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Planning an Art Display

In this topic you will plan how to show your artworks to others.

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

  • Explain what an art display is
  • Choose artworks to show
  • Plan where and how to hang them

What you already know

  • Making art from my imagination

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

Strand
Visual Arts
Sub-strand
Displaying and Sharing
Indicator
B1.1.3.4.1 – Plan a display of own artworks that reflect the history and culture or way of life of people in the local community

Introduction

Your school is having an open day. Parents will come. How can you show them your beautiful drawings?

1. What is a Display?

Display: Showing artworks so that people can see them.

Exhibition: A big display of artworks for the public.

2. Planning a Display

Steps

  1. Choose your best artworks.
  2. Write a label for each one.
  3. Choose a place to show them.
  4. Hang them with string and pegs.
Children's drawings hung on a string with clothes pegs and labels
Figure 1: A classroom art display Draw your art display.Illustration: Sirbus

3. What to Write on a Label

  • your name
  • the title of the work
  • the materials you used

New words

display
Showing artworks for people to see.
exhibition
A big display for the public.
label
A card with information about an artwork.
title
The name of an artwork.

Summary

  • A display shows our artworks to others.
  • Choose your best work and label it.
  • Hang artworks neatly with string and pegs.

Class activity: Our Gallery

  1. Choose one artwork you made.
  2. Write a label for it on manila card.
  3. Hang it on the class string with a peg.

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. What do we use to hang drawings on a string?

    • A. Clothes pegs
    • B. Spoons
    • C. Stones
    • D. Books
    Show answer
    Answer: Clothes pegsPegs hold the drawings.

  2. 2. What do we write on a label?

    • A. Name and title
    • B. A song
    • C. A story
    • D. A sum
    Show answer
    Answer: Name and titleLabels give information.

  3. 3. An exhibition shows art to the public.

    • A. True
    • B. False
    Show answer
    Answer: TrueThat is what an exhibition is.

  4. 4. We should hide our best artworks.

    • A. True
    • B. False
    Show answer
    Answer: FalseWe should display them.

  5. 5. The name of an artwork is its ______.

    Show answer
    Answer: titleEvery artwork can have a title.

  6. 6. Write two steps for planning a display.

    Show answer
    Answer: Any two: choose artworks, write labels, choose a place, hang them.These are planning steps.

Homework

  1. Choose your best drawing at home. Write a label for it.