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    Kara Walker is a contemporary artist known for her silhouettes depicting important moments in history. She uses cut paper silhouettes to tell stories and explore themes of human rights and the exchange of power. The document provides background on Walker's style of using silhouettes to depict scenes from folktales and history in a way that conveys emotion. It then outlines activities for students to research folktales, choose a scene to depict, and create their own silhouette scenes using Walker's technique as inspiration.

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    Kara Walker is a contemporary artist known for her silhouettes depicting important moments in history. She uses cut paper silhouettes to tell stories and explore themes of human rights and the exchange of power. The document provides background on Walker's style of using silhouettes to depict scenes from folktales and history in a way that conveys emotion. It then outlines activities for students to research folktales, choose a scene to depict, and create their own silhouette scenes using Walker's technique as inspiration.

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    Kara Walker is a contemporary artist known for her silhouettes depicting important moments in history. She uses cut paper silhouettes to tell stories and explore themes of human rights and the exchange of power. The document provides background on Walker's style of using silhouettes to depict scenes from folktales and history in a way that conveys emotion. It then outlines activities for students to research folktales, choose a scene to depict, and create their own silhouette scenes using Walker's technique as inspiration.

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    The Kara

    Walker
    Experience
    Who Is she?
    ★ Contemporary Artist
    ★ Create Silhouettes of
    Points in History
    ★ Story teller
    ★ Human Rights
    ★ Exchanges of Power
    Vocabulary
    Contemporary Art: is the art of today, of the
    20th or 21st century. It is globally influenced,
    culturally diverse, and technologically
    advancing the world.
    Silhouettes: A dark shape of something
    visible against a lighter background.
    Victorian era: (1837-1901) The era was a
    strong religious drive for higher moral
    standards led by churches.
    Value: the lightness or darkness of a colors.
    Value is achieved when white (tint) or black
    (shade) is added to a color.
    Appropriation: the use of pre-existing objects
    or images with little or no transformation
    applied to them.
    Video still from
    Fall Frum
    Grace, Miss
    Pipi’s Blue Tale
    at Lehmann
    Maupin Gallery.
    Today we are going to
    make backgrounds out

    What should of paint.


    Use one color (not
    we do today? black) plus white.

    Do You Know?
    Examples
    u e tt e s
    Silho
    Day 2 of
    Kara Walke
    r
    What is a Folktale?????

    What are some common


    aspects of folktales????

    What are some


    Examples????
    For the next 10 Minutes:
    ➢ Research some folk tales.
    ➢ Read them, watch a video, and/or
    listen to a reading.
    ➢ Write them out on the worksheet!
    What will we do
    with this
    information??
    Create a folktale
    using Kara
    Walker’s silhouette
    method!
    Silhouettes Pick one folk tale
    How do we pick and one scene of
    our figure? it that conveys an
    emotion for you
    such a love or
    dislike or has an
    great interest to
    you.
    Scenes:
    Summarize the one folk tale
    you picked in 2-3 sentences
    and in one sentence
    At least one describe the scene your
    person and create using then draw simple
    a environment sketch of it
    I will demonstrate ➔ [Folk Tale]
    [Scene]
    [Sketch]
    The Kara
    Walker
    Experience

    Day 3
    Continue ● Use black construction
    paper to cut out the
    Working! objects in the scene.
    ● Glue them on you
    background when
    ready!
    ● Fill the Page!!!!!
    ● DETAIL for the points!
    Little Red Riding Hood
    Last Day
    ★ Let’s Finish our projects and
    Talk
    ★ Complete your self-reflection
    sheets
    Day 6

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