This whole post had depended on embedded Flickr images... so I thought about another angle...
Art exhibitions can be a stressful time of the year (much like the production of calendar art in most school in term 3-4)... so what about some fun ideas?
I've done a lot of different themes over the years, from year ones playing with a range of print-making techniques over the term and then choosing their favourite pieces and making them into a bigger piece.
To getting an Intermediate class to submit group 'installations', including their digital
eel explorations, their fired clay sculptures, and their hīnaki.
Most important, I think, is to have a solid idea, so that you can have fun with your class. We were learning about Tamsin Hanly's Critical Histories and we were going through the British Isles unit. The year one class started off with Celtic charcoal sketches, moved on to indian ink of Anglo-saxons, then water-colour with salt of Viking times. They painted a wet chalk background, composed their artworks, and gave them a title =)
