Carrye Campbell

SLM 521

Spring 2005

Sculpture Challenge

AppleMark

A WebQuest for 6-8th Grade Art

Carryebear18@yahoo.com

Introduction

You have been selected to be a project coordinator for a new sculpture garden at your school. Your job is to research and select various pieces of sculpture to be installed in your garden.

The Task

You will be working with three other project coordinators to select pieces of art for the new sculpture garden. Each coordinator will be an expert on a different type of sculpture, and will choose two pieces of art that are good examples of their area of expertise. When the sculpture garden is opened to the public, the works of art will be displayed with your research as well as an original sculpture designed by your group.

The Process

1. Choose a group of four project coordinators.

2. As a group, visit the Hirshhorn Museum to discover some ways modern and contemporary artists have used different methods and materials to convey their ideas.

*Do not use the interactive Sculpture Creator at this time.

3. Each of you should choose a different category of sculpture that will be your area of expertise.

Figurative
Biomorphism
Assemblage/Found Object
Geometric

4. Each project coordinator in your group will search for two examples of modern or contemporary sculpture in his/her area of expertise from the selected online resources to be included in the sculpture garden.

*The garden will feature an indoor space as well so sculptures created in all media/materials can be included.

5. Research and think critically about the sculptural works of art you selected. Use the provided worksheet to record your findings, which will be used to write a summary for each piece.

*Each project coordinator will need to print two copies of the worksheet.

6. Next, your group will design a sculpture in the style of your choice for the sculpture garden. Since sculptures are 3-dimensional, be sure to consider what your work of art will look like from all sides. Look at the following images of sculptures from the Museum of Modern Art to see how different a sculpture can look when viewed from different angles.

7. Use the interactive Sculpture Creator from the Hirshhorn Web site to design your sculpture, and then print a copy of it.

8. Since the picture is only 2-dimensional, write a descriptive paragraph about your sculpture. Consider the questions you previously answered as well as the elements of art and principles of design when discussing the sculpture.

9. Your group will need to present your findings in the format of your choice. Your presentation should include images of the sculptures as well as the research your group collected. Special emphasis should be placed on the sculpture your group designed. Acceptable presentation formats are:

PowerPoint presentation
Poster
Brochure

*A different method may be substituted for the above but must be approved by your teacher first.

Evaluation

For your efforts, you will receive an individual and group grade. The first two criteria in the rubric will be assessed individually and the last two will be for the entire group. Everyone needs to put forth 100% effort!

	Beginning 1	Developing 2	Accomplished 3	Exemplary 4
Selection of Sculptures	Locates no sculptures; Does not establish an area of expertise	Locates one sculpture; May or may not be in his/her area of expertise	Locates and selects two sculptures; Not necessarily in his/her area of expertise	Locates and selects two sculptures in his/her area of expertise
Research and Critical Thinking Questions	Answers few or no questions; Writes an undetailed, irrelevant summary that may or may not be on sculpture	Answers some questions; Writes a summary for one or two sculptures with few details	Is moderately successful with answering most or all questions; Writes a summary for two sculptures	Successfully uses critical thinking to answer all questions; Writes a detailed summary for two sculptures
Original Sculplture	Sculpture shows no originality; No evidence of research or creative thought	Sculpture is slightly original; Does not show much evidence of research or content knowledge	Sculpture shows significant originality; The result reflects some research and knowledge of content	Sculpture shows outstanding originality; The result reflects research and content knowledge
Presentation	Completely lacks organization; Does not include images and summaries for sculptures	Poorly organization; Includes images and summaries for few to most all sculptures	Moderately well organized; Includes images and summaries of most or all sculptures	Very well organized; Includes images and detailed summaries of all sculptures

Conclusion

When your group has finished putting together your presentations, you will need to plan a class or school art exhibit. This is a great way to show your teachers, friends, and family what you have learned in your WebQuest.

As an extension to this WebQuest, visit the following link to see sculptures of characters from books by Beverly Cleary. Challenge yourself to design a sculpture or an entire sculpture garden for the characters in your favorite book!

Beverly Cleary Sculpture Garden for Children

http://www.multcolib.org/kids/cleary.html