Lesson Plans by Theme: Art Communication Ideas

Shapes Within the Grid (pdf download)–Level: Grades 4-6
“ If you want to establish a point you have to have repetition.” – Leroy Setziol

After analyzing Setziol’s grid style, students will have a chance to try it out on their own by creating a soap sculpture. They’ll think about both organic and geometric shapes and how to unify their design with some repetition and the grid for the overall structure.

Oregon Standards Connection: Art (Aesthetics & Art Criticism, Historical & Cultural Perspectives, Create, Present, Perform), Mathematics (Geometry)

Business vs. Relationship (pdf download)–Level: Grades 5-10
“ I don’t think of woodcarving as a business… If someone likes my work then we have a communication” –Leroy Setziol

Students will explore what it means to live as an artist, through looking at the artist and their lifestyle, the meaning and experience of creating a work of art, and the relationship between public art and the surrounding environment. Activities include using technology, journal writing, discussion, drawing, and visiting public works of art.

Oregon Standards Connection: Social Sciences (Economics), English/Language Arts (Writing), Art (Aesthetics & Art Criticism, Historical & Cultural Perspectives, Create, Present, Perform)