Additional 'Call for Children's Art'
Activities to Try

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What is Art?, Who Shapes Art?, Where is Art?
Teacher and Parent Introduction | Art Provoking Discussion
Activity: Scavenger Hunt | Scavenger Hunt, page 2
Other 'Call for Children's Art' Activities | Art Provoking Discussion | Resources
Entry Guidelines | Participating Affiliates
About the Call for Children's Art | Table of Contents

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Beginning:

Body/Kinesthetic - Attend a dance, musical or theatrical performance. Afterwards try to imitate a character movement or dance.

Visual - Visit a museum or art gallery. Look for artworks that you like. Discuss with your family or class why you liked them.

Interpersonal - Interview an artist to find out why art is important and what art means to them.

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Intermediate:

Spiritual - Interview a local politician about their views on the arts in their community and in education. You may also want to ask them about funding for the arts.

Musical - Create a new musical instrument. This can be done with objects found around the house, or by building one in clay or wood.

Intrapersonal - Survey your local paper for one or two weeks and clip arts events that you consider important to your community. After your survey, discuss your finding with your family or class.

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Advanced:

Naturalist - Plant and grow gourds in your garden. Cut a hand-sized hole in one side of a full-grown gourd and scrape out the insides (like a pumpkin). Leave your hollow gourd out to dry in the sun. Once dry, paint designs on the gourd.

Verbal - Write a performance with friends and classmates that parodies a play or movie by creating your own characters and setting them in the plot of the play or movie. Perform your parody.

Logical/Mathematical - Design a home, school or art center that is accessible for people with all disabilities. Draw a proportional picture of your building or build a model of your building to scale.

Calls for Art | Entrance | Teacher/Parent Intro | Discussion Topics | Entry Guidelines | Participating VSA arts Affiliates | Begin Scavenger Hunt | Scavenger Page 2 | Other Related Activities | Scavenger Resources | Welcome to VSA arts Online Gallery | VSA arts Exhibit Index | Copyright Policy | About VSA arts

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