Unit 3: Social Psychology &

Art

During Unit 3 students will be working in small groups of 3-4 to create a wearable
sculpture to represent an opinion on a chosen social issue. This cumulative project will allow
students to show technical skills and conceptual application gained in previous units. Students
will be engaging with concepts of social activism, cultural structures, interpersonal relationships,
use of representational imagery, application of medium as meaning-making, and connecting with
communities on a local and global scale. Students will be provided for the opportunity to make
choices throughout the project including group members, subject choice, medium application,
and decisions throughout individual studio work. Student choice is important in order for
students to show what skills they have learned from the previous two units to make intentional
choices as they apply elements of art to create a specific meaning and response form the viewer
about a subject of their choosing.
Students will be identifying social issues that affect their daily lives on an individual,
communal, and global scale. Groups will be researching both social issues and artists that
engage as activists. Each group will create a sculpture that can be worn by either a group
member or a model of their choice. These wearable, large-scale sculptures will be displayed at a
public event and a public gallery space of the students choosing. The first public performance
would be most suited to school art show, community parade, local event, or any large-scale
public space where students can engage with the public outside of the classroom. Students will
then choose where they will be displayed in the school, as a way to continue connection of the
artwork to school community but also make the public performance more meaningful to true
experience of the sculpture. Students will also go on a field trip in which they will explore
public art and theorize its impact on the community to gain an understanding on how they can
connect with their public audience. Reflecting on the previous units, students will conclude with
an individual written reflection, a group artist statement, and a class critique.