Graffiti Art Project

Here are just a few for the final Art pieces that the students created early in the program.

U.S. Project #1 Graffiti Art
With this lesson my students will be able to demonstrate new skills and knowledge by…
1) Effectively identifying different graffiti styles.
2) Implementing learned styles used in graffiti art, and apply it to their own work.
3) How to express their identity through their graffiti tag design.



Our next step is for the students to finally make contact through Google Documents and Presentations. The school felt this would be a safe way for the students to freely communicate as they will now begin planning and designing projects together. Patrick and I will continue to up date this blog site as to the students progress and learning experiences.

Teboho, on the other hand, wants to know: "Are ther any Martins out there?" Perhaps I misheard him, perhaps he asked "Are there any Martians out there?" He is seen landing a sucker punch from Khaoelo from our prep class..

Ok, so everyone here is champing at the bit for our "first contact". There is a sense, almost, as though it is all an elaborate hoax so I have put in Kevin's comment first and will post more comments from the others as they make them. I have realised that when we are having our class, you guys are probably fast asleep but I can tell you that there is a lively curiosity building up which makes the class six class really buzz..

We too were discovering usable materials in the world around us as well as personal identity. Our first project at AW as the International Art Group was for students to view graffiti artist such as Bansky, D Face, Swoon, and to team Cyclops & Sweet Toof. The students were then inspired to create their own personal identity tag in the style of street art. They are using a combination of techniques such as painting, stenciling and wheat pasting images onto found sheets of wood.

The Anthony Wayne students have been selected to work personally with the students in Morija. Here is a picture of the lucky students and one of my college students Lauren from the Bowling Green State University who is helping to design the student lessons until mid December. We currently have 33 students ages 11-14. They are standing in front of the Lesotho section of a school mural that was painted by former student in 2009.

The group of 33 meets after school once a week for 90 minutes.