine and Pop art
Period/Culture: Mid-20th-Century American
Contemporary Connections: David Hockney; Nancy Reddin Kienholz; Richard Prince; Ashley Bickerton; Andy Warhol
Design Element/Principle: Working with SYMBOLS
Medium/Technique: Magazine images, cut paper, found objects
Studio Workshop: Mixed-media Pop art combine project
Interdisciplinary Connections: Reading comprehension,Nonfiction reading
March
Major Artist or School: Mexican Muralists: Diego Rivera; Jose Orozco; David Siqueiros; Frida Kahlo
Period/Culture: Early 20th-Century Multicultural
Contemporary Connections: Judy Baca; Carmen Lomas Garza; Faith Ringgold; John Biggers; Maria Izquierdo
Design Element/Principle: Working with NARRATIVE ART
Medium/Technique: Painting
Studio Workshop: Working together to create a group mural
Interdisciplinary Connections: Social studies,Reading comprehension,Nonfiction reading
April/May
Major Artist or School: Dale Chihuly
Period/Culture: Contemporary American
Contemporary Connections: Sonia Delaunay; Dan Flavin; Jessica Stockholder; Alma Thomas; Sam Gilliam; Henri Matisse
Design Element/Principle: Working with COLOR
Medium/Technique: Drawing with magic markers
Studio Workshop: Designing a multi-color poster
Interdisciplinary Connections: Reading comprehension,Nonfiction reading
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