6th grade finished their Music in Art unit that included three projects inspired by three different musical styles. We listened to classical music and students created a "Music in My Head" artwork. They drew their silhouette and filled it with how the music made them feel or what they saw in their head when they listened to the music. We learned a new art technique called Zentangle that focuses on line, pattern, and repetition. We related this style to jazz music how beats often repeat and for basic patterns for other instruments to play off. There is also an element of spontaneity in Zentangle since there is no erasing and it is done in pen from the beginning, which we also related to jazz. We listened to jazz and students created an original Zentangle artwork inspired by the music and its movement. The final project was Music Abstraction. We looked at the art of Kandinsky and other modern painters that pioneered abstract art. The class discussed how they could see movement in many of the artworks and they could see how music might have inspired them. Students had free choice in their abstract art. The only parameters were it had to be abstract and inspired by the electronic music we were listening to, which made for some amazing unique artworks. Finally, students wrote artist statements describing their choices and inspiration for all three projects.
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