Here are some resources and planning notes for this incredible artist!
Friedensreich Hundertwasser
1928 - 2000
also
Art History Kids - April 2024
The Five Skins, p.23
1st skin, p.22 - Your Body
Self portrait
2nd skin, pp.24-25 - Your Clothes
Dress up, be a fashion designer, clothing collage, make paper dolls
3rd skin, pp.26-27 - Your House
Blocks, cardboard box "window rights"
4th skin, p.28 - Your Identity
Design a stamp
5th skin, p.29 - Your Planet
Create a poster with an environmental message
Art History Kids - April 2019
Week 1 Project
1st skin, p.11
Week 2 Project
2nd skin, pp.6-7
Week 3 Project
3rd skin, p.8
Week 4 Project
4th skin, pp.2-4
Week 5 Project
5th skin, p.6
All Species Puppet Parade 2022 - Earth Day
Carbondale "At the Table" Dinner & Dialogue Series - Earth Month
I recommend joining Lotus Stewart's Art History Kids website (The Studio) and getting access to her past lesson plans. I like her work, and find it's really helpful to have so many ideas that I can use as a jumping off point.
week of Apr 7:
Tue
divide children into small groups
give each group five examples of Hundertwasser's work
(examples from coloring book as well as Apr 2024, pp.9-18)
have each group make a Word Cloud of their conversation
(Apr 2019, week 2, p.1)
bring groups together and compare the word clouds
"Let's Meet the Artist" discussion
(Apr 2019, week 2, p.2)
nature walk to Chautauqua Bottoms to look at the wildflowers
Wed
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look at graphic of The Five Skins
(Apr 2024, p.23)
do 1st skin activity - Self Portrait
(Apr 2024, p.22)
week of Apr 14:
Mon
"What Is This Art About?" discussion
(Apr 2019, week 2, pp.4-5)
do 2nd skin activity - Paper Dolls
(Apr 2019, week 2, pp.6-7)
Wed
- read The House of Happy Spirits: A Children’s Book Inspired by Friedensreich Hundertwasser by Géraldine Elschner
have each child create their own Art Manifesto
(Apr 2019, week 3, p.1)
"Tree Tenants + Window Rights" discussion
(Apr 2019, week 3, p.7)
do 3rd skin activity - Cardboard Box "Window Rights"
(Apr 2024, p.27)
week of Apr 21:
Mon
- read One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia by Miranda Paul
"Connections to Community" discussion
(Apr 2019, week 4, p.2)
"Earth Day" discussion
(Apr 2019, week 4, p.2)
recall our Cob Bread Oven and building with recycled objects
(Apr 2019, week 3, p.6)
Tue
- Earth Day
read The Boy Who Grew a Forest: The True Story of Jadav Payeng by Sophia Gholz
"Quote to Ponder" discussion
(Apr 2019, week 3, p.2)
take a nature walk
do 4th skin activity - Stamp Design
(Apr 2019, week 4, p.4)
week of Apr 28:
Mon
- read The Tree Lady: The True Story of How One Tree-Loving Woman Changed a City Forever
by H. Joseph Hopkins
"Quote to Ponder" discussion
(Apr 2024, p.6)
do 5th skin activity - Environmental Action Poster
(Apr 2024, p.29)
In addition to the Art History lesson for my regular school group (age 7-13), I'll have a Monday afternoon Art History class for early childhood (age 5-7). I think the "littles" will love Hundertwasser!
week 1 - self portrait
week 2 - paper dolls
week 3 - cardboard box "window rights"
week 4 - stamp design
there are also ideas for small children in this activity book:
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