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Cincinnati
Art Museum
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Symbols in African Art |
Post Videoconference
Activities
pdf
of this page
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After
students have taken part in the videoconference and interpreted
symbols from various environments (home/community/country) and
cultures (American/African), students will create an object that
symbolizes them, usin the African symbols chosen during the web
activitiy. This project can be done in a variety of ways.
Teacher may select any of all of the following activities.
Post Lesson 1 based
on the Senufo Door Panel
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Materials
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Sketch or notebook paper
Pencils
Clay
Modeling tools (clay tools, or a variety of items such as forks,
butter knives, sticks, etc.)
Water containers
Various paint brushes
Various glazes and paints
Activity
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1. Discuss
the Senufo Door Panel that student saw during the
videoconference.
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2. Students
will create their own personalized door with symbols based on the
Senufo Door Panel. This subject matter for this project
could be an autobiographical door, a family/cultural door, or a
special event door. Have students sketch their ideas on paper.
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3. Discuss
and demonstrate how to make a clay slab and hw to add designs
through relief and hand building with clay.
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4. Students
should include the personal symbols chosen during the Webquest to
the doors in relief.
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5. After
the students have finished their doors, make indentations on the
backs so doors can be hung on nails.
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6. When the
clay doors have dried completely, fire them in a kiln at the
appropriate cone and temperature for the clay used.
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7. After
the bisque firing, students can either glaze their doors, or finish
them with various types of paint. If they are glazed, fire the
clay doors again in the kiln.
Post Lesson 2 based
on Congo Power Figure
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Materials
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Armature wire
Four gallons of white glue
Brown paper bags
Empty plastic cups with lids (butter, margarine, cream cheese
containers, 1 per student)
Tempera paint
Paintbrushes
Water containers
Activity
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1. Discuss
the Congo Power Figure that was shown during the
videoconference with students.
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2. Discuss
and demonstrate how to make a wire armature for the figure.
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3. Make
wire armature for figure. Attach empty plastic cup.
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4.
Demonstrate how to perperly work with papier-mache.
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5. Add
first layre of papier-mache on wire armature. Allow to dry for
two days.
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6. Add
second layer of papier-mache and allow to dry for two days.
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7. Add
third layer of papier-mache and allow to dry for two days.
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8. Smooth
out any rough spots on the papier-mache figure, and apply another
layer of papier-mache if necessary. If a final layer of
papire-mache is added, the figure needs to dry for two more days.
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9. Add
details to the figure using tempera paint and brushes.
Incorporate chosen symbols form the web activity somewhere on the
figure.
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10. After
the figure is complete, add an important object inside the power
figure to give it "strength."
