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Basic 1 · Creative Arts · Displaying and Sharing

Our Class Exhibition

In this topic you will plan an exhibition of your posters to teach people about community problems.

By the end of these notes you should be able to:

  • Choose a theme for an exhibition
  • Plan where to display artworks
  • Invite people to see the exhibition

What you already know

  • Planning an art display

Copy everything that has a blue line on its left into your notebook. The other parts are for reading.

Strand
Visual Arts & Performing Arts
Sub-strand
Displaying and Sharing
Indicator
B1.1.3.4.1 – Plan for a display of own visual artworks

Introduction

Your posters are ready. Now you will show them to teachers and other classes in an exhibition.

1. Choosing a Theme

Theme: The main idea that joins all the artworks.

Theme ideas

  • Go Green: plant trees
  • Keep Our Community Clean
  • Stay Safe on the Road

2. Planning the Exhibition

  1. Choose the theme.
  2. Choose a place, like the classroom or hall.
  3. Hang the posters with string and pegs.
  4. Put a label under each poster.
  5. Invite other classes and teachers.
A classroom exhibition with posters under the banner Go Green
Figure 1: Our class exhibition Draw your exhibition banner.Illustration: Sirbus

3. At the Exhibition

  • Stand by your poster.
  • Explain your message to visitors.
  • Thank visitors for coming.

New words

theme
The main idea that joins the artworks.
exhibition
A display of artworks for others to see.
visitor
A person who comes to see.
invite
To ask someone to come.

Summary

  • An exhibition has a theme.
  • We plan the place, hang the posters and label them.
  • We explain our posters to visitors.

Class activity: Exhibition Day

  1. Agree on a theme as a class.
  2. Hang the posters and labels.
  3. Invite another class to visit.

You need: Learners’ own artworks, Label cards cut from manila paper, String, Clothes pegs

Exercises

Answer in your exercise book first, then check your answers.

  1. 1. The main idea of an exhibition is its…

    • A. Theme
    • B. Peg
    • C. String
    • D. Floor
    Show answer
    Answer: ThemeAll works share the theme.

  2. 2. Who comes to see an exhibition?

    • A. Visitors
    • B. Nobody
    • C. Only the artist
    • D. Animals
    Show answer
    Answer: VisitorsPeople visit exhibitions.

  3. 3. "Go Green" can be an exhibition theme.

    • A. True
    • B. False
    Show answer
    Answer: TrueIt is about planting trees.

  4. 4. We should not label our posters.

    • A. True
    • B. False
    Show answer
    Answer: FalseLabels give information.

  5. 5. To ask someone to come is to ______ them.

    Show answer
    Answer: inviteThat is the meaning of invite.

  6. 6. Suggest a theme for a class exhibition.

    Show answer
    Answer: E.g. Keep Our Community Clean.A theme joins all the works.

Homework

  1. Make an invitation card for your family to see your exhibition.