Concrete poetry is one of my favorite lessons to teach in my graphic communications class. It is a visual poem where typography or text is placed in a particular arrangement to create a visual image. According to Wikipedia, concrete poetry is “sometimes referred to as visual poetry, a term that has now developed a distinct meaning of its own. As such, concrete poetry relates more to visual than verbal arts.”
Art teachers use the engaging nature and visual language of the arts to foster compassion and empathy. Students combine photography with digital storytelling to narrate their experiences living in America, create mixed-media artworks to represent a cause or issue they are passionate about, design headdresses inspired by local bird species, and more.
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