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Assemblage Portraits

Middle School

Every year, I implement a self-portrait unit with my eighth-grade students. This particular year was unique in that it was the first time we offered a yearlong art elective course. This increase in time allowed me to consider lessons and units that were more in-depth and spread out over longer periods of time.

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Art teachers provide opportunities for students to learn about, respond to, and create contemporary art. Students investigate the work of artists Tyree Guyton, Nam June Paik, and Ruben Guadalupe Marquez, explore surrealism and create otherworldly digital photomontages, assemble three-dimensional plywood portraits, and more.

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