The Brush Is in Your Court!

Objective: Students will connect a piece of artwork with a personal story. 

Materials:   

Introduce: Take students on a guided tour at the Milwaukee Art Museum. We suggest using the Communities and Traditions tour for this lesson. 

Ask:  

  •  What is an artwork that inspired you on the tour? 
  • How can that artwork relate to a personal story? 

Activity:  

  1. Deepen your students’ connection to the artwork viewed during the World Communities Museum tour by having them relate a work to a personal story, through technology. 
  1. Students should use the Museum Collection website to find an artwork that inspired them on the tour, and then connect that piece to a personal story/reflection. 
  1. Have them use Voki, Voicethread, Glogster, Animoto, or any other pre-approved tool to complete this task. 

National Standards:  

  • VA:Cr2.3.7a Apply visual organizational strategies to design and produce a work of art, design, or media that clearly communicates information or ideas. 

Thank you to Dana Blumberg, an educator who developed this activity for the World Communities tour as a participant in the 2011 Milwaukee Digital Media Conference. 

Share your artwork with us on social media @milwaukeeart #MAMLearn or email pictures to teachers.mam.org. We’d love to see your creations!