Artwork Lessons

Empower students with cross-curricular connections and social-emotional life skills through the power of art! This full year curriculum is built around 10 themed units that feature artworks to draw students in, activities to spark deep learning, and projects to grow their creativity and artistic skills.

The SPARK Elementary Distance Learning Curriculum is a full 8-week curriculum designed around diverse artworks using Art Class Curator's Curated Connections Framework.

SPARK Hybrid is a complete curriculum that you can use no matter what this school year brings. Whether you are in the classroom, teaching remotely, teaching on a cart, or doing a little bit of it all, this flexible curriculum allows you to move in and out of different teaching environments seamlessly while giving your students the access to art and creativity they need right now.

This is a full lesson on My Heart is Dancing Into the Universe by Yayoi Kusama. Students will explore and connect with this artwork through discussion, comparing and contrasting a variety of the artist’s Infinity Room artworks, and more!

This is a full lesson on Shiva as Lord of the Dance (Nataraja) from the culture of India (Tamil Nadu). Students will engage and connect with this artwork through kinesthetic activities, discussion, and more!

This is a full lesson on the Nkisi N’Kondi Power Figures from the Kongo peoples. Students will explore and connect with this artwork through discussion, kinesthetic activities, and more!

This is a complete lesson with discussion questions, talking points, activities, and project ideas for Henri Rousseau’s The Sleeping Gypsy.

This is a complete lesson with discussion questions, talking points, activities, and project ideas for Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Mother.

This is a full lesson on Marilyn by Audrey Flack. Students will engage with this artwork using a variety of discussion topics, a compare and contrast activity to explore vanitas paintings, and more!